DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT, SHRIMAD RAJCHANDRA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND COMPUTER APPLICATION UKA TARSADIA UNIVERSITY

2012

FOREIGN COUNTRY STUDY REPORT (FCSR) GUIDELINES FOR STUDENTS

(MBA Semester - III 2012) (1st July 2012 16th August 2012 7 Weeks)
A. GENERAL PROJECT GUIDELINES: The students will undergo FOREIGN COUNTRY STUDY PROJECT for seven weeks after the completion of the Second Semester and submit a Foreign Country Study by 16th August 2012. This project needs to carry out by the group of 2 students. Individual project is not allowed. After deciding the group, they need to select a country and needs to confirm the same from project coordinators. Under this project even student can go & visit foreign (selected) country and complete his/her project over there. Once country is selected, students need to select the Sector or Industry and even a Company or an Organization of their choice for this project work. Once Sector or Industry and Company or Organization is finalized, do update the same to the undersigned along with the following details; Country name Sector or Industry Company or Organization name ONLY HARDCOPY SUBMISSION WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATIONS. Student need to carry out the project under faculty mentors guidance. Timely reporting and following guidelines of mentor is absolutely necessary. Student must keep records of DAILY activities in log book and should be shown to the mentor at every meeting. Students must submit Progress to the Mentor every week. Students will be assessed on the basis of the quality of work done, dedication and sincerity during the entire project period. No two groups of students can have exactly the same objectives for same sector. Students project report must have own contribution and must be approved by their mentor as original work. While reporting to mentor at college student must be in Uniform. All the correspondence would be made on mails, at the institutes mail id. Student will be required to give presentation in front of panel members as final evaluation. Students must ensure to follow the deadlines without fail. 1

For any queries / clarifications, students may contact their respective mentor. CONTENT GUIDELINES: Each Group should prepare one detailed report.

Part 1:- COUNTRY STUDY:

Country Introduction. Demographic Profile. General Economic & Industries overviews. Overview Different economic sectors of selected country. General overview of Trade and Commerce. Present Trade Relations with India / Gujarat. Legal aspects of trade in selected country. Import- Export, Business Volume of different products, Investment etc. PESTEL Analysis. Selected Sector / Industry /Company Analysis. SWOT Analysis of selected company / industry.

Part-2: INDUSTRY / SECTOR STUDY:

Analysis of particular industry/sector/company of selected country. Structure, Functions and Business Activities of selected Industry. Policies and Norms of selected country for selected Industry/company for import / export including licensing /permission, taxation etc. Policies and Norms of India for Import or export to the selected country including licensing / permission, taxation etc. Present relationship with Indian trade and commerce. Present Trade barriers for that country and Industry. Investment, import-export. Identification of possibilities/ new opportunities of business (trade, manufacturing, import, export, investment etc) with that country. Potential for import / export in India / Gujarat Market. Business Opportunities in future. Problems & Prospects of business/trade with the selected country. Findings / conclusions of the Study. Strategic Suggestions for Trade and Commerce by / in India or Gujarat.

Bibliography
Students need to quote all the references. Also the way of presenting them in form of Bibliography is should not be inconsistent & erroneous. This year we propose to use only APA style of referencing. Format of APA style for various sources like books, papers, articles, websites, and many more can get from

http://studentzone.roehampton.ac.uk/library/referencing/apa. html

B. EVALUATION GUIDELINES: The Report will be evaluated by a panel consisting of one Internal Supervisor and one external referee which will be graded as Satisfactory, or Incomplete/Not Satisfactory. All those students whose Summer Project Reports are graded as Incomplete/Not Satisfactory, shall have to repeat the Training for a period suggested by the panel and re-submit the same for evaluation. Students overall behavior and discipline will be a qualitative criteria for evaluation.

SUBMISSION DATES:
FOREIGN COUNTRY STUDY PROJECT BEGINS FROM 1ST JULY 2012. Sr. No. 1 2 3 Activity Deadline
30.06.2012

Marks 5 marks 10 marks

Confirmation of the Country Selection of Industry & Company Part One: Country Introduction Demographic Profile General Economic & Industries overviews, Overview Different economic sectors of selected country , General overview of Trade and Commerce, Present Trade Relations with India / Gujarat, Legal aspects of trade in selected country, Import- Export, Business Volume of different products, Investment etc, PESTEL Analysis, Selected Sector / Industry /Company Analysis, SWOT Analysis of selected company / industry

4.07.2012

25 marks
14.07.2012

24.07.2012

20 marks

Part Two: Analysis of particular industry/sector/ company of selected country. Structure, Functions and Business Activities of selected Industry.
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 Policies and Norms of selected country for selected Industry/company for import / export including licensing /permission, taxation etc. Policies and Norms of India for Import or export to the selected country including licensing / permission, taxation etc. Present relationship with Indian trade and commerce.
13.08.2012

40 marks

Present Trade barriers for that country and

Industry. Investment, import-export. Identification of possibilities/ new opportunities of business (trade, manufacturing, import, export, investment etc) with that country.

Potential for import / export in India / Gujarat

Market. Business Opportunities in future. Problems & Prospects of business/trade with the selected country. Findings / conclusions of the Study. Strategic Suggestions for Trade and Commerce by / in India or Gujarat.
PRESENTATION 1: Presentation 1 will be evaluated on the basis of Content and Understanding, overall Analysis, Communication and Presentation Skills including format of PPT, Time management and Query Solving ability. PRESENTATION 2: Presentation 2 will be evaluated on the basis of Incorporation of suggestions, Presentation skills and viva.

SPECIFICATIONS FOR FOREIGN COUNTRY STUDY PROJECT REPORT 1 2 Paper Size Margins A4 Left Side - 1.5 cm Right Side - 1 cm Top - 1 cm Bottom - 1 cm 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Line Spacing Paragraph Spacing Page Numbers Font Type Font Size (FS) Bold / Italic / Underline Alignment Page Justify Subhead 11 Tables/ Graphs/ Diagrams 12 Borders / Shades No Borders , Headers , Footers 13 Word Breaking 14 Chapter Name 1.5 Lines Double Lines At bottom Centre (Middle) Times New Roman For normal 12 Should be used for specific purposes only Page Justify Upper case, Bold, Centre, FS 14 Bold, Left Aligned, FS- 12, No Colon (:) Title, No. and Source Optional No word Breaking On Separate Page Before the start of the chapter Centre Aligned on the Page No page Numbers on it Next page start the Chapter do not Repeat the title on the next page 15 Report Binding Hard Bound Cover Black Plastic coated Writing Golden colour only 16 Copies of the Report Hard : Total 1 Copy For Institute 01 (HARD BOUND COPY) Soft Copy (CD): 01 Copy For Student 01 (Spiral) (Optional) CD should have following information in
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Word format: Name of the Student Enrollment No. FCSR Title Year Guide Name

A FOREIGN COUNTRY STUDY REPORT ON " __________________________________" at __________________________ Project report submitted for the partial fulfillment of the MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (2012) Semester-2

Submitted by

Submitted to

[Date & Month, 2012]

SHRIMAD RAJCHANDRA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND COMPUTER APPLICATION GOPAL VIDYANAGAR

Students Declaration

We, __________________________________, hereby declare that the report for Foreign

County Study __________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________ is a result of our own work and our indebtedness to other work publications, references, if any, have been duly acknowledged.

Place : .. Date : _______________

(Name of Student) (Signature)

Institutes Certificate

Certified

that

this

Foreign is the

Country bonafide

Study work

Titled of

__________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________ Ms__________________________ Mr./Ms_____________________________________ (Enrollment No________________) & Mr./ (Enrollment No______________), who carried out the research under my supervision. I also certify 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 the Faculty Guide (Name and Designation of Guide)

Signature of Director Dr. Shivendra Gupta

PREFACE (SEPARATE PAGE)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (SEPARATE PAGE)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT / EXECUTIVE SUMMERY CHAPTERS APPENDICES / ANNEXURES REFERENCES / BIBLIOGRAPHY

Note:
BIBLIOGRAPHY should be in APA format http://studentzone.roehampton.ac.uk/library/referencing/apa.html

Mulchandji Sen & Tarjani Desai e-mail: mulchandji.sen@srimca.edu.in e-mail: tarjani.desai@utu.ac.in

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