GUIDELINES FOR PROJECT WORK 1) Students should undertake projects in their area of specialization only.

2) The project topic should be finalized in consultation with the internal project guide and guide from the company. 3) No two students should do their project on the same title in the same organization. 4) The students should inform the confirmation of their project work and submit a copy of the confirmation letter to the institute on or before 19/05/2013. 5) The students should submit the progress report of their project work every week as per schedule to the internal guide. 6) The draft copy of the project report should be ready before the conclusion of internship. GUIDELINES FOR THE PREPARATION OF PROJECT REPORT 1) The students should submit two copies of their project report black rexin hard bound golden embossed to the institute on or before 01/09/ 2013. 2) The matter should be typed on A-4 size executive bond paper with Times New Roman font of size 12 points, with a spacing of 1.5 pts between the lines. 3) A margin of 1.5 at the left and 1.0 to the right should be kept. A margin of 1.0 at the top and bottom should be kept. 4) No headers and footers should be used. No borders should be used for regular text pages. 5) The matter should be printed in black ink only. Color ink for graphs and charts can be used. 6) The report should be printed on plain white paper. No company stationery should be used. Logo, water marks, brands of the company etc should not be displayed in the report. 7) Each chapter should begin on a new page. 8) No Page numbers for Title Page, Acknowledgement, and Certificate from the institute, Certificate from the organization, Index, List of Tables, List of Figures, Executive summary. These have to be numbered separately (Roman Numerals). 9) The pages should be centrally numbered at the bottom of the page. 10) The index should contain the name of the chapter and the page number. 11) Projects not adhering to the guidelines will not be accepted.

TITLE PAGE: FORMAT

A Project Report On Title of the project at/ for Name of the organization By

Name of the Student (Only name, do not mention qualifications or Mr. / Ms)

Submitted to

University of Pune In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Through MBA Department Matrix Educational Foundations Matrix School of Management Studies Pune-41 (2012-2014)

CHAPTER SCHEME FOR PROJECT REPORT Title Page Acknowledgement Certificate from the institute Certificate from the organization (PROJECT TITLE SHOULD BE SAME AS ON TITLE PAGE) Index List of Tables List of Figures Executive summary (2-3pages, summary of the entire project work) Chapter I: Introduction (3-5 Pages, introducing the topic) Chapter- II: Company Profile (3-5 pages about the history of the organization, its founders, promoters, vision, mission, quality policy, products, competitors, important financial /statistical data (sales, turnover, market share etc), organization chart, Departments, new projects, awards won etc. Chapter III: Research Methodology (Details of Research methodology pertaining to project should be mentioned. No theory about RM should be stated. ) Introduction (about your research work and not about research methodology) Need / Significance of the Study Objectives Hypothesis Scope of the Study Data Collection Primary/Secondary Sample Design Tools of Analysis Limitations of the Study (not too many)

Chapter-IV: Theoretical Background (Title of the project) (Theory about the topic Selected/ literature review)

Chapter-V: Analysis & Interpretation of the data (Presentation of the data collected in tabular and graphical form, its analysis using various statistical techniques/tools and the interpretation of the data. The tables, Figures, Graphs etc. should be numbered.) Chapter-VI: Findings & Suggestions (Suggestions and conclusions drawn should be practical and related to the topic of the project. General suggestions and opinions should not be made. Suggestions should be based on the analysis of the data) Chapter-VII: Conclusion (2-3 pages, conclude the project work and state if the hypothesis /es has/have been proved completely/ partially)) Bibliography (Should contain the list of references used for the study, such as books, journals, magazines, newspapers, internet sites, company reports, intranet, publications, industry publications etc.) 1) Books Name of the Author ;( Year of publication); Name of the book; Name of the publisher; Place of publication, page no. referred. E.g. Khan P.K (2006); Management Accounting, Tata McGraw Hill; New Delhi; pp 30-39. 2) Journals /Magazines Name of the author; Title of paper/article; Name of the journal/magazine; No. & Vol of publication; period of publication, page no. referred. e.g. Sharma J.S; HR in IT Industry in India: An empirical study; Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, No.2 Vol 23 July-October 2006;pp21-35 3) Internet sites Students should provide the complete link of the website referred and along with the date and time when accessed. Do not just mention the address of the search engine. http://money.howstuffworks.com/customer-service.htm accessed on Monday 7th August 2006, 6:30p.m Appendix (Should contain various formats and forms related to the study. It should also contain a copy of the blank and filled in questionnaire and other relevant documents) List of abbreviations NOTE: There has to be a co-relation between the objectives, research THE QUESTIONNAIRE manuals, Government

methodology, analysis and suggestions in the report. SHOULD COVER ALL ASPECTS COMPREHENSIVELY.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I am highly indebted to _(Company name) for giving me this opportunity to do my internship project in their esteemed organization. It has contributed immensely to my learning. I would like to thank my external guide__ completing my project. _ for giving me the required support in

My profound gratitude towards our Director, Dr . Satish S. Ubale for giving me valuable guidance, suggestions and advice without which this project could not have been completed. I would also like to thank my internal guide ------------------ for giving me the necessary insight into my study.

Name of the Student

INDEX
Acknowledgement Contents List of Tables List of Figures List of abbreviations Executive Summary Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Introduction Company Profile Research Methodology Theoretical Background Data Analysis and Interpretation Findings and Recommendations Conclusion Bibliography Appendix I Questionnaire 1 5 11 16 45 59 i ii iii iv v

SUMMER INTERNSHIP REPORTING SCHEDULE WEEK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 REPORTING DAY

TASK COMPANY PROFILE FINALIZE OBJECTIVES & HYPOTHESIS COMPLETE RM CHAPTER & QUESTIONNAIRE ROUGH DRAFT FINALIZE QUESTIONNAIRE & START THEORETICAL BACKGROUND CHAPTER COMPLETE THEORETICAL BACKGROUND CHAPTER & START SURVEY COMPLETE DATA COLLECTION ANALYSE DATA & IDENTIFY FINDINGS & SUGGESTIONS PREPARE FIRST DRAFT OF REPORT & SUBMIT TO COMPANY IF REQUIRED

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