A MANUAL FOR PREPARATION OF FINAL PROJECT REPORT

1. GENERAL : The manual is intended to provide broad guidelines to the Management candidates in the preparation of the project report. In general, the project report shall be in an organised and scholarly fashion an account of original project work of the candidate. 2. NUMBER OF COPIES TO BE SUBMITTED: Students should submit two copies to the Administrative Office on or before the specified date. The Report should be bound in black with gold coloured embossing, matt finish. Students are advised to keep one copy for themselves. Students may need to submit one copy to the Company. 3. SIZE OF PROJECT REPORT: The size of project report should be minimum 60 pages of typed matter reckoned from page # 1 beginning with Executive Summary. The emphasis is on Quality and Content and NOT on number of pages. 4. PAGE DIMENSIONS AND MARGINS: The dimensions of the final bound copy of the project report should be standard A4 size Bond paper to be used for preparing the copies. The final copy of the project report (at the time of submission) should have the following page margins: Top edge Bottom edge Left side Right side : : : : 1 inch 1 inch 1.5 inch 1 inch

5. Main heading such as INTRODUCTION should be in Font: Times New Roman Bold Font Size: 16 Case: Upper Case Align: Center 1

6.. Sub-heading such as Project Objectives should be in Font: Times New Roman Bold Font Size: 14 Case: Title Case Align: Left 7. Contents should be in Font: Times New Roman, Font Size: 12 Line Spacing: 1.5 lines Case : Sentence Case Align: Justify Entire project should be in Font: Times New Roman 8. ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS: The sequence in which the project report material should be arranged and bound should be as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Embossing page(Appendix: 1) Title page (Appendix: 2) Students Declaration (Appendix: 3) Certificate (Appendix: 4) Acknowledgements Table of Contents (Appendix: 5) List of Tables Body of Project

9. Use Diagrams, pie-charts, bar-diagrams, graphs to illustrate content in your project report, as suitable. 10. Above Format is subject to minor changes with permission of your respective internal guide. 11. Your report should follow above guidelines otherwise it will be rejected.

Appendix: 1

Title of the Project

Project submitted to

H & G H Mansukhani Institute of Management in partial fulfillment of the requirements for

Master in Management Studies

By

INPUT YOUR NAME Roll No: Specialization Batch: 2009 - 2011

Under the guidance of

(INPUT YOUR GUIDES NAME)

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Appendix 2:

Title of the Project

Project submitted to

H & G H Mansukhani Institute of Management in partial fulfillment of the requirements for

Master in Management Studies

By

INPUT YOUR NAME Roll No: Specialization Batch: 2009 - 2011

Under the guidance of

(INPUT YOUR GUIDES NAME)

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Appendix: 3

H & G H Mansukhani Institute of Management Ulhasnagar

April 2011

Students Declaration
I hereby declare that this report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement of MMS Degree of University of Mumbai to H & G H Mansukhani Institute of Management. This is my original work and is not submitted for award of any degree or diploma or for similar titles or prizes.

Name Class

: :

Roll No. : Place Date : Ulhasnagar :

Students Signature :

Appendix: 4

Certificate
This is to certify that the dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of MMS degree of University of Mumbai to H & G H Mansukhani Institute of Management is a result of the bonafide research work carried out by Mr. / Ms. XXXXX XXXX under my supervision and guidance, no part of this report has been submitted for award of any other degree, diploma or other similar titles or prizes. The work has also not been published in any journals/Magazines.

Date Place: Ulhasnagar

Faculty Guide

I/c Director

(Name of Faculty)

(Mrs. Swati Sabale)

Appendix 5 : TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Chapter No. Particulars 1 2 Executive Summary Introduction Introduction to the subject/ topic Introduction to the industry Introduction to the company Research Methodology Problem definition Objectives* Hypothesis Sources of data* Coverage of area Research design Sampling method Sampling size Tools of analysis* Limitations* Scope of the report* Analysis and Findings Conclusions Hypothesis validity Suggestions Annexures List of symbols Questionnaire Bibliography and references Page No. 1

4 5 6 7

Note: Contents of chapter 3 should be followed for research projects. However * marked fields are compulsory for all projects.

GUIDELINES

1. Executive Summary is of one to two pages which is the full gist of your

project. It should explain in short what your project is all about. It should include in brief about your project with respect to following: Introduction to Topic Companies studied Objectives and Conclusion
2. Tools of Analysis- Questionnaire or In-depth Interviews etc.

Appendix: 6
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES
BOOKS

1. Boyd HW & Westfall R, Marketing Research: Text and Cases, Richard D Irwin, Illinois, 1996. 2. Cundiff W Edward & Still, Basic Marketing, Prentice Hall of India, 1968. 3. Philip Kotler & Gary Armstrong, Principles of Marketing, ed7, Prentice-Hall of India, New Delhi, 1997.
REPORTS

1. Government of India 1997 : Economic Survey 1996-97, p15. 2. International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics (various issues), Washington DC. 3. Reserve Bank of India Annual Reports 1992 to 2000.
JOURNALS

1. Agarwal JP, Intra-LDCs Foreign Direct Investment: A Comparative Analysis of Third World Multinationals, The Developing Economics, Vol.23, Sept.1985, p236-253. 2. Aizenman & Joshua, Exchange Rate Flexibility, Volatility and Domestic and Foreign Direct Investment, IMF Staff Papers, Vol.39, No.4, 1992, p890-921. MAGAZINES 1. Analyst 2. Financial Management
NEWSPAPERS

1. The Economic Times, 12th October 2001, p4. 2. The Hindu, 15th June 2002, p6.
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WEBSITES www.google.com

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