CHRIST UNIVERSITY, Bangalore

Department of Management Studies

BBM/BBA PROGRAMS GUIDELINES & Schedule FOR BBM/BBA PROGRAMS FINAL PROJECT WORK

Guidelines to facilitate writing of project.

1. The purpose of writing of project is to communicate the findings of the project study undertaken on a particular topic by a student in business organization in a systematic way, in partial fulfillment of BBM/BBA programs. It is a time-bound and independent study guided by a faculty member. 2. Students are advised to carryout their projects work in the areas can a select topic in the functional areas of finance, Marketing and HRM. 3. Choose any medium or large-scale organization for your project data collection.( may or may not be internship companies). 4. Once the guide is allotted you are required to meet the guide as per the schedule. 5. The project report must be selective and intensive study on a particular topic, presented in a simple and systematic manner. 6. Project writing should exhibit originality. Copying of others work is strictly prohibited. But one can refer previous good project reports to gain an insight or to understandwhich are current and needs immediate attention of researchers. For example, the students 7. . 8. Report must be printed in standard A4 size paper with a font size of 14 for headings and 12 for the contents, written with double line spacing. 9. The project report must contain between 100-120 pages, typed on one side of the page (no back to back printing) in Times New Roman format). 10. The contents page must show the page numbers against the topics / chapters. These must be serially numbered starting from Introduction (i.e., from Chapter 1). 11. The concerned faculty guide must duly approve topic of the project before one starts working on it. 12. There shall be two certificates from university (As per standard format). One by Head of the Department on Uiversity letterhead and another one by faculty guide . 13. The students must submit to the faculty guide on or before the prescribed date, Two copies project reports (one for university and another for guide) and the third copy (original) must be collected and kept by the student with himself/herself after getting signed from HOD and faculty guide. All three copies must be submitted together. The three copies of Project report should be submitted in the hard bound form only. 14. The original certificates issued by Company (If the projet is done in a company), HOD, and Faculty Guide have to be included only in Original project report meant for the student after taking photocopy for the other two projects meant for University and guide. 15. The following shall be order of certificates to be included and declarations to be made in the project. Cover page,[As per format enclosed], Certificate[by Company], Certificate[by HOD, in standard format], Certificate[by faculty guide,in standard format], Declaration[signed by student,in std. format], Acknowledgement [by student],and Table of Contents . Table of graphs and diagrams. (These must not contain page numbers)

Your findings, recommendations and suggestions should be in the form of points each within the range of 8-12 points. 16. The table of contents must cover the following items. Chapter1.Introduction and Literature Review Chapter 2. Industry and Company Profile Chapter 3.Research Design Chapter 4.Data Analysis and Interpretation. Chapter 5. Summary of Findings Chapter 6.Suggestions and Conclusion. Annextures. [No chapterization]. Bibliography [No chapterization] Chapter 1:A) Introduction to the topic: The Introduction chapter should broadly cover the following topics a) Introduction to the functional area i.e., Finance/Marketing/Human Resources and the relationship between of one functional area to other functional areas of management. b) Importance of the topic from macro and micro perspective and title chosen for study. c) Study of the organization with reference to the topic. (if Necessary)

B) Literature review
The literature review is a body of text that aims to review the critical points of current knowledge on a particular topic. Literature reviews are secondary sources, and as such, do not report any new or original experimental work. Literature review seeks to describe, summarize, evaluate, clarify and/or integrate the content of primary reports". Students are required to review at least 10 latest articles from refereed journals on their topics for the research work and wrie the gist of these articles in 100 words about each article in their own words . Chapter 2: Industry Profile: The Industry and Company Profile chapter should broadly cover the following topics a. Introduction to Industry/area of business b. Total size/annual turn over of the industry c. Key players in the industry & their market share. [Amount of turn over].Annual Industry Growth Rate, Government policies/regulations influencing the industry(with reference to foreign competition or FDI limit). Company profile: a. A brief history of the company/business group. b. Year of establishment. initial investment, founders profile, place(s) of business , nature of initial business(es) of the group , & past business performance c. Present position of the company/business group in terms of total investment, type/nature of businesses, total turnover, total number of employees, product profile, competitor profile, rate of growth of investment, sales, profits, clients or customers, present product/segment wise market share of the company, subsidiary companies [if any] under the same management, collaboration/joint ventures [if any],performance of its stocks for the past few years, export earnings[if exporting], and certifications/achievements/awards won[if any] and SWOT analysis. Chapter 3:Research Design. A). The research design chapter must contain the information under the following headings; 1. Title/Statement of the problem 2. Objectives of the study 3. Scope of the study

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Hypothesis (If there is) Population and sampling techniques Data collection methods statistical tools for analysis Limitations of the study

Specimen of certificates

Format of Declaration
DECLARATION
I, __________ (Name &Reg.No.), hereby declare that this project titled ____________________,Submitted to Christ University, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Business management/ Bachelor of Business Administration is a record of original project study done by me during the academic year 2011-12 under the guidance of Prof. ________, Department of Management Studies, Christ University it has not been previously formed the basis for the award of any Degree, Diploma or other similar title of recognition to any candidate of any University or Institution. Place: Bangalore Date: Name of student: Register No. Signature

Format of Certificate by HOD

This is to certify that ____________( Student Name, Register No.) is a bonafide student of BBM/BBA Programme studying in CHRIST UNIVERSITY. He/She has prepared and submitted a project titled ___________________, in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Business management/ Bachelor of Business Administration during the academic year 2011-2012. Place: Bangalore Date: Dr. Jain Mathew HOD Department of Management Studies

Format of Certificate by Guide.

This is to certify that this project titled _____________________, submitted to Christ University in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Business management/ Bachelor of Business Administration is a record of original project study done by ............ (Students

Name &Reg No), during the academic year 2011-12 under my guidance and it has not been previously formed the basis for the award of any Degree, Diploma or other similar title of recognition to any candidate of any University or Institution. Place: Bangalore Date:

Name of Faculty Guide Department of Management Studies

Final BBM/BBA Project Schedule 2011 12 Sl. No Dates 1 14.06.2011 Discussion / General Guidelines 2 18.06.2011 Identify Topics (3) Proposal to be submitted 3 21.06.2011 Proposal Discussion with guide 4 25.06.2011 Proposal Discussion with guide 5 28.06.2011 The Topic Finalisation 6 02.07.2011 Introduction & Literature Review -3 Articles to be reviewd and the gist to be submitted 7 05.07.2011 Introduction & Literature Review 3 Articles to be reviewd and the gist to be submitted 8 09.07.2011 Introduction & Literature Review 3 Articles to be reviewd and the gist to be submitted 9 12.07.2011 Industry Profile to be submitted 10 16.07.2011 Company Profile to be submitted 11 19.07.2011 Research Design to be submitted 12 23.07.2011 First Draft of Questionnaire to be submitted 13 26.07.2011 Finalisation of Questionnaire 14 30.07.2011 Data Collection & Reporting to guide to27-8-2012 15 30.08.2011 Data Analysis & Reporting to guide 16 03.09.2011 Data Analysis & Reporting to guide 17 6&10.09.2011 Interpretation of the analysed data 18 13.09.2011 Summary of Findings to be submitted 19 17.09.2011 Suggestions & Conclusion to be submitted 20 08.11.2011 Rough Draft Submission 21 29.11.2011 Approval of Rough Draft 22 17.12.2011 Final Hard Bound Report to be submitted