Summer Internship‐2010
Guidelines for Project Report for MBA 2008 II-Year Students
Time Frame: April-May2010
Objectives:
To expose students to the working of any organization and managers. To relate the
concepts learnt by the students to the working of the organization.
To work on a problem identified by the organization / student and thus understand the
practical aspects of the working of an organization.
Guidelines:
1. The compulsory project work shall be for a period of minimum of 45 days.
2. The subject code of the project report shall be MBA-PRJW and shall be compulsory
for all students.
3. The student shall submit 3 copies of project reports after the completion of the
project work within a week.
4. The student shall seek the guidance of the internal guide on a continuous basis,
and the guide shall give a certificate to the effect that the candidate has worked
satisfactorily under his/her guidance.
5. On completion of the project work, student shall prepare a report with the
following format.
6. The project report shall be prepared using word processor Viz., MS Word, Times
New Roman 14 or Ariel 12.
7. All the reports shall be printed in the A4 size 1” margin on all sides, 1.5 line
spacing.
8. The report shall be hard bound facing sheet (only white colour) indicating the title
of college and month and year of admission (Spiral binding not permitted).
9. A certificate by the guide, HOD and Head of the institution indicating the bonafide
performance of project by the student to be enclosed.
10. An undertaking by the student to the effect that the work is independently carried
out by him.
11. The certificate from the organization.
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Project Report Format
Acknowledgement
Contents:
Executive Summary – should contain a brief explanation of the project.
Introduction to the concept
Industry profile,
Company profile
Background and inception of the company
Nature of the business carried
Vision, Mission and Quality Policy
Product/Services Profile
Area of Operation – Global/National/Regional
Ownership Pattern
Competitors Information
Infrastructural facilities
Achievement Award if any
Workflow model (end to end)
PLC Model as applicable to that organization.
Structure:
Overall organization structure details – Board of Directors/functional head etc.
Substructure dealing with each functional discipline.
Skill:
Classification of skill – detail the steps taken to impart necessary skills – on the job/off
the job training.
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Project Report Format
Style:
Top down / Bottom up
Authoritarian / Participative
Any one decision making parameter should be studied pertaining to day-to-day
operation, to conclude the style of functioning.
Strategy:
Any one strategy adopted by the company should be considered to explain, “How it is
implemented” e.g. – pricing/waste elimination etc.
System:
System followed in any one department in the organization should be detailed.
Inventory control system / order execution system / Merit rating system etc.
Staff:
Classification / Duties and responsibility of various groups of staff.
Eg.: Technical / Supervisory / Clerical.
Shared Value:
Study of implementing shared value in the company by an illustration, where the
company has implemented its stated objective.
The SWOT Analysis.
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Project Report Format
Research Methodology:
Title of the Project
Statement of the problem
Objectives
Operational definitions
Data collection
Statistical Tools used for research
Sampling Technique – Sampling Unit, Sample Size and Sampling method.
Plan of Analysis
Limitations to the study
Data Analysis and interpretation
Summary of findings
Suggestions
Conclusions – Future Growth
Learning Experience
Annexure
Financial Statements
Questionnaires
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