GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING

THE RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT

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G.L. BAJAJ INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,

GREATER NOIDA, INDIA

(Approved by A.I.C.T.E., & Affiliated to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University,
Lucknow, India)

May, 2024

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Inside this Manual
S.No. CONTENT Page No.

1 General 3
2 Arrangement of the Contents of Report 3
3 Manuscript Preparation 4
3.1 Page Dimensions, Margins and Quality 4
3.2 Cover Page, Title Page 4-6
3.3 Declaration 6
3.4 Certificate by Supervisor and Company Certificate 6
3.5 Acknowledgements 6
3.6 Table of Contents 7
3.7 List of Tables 7
3.8 List of Figures 7
3.9 Chapters 7
3.10 References 7
3.11 Appendices 7
4 Typing Instructions 8
4.1 General 8
4.2 Chapters, Sections, Sub-sections, and Paragraphs 8
5 Numbering Instructions 8
5.1 Page Numbering 8
5.2 Numbering of Chapters, Sections, Sub-sections 9
6 Project Submission and Binding Specifications 9
6.1 Submission for Evaluation 9
7 Size of Project 9
8 References 9-10
Annexure – I Title Page/Cover Page
Annexure - II Declaration
Annexure – III Certificate
Annexure – IV Acknowledgement
Annexure -V Table of Contents
Annexure -VI Table of Contents (Project allotted by company)
AKTU Summer Training Project Report

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GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING THE RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT

1. GENERAL
a) In fourth semester, the candidates will have to submit a Research Project Report on a
problem/topic (from the specialization areas) to be assigned by the MBA department
under the supervision of a core faculty member of the department.
b) The Research Project Report will carry 150 marks.
c) The evaluation of the project report will be done by two examiners (external & internal).
The evaluation will consist of (1) Evaluation of Project Report (2) Presentation and Viva
Voce.
d) The evaluation of Project Report will comprise of 50 marks and would be evaluated by the
internal guide.
e) The evaluation of Viva Voce of Project would comprise of 100 marks and would be
evaluated by two examiners (1 external and 1 internal). The average of the marks awarded
by the 2 examiners will be taken into account for the results. In case the difference in the
marks given by the examiners is 30 or more, the project report will be referred to a third
examiner. In such cases the average of two closer awards (given by three examiners) will
be taken into account for the results.
f) The report will contain the objectives and scope of the study. Research Methodology, use
and importance of the study, analysis of data collected, conclusions and recommendations.
It will contain relevant charts, diagrams and bibliography. A certificate of the supervisor
and the Head of the MBA program certifying the authenticity of the report shall be
attached therewith. The student will submit two copies of the report to the Head of
MBA program. The number of pages in the report will be minimum 75 or more. The
report should be typed in A-4 size paper
2. ARRANGEMENT OF THE CONTENTS OF REPORT
The sequence in which the report contents should be arranged and bound should be as
follows:

a) Cover Page/Title Page

b) Declaration
c) Certificate
d) Acknowledgements
e) Table of Contents
f) List of Tables
g) List of Figures
h) Chapters 1, 2…
i) References
j) Appendices

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 3. MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
3.1. Page Dimensions, Margins and Quality

The page dimensions of the final copies of the project should be Standard A4 size paper
may be used for preparing the copies. It should have the following pagemargins:

Top edge : 25 Bottom edge : 25 mm

mm,
Left side : 35 Right side : 25 mm.
mm,

The project should be prepared on good quality white paper preferably not lower than
80 gsm.

3.2. Cover Page/ Title Page

A specimen of the cover/title page is given in the Annexure I. It carries

a. College logo (size = 30 mm diameter)

Name of the College (Times New Roman, font size 16, bold, full name, all characters
uppercase/Title mode, centered within the specified margin of the page).

RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT

The phrase (Times New Roman, font size 14, bold, single line spacing)

b. The TITLE of the project (Times New Roman, font size 16, bold, single line spacing,
all characters uppercase except the symbols and numerals if used in the title of the
project; centred within the specified margin of the page).

TITLE OF PROJECT

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 c. The phrase (Times New Roman, font size 14, italics, each line in the Title/Sentence
mode, single line spacing, centered within the specified margin of the page).

TOWARDS THE PARTIAL FULLFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF

DEGREE OF

c. The name of the degree (Times New Roman, font size 16, bold, the whole line in
uppercase, centered within the specified margin of the page).

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATON (MBA)

d. University logo (size = 30 mm diameter)

Name of the University (Times New Roman, font size 16/14, bold, full name, all
characters uppercase/Title mode, centered within the specified margin of the page).

DR. APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

(Formerly Uttar Pradesh Technical University) LUCKNOW
e. by (Times New Roman, font size 14, bold, both the characters lower case,
centered within the specified margin of the page).

by

f. NAME OF STUDENT (Times New Roman, font size 16, bold, full name as
enrolled, all characters in Title mode case, centered within the specified margin of
the page).

Name of Student

g. (Roll Number) (Times New Roman, font size 12, bold, all numerals, underneath the
name of candidate and centered within the specified margin of the page).
(Roll no. xxxxxxxxx)

h. Phrase of Supervisor (Times New Roman, font size 12, bold, line in the Title mode,
centered within the specified margin of the page).

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 Under the Supervision of

i. NAME(S) OF FACULTY SUPERVISOR (Times New Roman, font size 14, bold,
full name in title mode prefixed by Prof. or Dr. centered within the specified margin
of the page, separated symmetrically in case of two guides, use the next line in case
of three guides; brief one-line mention of the names of the institution of the guide).

Name of Faculty Guide

Faculty, Department of Management Studies, ITM/CTM- Greater Noida

j. Month, Year ((Times New Roman, font size 14, bold, full name of the month in title
mode, comma, 4-digit year in Arabic, all centered within the specified margin of the
page).
May - June, 2024

3.3. Declaration
The Declaration of Candidate of the project shall be in double line spacing using
Times New Roman font size 12, as per the format shown in Annexure. The
heading DECLARATION Times New Roman font size 14 bold. The
certificate shall carry the student’s signature in original.
3.4 Certificates

The Certificates of the project shall be in double line spacing using Times New
Roman font size 12, as per the format shown in Annexure. The heading
CERTIFICATE Times New Roman font size 14 bold.
The certificate shall carry the Faculty Guide signature in original and shall be
followed by the Faculty Guide name, academic designation (not any other
responsibilities of administrative nature), department and full address of the
institution.

3.5 Acknowledgement
Acknowledgements shall be brief and should not exceed one page when typed
in double line spacing Times New Roman with font size 12 within the specified
margin of the page. It should begin with title ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Times
New Roman with font size 14 bold as heading placed in centre. The signature of
the candidate shall be made at the bottom right end above his./her name typed in
title case.

3.6 Table of Contents

The table of contents should list all the contents following this section. The
preceding section like the Title Page, Certificate and Acknowledgements will
not find a place amongst the items listed in the Table of Contents, but the page
numbers in lower case Roman letters shall be accounted for them. The

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 title TABLE OF CONTENTS in Times New Roman with size 14 bold as
heading be placed in Centre. One-and-a-half spacing should be adopted for
typing the contents in a manner shown in the specimen copy of the Table of
Contents as given in Annexure V.

3.7 List of Tables

The list of tables should use exactly the same numbers and captions as they
appear above the tables in the text.

3.8 List of Figures

The list of figures should use exactly the same numbers and captions as they
appear below the figures in the text.

3.9 Chapters
The report will contain a study of research problems in the management area. It
shall include a rationale and introduction, statements of the problem, formulation
and presentation of the problem and issues, solution approach, analysis, results
and findings, practical implications, and conclusion. Each part may be suitably
divided into several chapters, and a chapter may be further divided into several
sections and sub-sections, sub-sub-sections. Each chapter should be given an
appropriate title. Tables and figures in a chapter should be typed in title mode
in single space in Times New Roman with font size 12. The titles of tables should
be placed directly above the table whereas the titles of figures should be placed
directly below the figure. There should not be any chapter heading at the
end of the page. The size of report ordinarily will be of 80-100 pages in
standard font size (12) and double spacing. Two neatly typed (one-sided only)
and soft-bound copies of the report will be submitted for the suggestions to
faculty guide (Mentor) each at the appropriate time as suggested.

Listing of References in the REFERENCE section

The listing of references should be typed in alphabetical order of the first

author’s name in single spacing starting 4 spaces below the heading
REFERENCES in Times New Roman with font size 14 bold. The references
should be serially numbered, and separated by a single space. For typing the
references, Times New Roman with font size 11 is recommended. A few
suggestive examples given in section 8 should be followed for referencing.

3.10 Appendices
Appendices in a project are provided to give supplementary information, which
if included in the main text may serve as a distraction and could tend to dilute
the central theme under discussion.

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4. TYPING INSTRUCTIONS
4.1. General
The last word of any page should not be split using a hyphen. Double spacing
should be used for typing the general text. The general text shall be typed in
font Style Times New Roman and Font Size 12. All quotations exceeding one
line should be typed in an indented space - the indentation being 15mm from
either margin.

4.2. Chapters, Sections, Sub-sections, and Paragraphs

The format for typing Chapter headings, Section headings and sub-section
headings are explained through the following illustrative examples.

Chapter headings : CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

Section : 1.1 OUTLINE OF PROJECT

Sub-section heading : 1.1.1 Literature Review.

The section or sub-section headings preceded by their numberings should be

left-justified. The typed material directly below section or sub-section headings
should commence one space below it. The text can be divided over paragraphs
within a section or sub-section The last paragraph of any heading should follow
two spaces before the next section heading.

5. NUMBERING INSTRUCTIONS
5.1. Page Numbering
The preliminary pages of the Summer Internship project (such as the Title page,
Acknowledgement, Table of Contents etc.) should be numbered in lowercase
Roman numerals e.g. (i), (ii), (iii), …. The Title page, however, will be treated
numbered as (i) but this will not be typed. The page immediately following the
title page shall be numbered (ii) and it should appear at the bottom centre of the
page, and so on. Pages of the main text, starting with Chapter 1 should be
consecutively numbered using Arabic numerals e.g. 1, 2…. All page numbers
(whether Roman or Arabic) should be typed without punctuation in the center
of the page 15mm above the bottom.

5.2. Numbering of Chapters, Sections and Sub-sections

The numbering of Chapters, sections and sub-sections should be done using

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 Arabic numerals only and further decimal notation should be used for
numbering the sections and sub-sections within a chapter. For examples sub-
section 4 under section 3 of chapter 2 should be numbered as 2.3.4. The heading
for a section or a sub-section should immediately follow in the same line after
the number with a line spacing of 1.15 in between.

6. REPORT SUBMISSION AND BINDING SPECIFICATIONS

6.1. Submission for Evaluation
a. The report should be prepared as per the guidelines provided in this manual. In
case of any problems, the faculty guide(s) should be contacted.
b. For evaluation purposes, a student is required to submit
i. Two copies of the Research Project Report printed on one side and hard bind using a
flexible cover of thick white art paper. The cover page should be printed as per
specifications for the title page (Annexure I).
ii. The background colour of the cover page of the report should be Dark Blue (ITM)
and dark Brown (CTM).
iii. A Plagiarism report of the report having similarity index upto 10%.
iv. Plagiarism report should be attached in the appendices, duly checked and signed by
the mentor (Faculty guide) and Head of Department.

7. SIZE OF REPORT
The size of the report should be within 80-100 pages

8. REFERENCES
Follow the given format for quoting the reference:

Journal Research Papers:

Last name, Initials. (Year). Article title. Journal Name, Volume (Issue),
Page range. DOI or URL

a) Nintanavongsa, Prusayon, Ufuk Muncuk, David Richard Lewis, and Kaushik

Roy Chowdhury. "Design optimization and implementation for RF energy
harvesting circuits." IEEE Journal on emerging and selected topics in circuits
and systems 2, no. 1 (2012): 24-33.
b) Lee, Hoon, Sang-Rim Lee, Kyoung-Jae Lee, Han-Bae Kong, and Inkyu Lee.
"Optimal beamforming designs for wireless information and power
transfer in MISO interference channels." IEEE Transactions on Wireless
Communications14, no. 9 (2015): 4810-4821.
c) Mo, Jeonghoon, Hoi-Sheung Wilson So, and Jean Walrand. "Comparison of
multichannel MAC protocols." IEEE Transactions on mobile computing 7, no.
1 (2008): 50-65.

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 Magazines:
Year of Publication, Month Day if Given). Article title: Subtitle if any. Name of Magazine, Volume
Number(Issue Number), first page number-last page number if given

1. Candès, Emmanuel J., and Michael B. Wakin. "An introduction to compressive

sampling [a sensing/sampling paradigm that goes against the common
knowledge in data acquisition]." IEEE signal processing magazine 25, no. 2
(2008): 21-30.
2. Leaves, Paul, Klaus Moessner, Rahim Tafazolli, David Grandblaise, Didier
Bourse, Ralf Tonjes, and Michele Breveglieri. "Dynamic spectrum allocation in
composite reconfigurable wireless networks." IEEE Communications Magazine
42, no. 5 (2004): 72-81.
3. Demestichas, Panagiotis, Guillaume Vivier, Karim El-Khazen, and M.
Theologou. "Evolution in wireless systems management concepts: from
composite radio environments to reconfigurability." IEEE Communications
Magazine 42, no. 5 (2004): 90-98.

Books:
Last name, Initials. (Year). Book title (Editor/translator initials, Last name, Ed. or Trans.)
(Edition). Publisher.

1. Marsch, Patrick, and Gerhard P. Fettweis, eds. Coordinated Multi-Point in

Mobile Communications: from theory to practice. Cambridge University Press,
2011.
2. Xiao, Yang, and Fei Hu, eds. Cognitive radio networks. CRC press, 2008.
3. Caso, Giuseppe, Mai T. Phuong Le, Luca De Nardis, and Maria-Gabriella Di
Benedetto. "Non-cooperative and cooperative spectrum sensing in 5Gcognitive
networks." Handbook of Cognitive Radio (2017): 1-21.

Reports:

Author last name, Initials. (Year). Report title: Subtitle (Report No. number). Publisher name. URL

1. Bedford, D. A. D. (2017). Enterprise information architecture: An overview (Report No. WA-RD 896.4).
Washington State Department of Transportation. https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/research/reports/fullreports/896-
4. pdf

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 Annexure – I

G.L. BAJAJ INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT ON
“A STUDY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HR POLICIES AND ITS
IMPLEMENTATION”
TOWARDS THE PARTIAL FULLFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE

OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATON (MBA)

(Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)

by
Tannu Kandwal
(2201920700404)
Session 2023-24

Under the Supervision of

Dr. Reena Singh

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 Annexure – II

DECLARATION

I hereby declare that the work presented in this report entitled “A STUDY ON THE
PERFORMANCE OF HR POLICIES AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION", was carried
out by me. I have not submitted the matter embodied in this report for the award of any
other degree or diploma of any other University or Institute. I have given due credit to the
original authors/sources for all the words, ideas, diagrams, graphics, computer
programs, experiments, results, that are not my original contribution. I have used
quotation marks to identify verbatim sentences and given credit to the original authors/
sources.
I affirm that no portion of my work is plagiarized, and the experiments and results
reported in the report are not manipulated. In the event of a complaint of
plagiarism and the manipulation of the experiments and results, I shall be fully
responsible and answerable.

Name :

Roll. No. :

Specialization :

(Student’s Signature)

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 Annexure – III

G. L. BAJAJ
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT
Approved by A.I.C.T.E. & affiliated to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that Tannu Kandwal Roll No. 2201920700404 has undertaken
this project titled “A STUDY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HR POLICIES AND ITS
IMPLEMENTATION” for the partial fulfillment of the award of Master of Business
Administration degree from Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow
(U. P.).

I wish him/ her all the best for his/her bright future ahead.

Date: Project Supervisor

Department of Management Studies

Head of Department
Department of Management Studies

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 Annexure – IV

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Research Project provided me with an opportunity to learn -----------------------------------------

- ---------------------- (write on your own)

I express my deepest thanks to my mentor ……………………. For taking part in useful decision & giving

necessary advice and guidance to make project easier. I choose this moment to acknowledge her contribution

gratefully.

I am using this opportunity to express my gratitude to .............................. (HOD) who supported me throughout

the course and constantly reviewed my work and provide guidance of this MBA project.

**This is only a sample; students may be creative in writing acknowledgements.

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 ANNEXURE- V
TABLE OF CONTENT

PARTICULAR PAGE NO.

CHAPTER -1 INTRODUCTION Commented [u1]: In this section the student shall write in brief
the overview of the sector studied. Student can use aids for Visual
1.1 PROJECT OVERVIEW presentation also.
1.1.1 Historical Industry Trend Commented [u2]: Student shall give a brief overview of the
Historical background of the Industry studied. Aids for Visual
1.1.2 Current Industry Trends presentation could be used.
1.1.3 Economic state of Industry Commented [u3]: Student shall give a brief overview of the
1.1.4 Competitiveness of Industry Industry’s current trends and scenario which should be supported by
the data (if any) and visual presenatation of the facts.
1.1.5 Project Rationale Commented [H4]: Student shall give the brief description of the
1.1.6 Introduction to the Project current economic state of the industry studied. Presenatation of the
relevant data and facts should be there with the use of the visual
aids (Images, Graphs etc).
CHAPTER -2 LITERATURE Commented [H5]: Student shall give the brief overview of the
competitiveness of the industry studied with respect to their
REVIEW competitors nationally and internationally.

Commented [u6]: In this section the student will give a

CHAPTER-3RESEARCH METHODOLOGY description of past studies related to his/her problem.It could be in
tabular form or in the paragraph form. The literature should be
3.1 Define Research Problem comprises of Author Name with Year, methodology used and the
findings. The previous studies should be on the same variables/
3.2Research Design factors mentioned in the report. The literature should be in the
decending order (latest to oldest).
3.3 Sample Design
Commented [u7]: In this section, the student shall describe the
3.4 Formulation of Hypothesis methodology used in the study, explain how the problem formulated
and what methodology were used to solve that particular problem.
Commented [u8]: Student shall define a specific issue,
difficulty, contradiction, or gap in knowledge that he/she will
aim to address in the project. Student might look for practical
CHAPTER-4 DEVELOPMENT OF QUESTIONNAIRE problems aimed at contributing to change, or theoretical
AND DATA COLLECTION problems aimed at expanding knowledge.

4.1 Types of Questionnaire Used

Commented [u9]: Student shall give a brief description of the
4.2 Types of Source of Data conceptual structure within which research would be conducted. It
should be comprises of type of research, identification of the
4.3 Data Collection Methodology population and sampling method, choose the data collection
method and the procedure. Decide on the data analysis strategies.
Commented [u10]: Student shall provide the details about the
CHAPTER-5 DATA ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION sample frame used, size of the sample and the type of the sampling
used in the study.
5.1 Data Analysis Tool Commented [u11]: Student shall formulate the hypothesis
5.2 Data Intrepretation( Results and Findings) based on the factors studied in the project.
CHAPTER-6 FINAL CHAPTER
6.1 Discussion
6.2 Recommendations
6.3 Suggestions
6.4 Conclusion
6.5 Future Scope
6.6 Limitations
BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDICES

Commented [GS12]: Bibliography includes all the references and relevant URL’s of the websites, articles, webpages, news,
and magazines.

The scheme of evaluation for the Project Report:

Criteria & Relevance of Relevance of Interpretation & Total (50)
Marks Objectives with Research Analysis (20)
Topic (10) Methodology
(20)

The scheme of evaluation of Viva Voce:

Evaluation Understanding Understanding Interpretation Presentation & Query Total
Criteria of Objectives of the relevance & Analysis Communication Handling (100)
and Marks with Topic of Research (20) skills (20) (20)
(20) (20)