Guidelines, Procedures and Rules for PGDM/MBA Summer Project Objective The objective of having a Summer Project is to give an opportunity to the students to learn various management practices which are actually practiced by top managers and executives, management systems like level of hierarchy, communication strategy & pattern, importance of inter-personal relations and organizational complexity. To facilitate students get to know the industrial / corporate environment and most importantly they get an insight what corporate would expect when they will join their jobs in actual. This is to be achieved through substantial contribution of knowledge acquired by integration of theory and practice pertinent to the understanding and resolution of scenario or problem at hand, science of collecting data, analysis, construction and deployment of most appropriate solution. The Project Report should demonstrate your competence in handling a sub set of real business problem and engineering your various skills. It is pertinent to note that the Project Report represents a visible concrete output and would stand as testimony of the student's demonstrated managerial skills. Summer Project Report Joining Report : within 7 days from Joining date Reporting to faculty guide : Every 15 days Project Report (hard Copy and CD) : Within 1 month of completing Topic for Project Report i) The selected topic should be problem oriented as well as product, market and Industry specific. ii) iii) iv) It must have the potential to make a significant research work of products or services in relation to the identified problem. It should pertain to original and individual work performance. Exactly same work should not be assigned to more than one student. In case, the project size is large and needs to be allocated amongst team members, the project title and scope shall clearly address the role for a module or unit assigned to individual. (This would be considered only in a special case and will need approval of the Program Coordinator & Director (Management). Students cannot change the project in between the project duration in any circumstances. Project Report Guides For supervising and guiding the project, the student would be consulting project guide from the ITERC College of Management faculty.
Guidelines for carrying out the Summer Project & its Report Preparation and Research Project Report(MBA) Project Report submission Schedule: Two hard bound copies and one CD of the Project Report should be submitted to the Program Coordinator duly approved & signed by faculty guide. (Spiral bounded project report will not be accepted) Components: The Project Report should appear in the following order: Project report (Minimum 100 pages); you have to submit in form of hard binding with printed cover. (Appendix 1) Page i : Cover Page for MBA/PGDM Summer training (Appendix 2) Page ii : Title Page for MBA Project Report(Appendix 3) Page iii : Certificate of Faculty Guide both in case of Summer training and research project (Appendix 5) Page iv : Organization Certificate Only in case of Summer (Appendix 4) (Dully signed by the supervising workplace guide as well as head of the dept.) Page v : Acknowledgement Page vii : Table of Contents (Appendix 6) Page viii : List of Tables & Figures Contents : Introduction Research methodology Findings Analysis Conclusion Suggestions Abbreviations & Appendices References / Bibliography Evaluation A designated evaluation sub-committee will evaluate the student on a given Performa as per following parameters: 1. Project Presentation 2. Contents and Organization of project report 3. Response to questions by the panel 4. Level of contribution in the over all project 5. New skills acquired during the project work 6. Use of tools and techniques 7. Written Communication skills 8. Analysis and Design Ability 9. Use of Tools and Techniques 10. Adherence to working schedule Font details Font: Times New Roman Font size: Heading 16 Sub Heading 14 Text 12 Line space 1.5 2
Format for the Cover/Title page (Print on cover) of the Summer Project Report Synopsis Appendix 1 Summer Project Title (Times New Roman 18 points) Post-Graduate Diploma in Management/ Master of Business Administration By Name Roll No. Under the guidance of Prof. XXXXXXXXXXXXXX Designation ITERC College of Management, Ghaziabad LOGO ITERC ITERC College of Management, Ghaziabad (Arial 14 points) Ghaziabad (Times New Roman 12 points) Date Appendix 2
Format for the Cover page of the Summer Project Report Project Title (Times New Roman 18 points) Summer Project Report Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Recognized by AICTE, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India) /Master of Business Administration (Affiliated to MTU, Noida) By Name Roll No. LOGO ITERC ITERC College of Management (Arial 14 points) Ghaziabad (Times New Roman 12 points) Month, Year 4
Format for the second page of the Final Semester Project Report MBA Appendix 3 Project Title (Times New Roman 18points) Research Report Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of Master of Business Administration (Affiliated to MTU, Noida) By Name Roll No. Under the guidance of Prof. XXXXXXXXXXXXXX ITERC College of Management, Ghaziabad LOGO ITERC ITERC College of Management (Arial 14 points) Ghaziabad (Times New Roman 12 points) Month, Year 5
Appendix 4 <On Company s Letter Head> To Whom It May Concern This is to certify that the summer project titled being submitted by Mr./Ms., student of ITERC College of Management, Ghaziabad in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Post Graduate Diploma in Business management/ MBA has been completed under the supervision of Mr./Ms. at <Organization Name, Address> during the period from to. The work has not been submitted to any other institution or University for the award of any degree/diploma to the best of our knowledge. HOD Designation Organization Name Address Dated: 6
Appendix 5 <On ITERC College of Management Letter Head> Certificate from Faculty Guide This is to certify that Mr. /Ms. XYZ (Roll No. ), a student of the Master of Business Administration has successfully completed his/her summer project titled for the period from to. This project is submitted by Mr./Ms. in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of MBA. The project is submitted following my approval and satisfies the rules and guidelines defined by ITERC College of Management for the project. <Faculty Name> Project Guide Dated: 7
Appendix 6 Acknowledgement Abstract (maximum two pages) Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Appendices List of Abbreviations Table of Contents Example Page iii iv I XXXXXXXXXX 1 1.1 1.2 1.2.1 1.2.2 II XXXXXXXXXX 2.1 2.2 2.1.1 2.1.2 III XXXXXXXXXX 3.1 3.2 8