ANDHRA UNIVERSITY

CENTRE FOR DISTANCE AND ONLINE EDUCATION

MBA 4th SEMESTER
PROFORMA FOR PROJECT PROPOSAL
Reg.No. : _____________________________________________________
Study Centre : ____________________________________________________
Name and Address of the Learner : _________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

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Mobile No :
Title of the Project :
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Subject Area : Accounting and Finance/ Marketing/ Operations
Management/ HRM and OB/ Information System/
Any Other Specify)
Name, Designation and Official
Address of the Project guide :

Mobile No:

Experience (in years) : Teaching _ Executive

No. of learners under the
Guide for Project Report :

Signature of the Learner Signature of the Project guide

Date: Date:
Note: Enclose the Synopsis of the Project and Bio-data of the guide
(For Office Use only)
Synopsis Supervisor
Approved Approved
Not Approved Not Approved

Signature of Course Coordinator

Date:
 GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF PROJECT REPORT

Learners of MBA Programme will have to take up project work in the 4th Semester for the
period of eight weeks
 The purpose of the project work is primarily to demonstrate the application of knowledge and
skills acquired during the programme, by studying and analyzing the selected programme in
the work situation in a systematic manner while suggesting solutions to be management.
 The topic for project may be taken from any one of the following sources :
(i) Comprehensive case study, covering single organization with multifunctional area
problem formulation, analysis and recommendations.
(ii) Inter organizational comparison of performance in different functional areas including
management practices.
(iii) Field Study/Empirical Study

Project Proposal:
 The Project Proposal (Synopsis) should be prepared in consultation with the guide and sent to
the Course Coordinator, MBA Programme, Centre for Distance and Online Education, Andhra
University, Visakhapatnam-3. The proposal should clearly state the significance, objectives,
methodology, statistical techniques to be used, limitations if any and future directions for
further research, etc.
 Eligible Project guide may be taken from any one of the following :
(iv) Faculty of Department of Commerce and Management Studies of Andhra University
(v) Faculty of Department of Commerce and Management affiliated colleges of Andhra
University
(vi) Teaching faculties of Department of Commerce and Management of any other
university recognized by Andhra University
(vii) Senior Executives holding Master’s Degree in Management or allied discipline with a
minimum of 10 years of experiences.
Learners are advised to send their project proposal (synopsis) and Biodata of the Guide
(in case of ii, iii & iv above) which must be duly signed by guide to the Course Co-ordinator.
If the proposed guide is not acceptable, the learner shall be advised accordingly and in such
cases, the learner should change the guide before the proposal is considered for approval.
Similarly if a learner wants to change his/her guide after some time, he/she would be required
to submit the project proposal along with the signature of the new guide on a new project
proposal proforma. At any given point of time a guide should not have more than ten learners.
Learners are advised to select their guides who are either teachers or active Professionals
in the relevant area of the selected topic.
 The Project Proposal shall be sent in Proforma (format) along with one copy of
synopsis and bio-data of the guide to the Course Co-ordinator for approval. Proposals
incomplete in any respect will straightway be rejected. Learners are advised to retain a
copy of the synopsis.
 Communication for approval/non-approval of the project proposal will be sent to the
learner within fifteen days of the receipt of the proposal.
 Communication of non-approval of the proposal will be accompanied by
comments/suggestions for reformulating the project; the revised project proposal
should be submitted in the new proforma. A copy of rejected synopsis and project
proposal proforma wherein the comments or suggestions of the evaluation are given
should also be submitted.
Preparation of Project Report:
The Dissertation report should consists of
i. Introduction: Review of Literature along with brief details of the organisation’s under
study.
ii. Research Methodology: It may give details about Rationale, Statement of problem,
Objectives of the Project, Scope of the study etc.
iii. It should include the Research Design, Nature and Source of data/information
 collected, Sample and Sampling method with rationale.
iv. Details of the tools:
The Questionnaire and other methods used and their purpose
Reliability and Validity of the tools used Data collection, Statistical tools used for Data
Analysis
v. Results and Discussion (Data Analysis): This should present the results in tabular or
graphical format. The Interpretation of the data and results/findings may be given
elaborately.
vi. Findings, Suggestions and Conclusion
vii. Limitations of the Project, Direction for further research (optional)
Reference/Bibliography and Annexures/Appendices (Questionnaire used etc.)
The length of the report shall be in between 60 and 80 double spaced typed A4 size
pages (excluding appendix and Exhibits). The report is to be submitted in a bound
volume.
The Project Report should also contain:
i) Project Approval letter
ii) A Certificate from the organization where the learner underwent Practical Training
for a period of eight weeks of study
iii) A statement from the leaner mentioning that the work is a original one and has not
been submitted earlier either to this University or to any other institution of the
requirement of a course of
 One typed copy of the project report is to be submitted to the Course Co-ordinator before
the due date as communicated in the Academic Calendar. One copy of the report is to be
retained with the student and produced at the time of Viva-Voce Exam. The copy sent to
the University will not be returned.