mba project guidelines & format
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ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI
CPT CAMPUS, THARAMANI, CHENNAI 600113.
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES
BATCH 2011 -2013
PROJECT MANUAL
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Name of the Student :
Reg. No./ Roll No. :
Branch & Year :
Batch :
Contact No. :
Email id :
Project Title :
Area of the Study :
Company Name :
Company Address
& Phone No. :
Name of the Internal Guide :
Name & Designation of
External Guide (Company):
External Guide Contact No.:
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Signature of HOD Signature of the Guide
ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI
CPT CAMPUS, THARAMANI, CHENNAI 600113.
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES
PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENTS
Strictly adhere to the following instructions
All students should maintain this manual till the completion of their project work
Take a print out and spiral the manual. No filing is permitted
All students should meet their guide every week as instructed by the respective guide. As to keepup with this instruction, it is hereby made necessary that the students do their projects within the
city limits of Chennai.
Bring the manual without fail for every meeting along with the guide. In the absence of manual,
you will not be allowed to attend the review
Manual and ID card are must for all review meeting and it should be duly signed by both the
external and internal guide.
The remarks of the manual are considered for the internal marks
The manual has to be submitted on your final review along with the confirmation letter and
completion letter.
Be prepared for both oral and ppt presentation for your project reviews and final Viva Voce
exam.
The project guidelines & instructions given in the manual should be strictly followed for main
project work.
Every review carries marks for your internals and hence attendance is mandatory The students have to strictly follow the formal dress code for every meeting with the guide and
also for the review meeting
The students with fees due and library books due will not be permitted to attend reviews.
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Affix Photocopy of
Confirmation Letter
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Affix Photocopy of
Completion Letter
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ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAICPT CAMPUS, THARAMANI, CHENNAI 600113.
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES
PROJECT REVIEW DATES
The students have to bring hardcopy of the necessary information on respective review dates.
Prepare PPT for each review and follow the PPT instruction for Viva Voce given below.
ReviewsDates
Record workREMARKS FROM
GUIDE
0 Topic confirmation & further proceedings
1
Title of the Study
Introduction to topic (5pages, 1.5 line
spacing)
Company Profile Product profile (not
more than 15 pages)
Industry Profile (3 pg)
Review of Literature
2
Need of the Study (1pg)
Scope of the Study (1pg)
Objective of the Study ( Minimum 5)
Methodology ( 4 pg)
Questionnaire -( Minimum 5
demographic questions & minimum 15
questions relating project title)
Total Minimum 20 questions
3 Data Collection and analysis
Data analysis & Interpretation
Statistical Tools
Statistical Analysis
Limitations
Findings
Recommendations and suggestions.
Conclusion
Abstract
Acknowledgment
Declaration
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Full report - 70 pages to 100 pages
Final Copy 4 Copies for Main project
ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAICPT CAMPUS, THARAMANI, CHENNAI 600113.
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES
PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONS
MODEL VIVA DATE:
PPT FOR VIVA VOCE
( Presentation time 15 minutes)
The presentation for Viva Voce examination should contain:
Title of the project -1slide
Objective of the Study ( Minimum 5 )- 1 slide
Need of the Study 1slide
Methodology 2 slides
Data analysis 7 slides( tabular columns & pie/
bar charts) Statistical results in 2/3 slides.
Findings 2 sides
Suggestions and conclusions 2 slides
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PROJECT REVIEW REPORT FROM EXTERNAL GUIDE
Dear sir/Madam,
Please certify the progress of our student at the end of every month.
REVIEW
Progress of Project Work
Attendance
Remarks
&
Signature
with dateWork completedWork to be
completed
1. FROM:
TO:
Days Present:
2. FROM:
TO:
Days Present:
3. FROM:
TO:
Days Present:
EXTENAL GUIDE NAME & SIGNATURE (SEAL)
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PROJECT REVIEW REPORT FROM INTERNAL GUIDE
REVIEWDATE
Progress of Project Work
Remarks &
Signature with
date
Work completed Work to be completed
1.
2.
3.
Signature of Guide Signature of HOD
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GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF PROJECT REPORT
CONTENTS
1. GENERAL
2. NUMBER OF COPIES TO BE SUBMITTED
3. SIZE OF PROJECT REPORT
4. ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS OF PROJECT REPORT
5. PAGE DIMENSIONS AND MARGIN
6. MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
7. TYPING INSTRUCTIONS
8. NUMBERING INSTRUCTIONS
9. BINDING SPECIFICATIONS
1. GENERAL:
The instructions are intended to provide broad guidelines to the MBA candidates in the preparation of
the project report. In general, the project report shall contain, in an organized and scholarly fashion,
an account of original work of the candidate including methodology, data analysis, interpretation and
summary of findings.
2. NUMBER OF COPIES TO BE SUBMITTED FOR EVALUATION:
Students should submit 4 copies to the Head of the Department concerned on or before the specified
date.
3. SIZE OF PROJECT REPORT:
The size of project report should not exceed 60 pages of typed matter reckoned from the first page of
Chapter 1 to the last page of the last chapter.
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4. ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS OF PROJECT REPORT:
The sequence in which the project report material should be arranged and bound should be as
follows:
1. Title page
2. Bonafide Certificate
3. Attendance certificate given by the company
4. Certificate of viva voce ( only in the original report, which contains original copy of
attendance certificate)
5. Acknowledgement
6. Abstract
7. Table of Contents
8. List of Tables
9. List of Figures
10. List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature (Optional)
11. Chapters
12. Appendices
13. References
The Tables and Figures shall be introduced in the appropriate places
5. PAGE DIMENSIONS AND MARGINS:
The dimensions of the final bound copies of the project report should be 290mm x 205mm. Standard
A4 size (297mm x 210mm) paper may be used for preparing the copies. The final 4 copies of the
project report (at the time of submission) should have the following page margins:
Top edge : 30 to 35 mm 1.37
Bottom edge : 25 to 30 mm 1.18
Left side : 35 to 40 mm 1.57
Right side : 20 to 25 mm 0.98
The project report should be prepared on good quality white paper preferably not lower than
80gsm/sq.m.
Tables and figures should conform to the margin specifications. Large size figures should be
photographically or otherwise reduced to the appropriate size before insertion.
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6. MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION:
The candidate shall supply a typed copy of the manuscript to the guide for the purpose of approval. In
the preparation of the manuscript, care should be taken to ensure that all textual matter is typed to the
extent possible in the same format as may be required for the final project report.
The headings of all items 2 to 11 listed in section 4 should be typed in capital letters without
punctuation and centered 50mm below the top of the page. The text should commence 4 spaces
below this heading. The page numbering for all items 1 to 8 / 9 should be done using lower case
Roman numerals and the pages thereafter should be numbered using Arabic numerals.
6.1 Title Page - A specimen copy of the Title page for MBA project report is given in Annexure I.
6.2 Bonafide Certificate - The Bonafide Certificate shall be in double line spacing using Font Style
Times New Roman Font Size 12, as per the format shown in Annexure II.
The certificate shall carry the signatures of student, Guide, Project In-charge. The Bonafide
certificate shall also carry the External Examiners signature obtained at the time of Viva-voce.
6.3 Abstract - Abstract should be an essay type of narration not exceeding 600 words, outlining the
problem, the methodology used for tackling it and a summary of the findings.
6.4 Acknowledgement - The acknowledgement should be brief and should not exceed one page
when typed in double spacing.
6.5 Table of contents - The table of contents should list all material following it as well as any
material which precedes it. The title page, Bonafide Certificate and acknowledgment will not find a
place among the items listed in the Table of Contents but they should be allotted page numbers in
lower case Roman letters. Double line spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this
head.
6.6 List of Tables - The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear above the tables in
the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this head.
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6.7 List of Figures - The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear below the figures in
the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this head.
6.8 List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature - One and a half spacing should be adopted
for typing the matter under this head. Standard symbols, abbreviations etc. should be used.
6.9 Chapters The chapters may be broadly divided into 5 parts (i) Introduction, (ii) Review of
Literature, (iii) Research methodology (iv) Data Analysis & Interpretation (v) Results and
Discussion.
Each chapter may be further divided into several divisions and sub-divisions.
Each chapter should be given an appropriate title.
Tables and figures in a chapter should be placed in the immediate vicinity of the
reference where they are cited. Footnotes should be used sparingly. They should be typed single space and placed
directly underneath in the very same page which refers to the material they
annotate.
6.10 Appendices - Appendices are provided to give supplementary information, which if included in
the main text may serve as a distraction and cloud the central theme under discussion.
Appendices should be numbered using Arabic numerals, e.g. Appendix 1, Appendix 2, etc.
Appendices, Tables and references appearing in appendices should be numbered and referred to at
appropriate places just as in the case of chapters.
6.11 List of References - Any works of other researchers, if used either directly or indirectly, the
origin of the material thus referred to at appropriate places in the project report should be indicated. A
paper, a monograph or a book may be designated by the name of the first author followed by the year
of publication, placed inside brackets at the appropriate places in the project report should be
indicated.
The list should be typed 4 space below the heading REFERENCES in alphabetical order in single
spacing left-justified. The reference material should be listed in the alphabetical order of the first
author. The name of the author/authors should be immediately followed by the year and other details.
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6.12 Tables and Figures -The word Table refers to tabulated numerical data in the body of the
project report as well as in the appendices. All other non-verbal material used in the body of the
project report and appendices such as charts, graphs, maps, photographs and diagrams may be
designated as figures.
* A table or figure including caption should be accommodated within the prescribed margin limits
and appear on the same page or the following page where their first reference is made.
* Tables and figures of half page or less in length may appear on the same page along with the text.
However, they should be separated from the text both above and below by triple spacing.
* All tables and figures should be prepared on the same paper or material used for the preparation of
the rest of the project report.
* Two or more small tables or figures may be grouped if necessary in a single page.
* Wherever possible, the entire photograph(s) may be reproduced on a full sheet of photographic
paper.
* Photographs if any should be included in the colour Xerox form only. More than one photograph
can be included in a page.
* Samples of Fabric, Leather, etc., if absolutely necessary may be attached evenly in a page and
fixed/pasted suitably and should be treated as figures.
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7. TYPING INSTRUCTIONS
7.1 General
This section includes additional information for final typing of the project report. Some information
given earlier under 'Manuscript preparation' shall also be referred.
The impressions on the typed/duplicated/printed copies should be black in colour.
A sub-heading at the bottom of a page must have at least two full lines below it or else it should be
carried over to the next page.
The last word of any page should not be split using a hyphen.
One and a half 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 .
Single spacing should be used for typing:
(i) Long Tables
(ii) Long quotations
(iii) Foot notes
(iv) Multilane captions
(v) References
All quotations exceeding one line should be typed in an indented space - the indentation
being 15mm from either margin.
Double spacing should be used for typing the Bonafide Certificate and Acknowledgement.
7.2 Chapters
The format for typing Chapter headings, divisions headings and sub-division headings are explained
through the following illustrative examples.
Chapter heading : CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Font: Times New Roman, Font Size: 14
Division heading : 1.1 OUTLINE OF PROJECT WORK Times New Roman and Font Size 12
Sub-division heading : 1.1.2 Literature review. Font Style Times New Roman and Font Size 12
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The word CHAPTER without punctuation should be centred 50mm down from the top of the page.
Two spaces below, the title of the chapter should be typed centrally in capital letters. The text should
commence 4 spaces below this title, the first letter of the text starting 20mm, inside from the left hand
margin.
The division and sub-division captions along with their numberings should be left-justified. The
typed material directly below division or sub-division heading should commence 2 spaces below it
and should be offset 20mm from the left hand margin. Within a division or sub-division paragraphs
are permitted. Even paragraph should commence 2 spaces below the last line of the preceding
paragraph, the first letter in the paragraph being offset from the left hand margin by 20 mm.
8. NUMBERING INSTRUCTIONS
8.1 Page Numbering
All page numbers (whether it be in Roman or Arabic numbers) should be typed without punctuation
on the upper right hand corner 20mm from top with the last digit in line with the right hand margin.
The preliminary pages of the project report (such as Title page, Acknowledgement, Table of Contents
etc.) should be numbered in lower case Roman numerals. The title page will be numbered as (i) but
this should not be typed. The page immediately following the title page shall be numbered (ii) and it
should appear at the top right hand corner as already specified. Pages of main text, starting with
Chapter 1 should be consecutively numbered using Arabic numerals.
8.2 Numbering of Chapters, Divisions and Sub-Divisions
The numbering of chapters, divisions and sub-divisions should be done using Arabic numerals only
and further decimal notation should be used for numbering the divisions and sub-divisions within a
chapter. For example sub-division 4 under division 3 belonging to chapter 2 should be numbered as
2.3.4. The caption for the sub-division should immediately follow the number assigned to it.
Every chapter beginning with the first chapter should be serially numbered using Arabic numerals.
Appendices included should also be numbered in an identical manner starting with Appendix 1.
8.3 Numbering of Tables and Figures
Tables and Figures appearing anywhere in the thesis should bear appropriate numbers. The rule for
assigning such numbers is illustrated through an example. Thus, if a figure in Chapter 3, happens to
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be the fourth then assign 3.4 to that figure. Identical rules apply for tables except that the word Figure
is replaced by the word Table. If figures (or tables) appear in appendices then figure 3 in Appendix 2
will be designated as Figure A 2.3. If a table to be continued into the next page this may be done, but
no line should be drawn underneath an unfinished table. The top line of the table continued into the
next page should, for example read Table 2.1 (continued) placed centrally and underlined.
8.4 Numbering of Equations
Equations appearing in each Chapter or Appendix should be numbered serially, the numbering
commencing a fresh for each Chapter or Appendix. Thus for example, an equation appearing in
Chapter 2, if it happens to be the eighth equation in that Chapter should be numbered (2.8) thus:
C(s) G1 G2----- = ----------------- (2.8)R(s) 1 + G1 G2 H
While referring to this equation in the body of the thesis it should be referred to as Equation (2.8)
9. BINDING SPECIFICATIONS
* Project report submitted (4 copies) for MBA should be bound using flexible cover of thick white art
paper. The spine for the bound volume should be black Calico of 20mm width. The cover should be
printed in black letters and the text for printing should be identical to what has been prescribed for the
title page.
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CHAPTERISATION
CHAPTER. NO. NAME OF THE CHAPTER PAGE.NO
ABSTRACT ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
iii
LIST OF TABLES iv
LIST OF FIGURES iv
1INTRODUCTION
1.1 INDUSTRY PROFILE
1.2 COMPANY PROFILE
1.3 PRODUCT PROFILE
1.4 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
1.5 NEED FOR THE STUDY
1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
1.7 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE
2.1 THEORETICAL REVIEW
2.2 RESEARCH REVIEW
2.3 RESEARCH GAP
3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
4 ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
5 FINDINGS SUGGESTIONS AND CONCLUSION
5.1 FINDINGS5.2 SUGGESTIONS
5.3 CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDICES ( Questionnaire, Income Statement
( certified), Balancesheet (certified), etc.,)
ANNEXURE I
(A typical Specimen of Cover Page & Title Page)
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PURCHASE BEHAVIOUR FOR ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS
By
Student Name
Reg. No.
A PROJECT REPORT
Submitted to the
FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree
of
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI 600 025
Month, Year
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ANNEXURE - II
BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE
Certified that the Project report titled _________________________________ is the bonafide work
of Mr. / Ms. < NAME, CAPS AND BOLD, REG NO, BOLD> who carried out the work under my
supervision. Certified further that to the best of my knowledge the work reported herein does not
form part of any other project report or dissertation on the basis of which a degree or award was
conferred on an earlier occasion on this or any other candidate.
Signature of Supervisor Signature of HOD
Submitted to Project Viva Voce held on .
Internal Examiner External Examiner
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Certificate of Viva-voce-Examination
This is to certify that Mr /Ms. ... (Register No. ..
) has been subjected to Viva-voce-Examination on (Date) at ..
(Time) at .
Internal Examiner External ExaminerName: Name:
(in capital letters) (in capital letters)Designation: Designation:Address: Address:
Head of the Department
Name:(in capital letters)Designation:
Address:
Date :
*Note:1. This Annexure shall be attached to the original Project Report to be submitted to the
Department of Management Studies, Anna University Chennai, CPT Campus,Tharamani, Chennai 600 113.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ( Follow the same order)
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I take immense pleasure in thanking our H.O.D, Department of Management Studies, Anna
University, CPT Campus, Tharamani, Chennai for all her valuable assistance in the project work.
I wish to express my deep sense of gratitude to my Internal Guide, guide name, for her/ his able
guidance and useful suggestions, which helped me in completing the project work, in time.
I also wish to express my gratitude to my External guide who rendered his / her help during the
period of my project work.
Finally, yet importantly, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to my beloved parents for their
blessings, my friends/classmates for their help and wishes for the successful completion of this
project.
STUDENT NAME
ABSTRACT (model)
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T h e m ai n a i m o f t h e s t u d y i s t o s t u d y t h e Effectiveness of System Application Data
Processing (SAP) package At Hatsun Agro Product Ltd, Chennai f oc us es o n
al ig ni ng Employees, Strategies and Processes for Business Success.
The secondary objectives are to determine the awareness of SAP modules by the Hatsun
Employees, find out the training provided for employees on application of SAP package, know the
usage of SAP application in the business process, find out the cost effectiveness of sap, and compare
the existing SAP package with earlier packages used by the organization.
The sample size used for the study is 100. Total population is120. As the entire population is taken
for the study, Census survey method is used. Primary data was collected through questionnaires from
the Employees of Hatsun Agro Product Ltd, Chennai. Secondary data was collected from the
company records, journals, websites, business magazines and books on the topic which was relevant.
A structured question were used to measure the effectiveness of SAP package used at Hatsun.Only
75% of respondents were getting training and most of us getting training is less than 1month.Majority
of them say SAP is expensive. Understanding of SAP process helps in decision making.
Overall training sessions & workshops should be provided on quarterly basis to the SAP process
owners of each department. Top management should formulate some guidelines on how to reduce the
paperwork. A cautious, evolutionary, bureaucratic implementation process backed with careful
Change management, network relationship and cultural readiness can lead to successful SAP
implementation.
REFERENCES: (Follow the Same Style)
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BOOKS:
C.R. Kothari, Research Methodology methods and Techniques, New Age International
Publishers, 2011
P.C. Tripathi, Personal Management, Sultan Chand & Sons Publishers,. , Year of
Publishing
Wayne Cascio, Managing Human Resources, Himalaya publishers, , Year of
Publishing
Chakraborthy, Managerial Effectiveness, New Age International Publisher, Year of
Publishing
JOURNALS:
Citation, Title, Journal, Volume issue no. page no..
WEBSITES:
Complete IP address of the website used
(Note : Authors should be in alphabetical order)
( Insert Title fly before each chapter)
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INTRODUCTION
*Page numbering should not be done for title fly page