Project Process Hand Book

ANWARUL ULOOM COLLEGE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

My Dear Students,

ANWARUL ULOOM COLLEGE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, are renowned premium colleges in the field of professional Education. The colleges are approved by AICTE and affiliated to Osmania University. Majority of the students have been placed in reputed Multinational Companies and many got admitted into renowned National and International Institutes of higher learning. Now it is time for you to emulate your exemplary seniors and to reach higher echelons of the society.

The professional Colleges have a clearly defined goal of evolving into the best institutes for Post Graduate education. To reach the envisaged goal, the colleges provide not only highly committed and qualified faculty but also infrastructure facilities for curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. The central concern of these institutions is to strive for pedagogical and scholastic excellence ably provided by the faculty. Dynamism, experience and erudition characterize the teaching community at AUCBM’S Highly qualified with MBA, MCA, M. Phil and Ph.D. degrees, the faculty bring their expertise and application oriented attitude to the classrooms.

One of the innovative features of ANWARUL ULOOM COLLEGE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENTis its novel teaching-learning process that synthesizes conventional mechanisms of learning such as lectures and laboratory sessions, with interactive sessions like Seminars, Guest Lectures, Industry - Institute Interaction, and Assignments that enrich and make learning a pleasure. This Project Process Document, a unique feature of aucbm helps you as a ready reckoned document by giving complete guidance on the project work and to prepare you well in advance for the same. In addition, it also provides various formats to be used at different phases of the project work.

The college has been successful in getting very reputed organizations for placements owing to the quality of its projects and I am happy that preparations are in progress to see that all the students of these colleges would have their future clearly defined and secure.

From the Institute’s side, we assure you that we leave no stone unturned to achieve the above goals. You too, as a student, have a crucial role to play in this arduous but exciting enterprise of making AUCBM synonymous with learning and professionalism.

I invite you all to join us in our journey towards excellence.

Secretary, ANWARUL ULOOM COLLEGE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

PROJECT WORK

Project Work is the best way to practice what one has learnt as theory. The purpose of including project report in the MBA Program is to provide an opportunity to work for an industry problem and apply management concepts in a scientific manner. It enables the application of conceptual knowledge in a practical situation, conducting a study in a systematic way and presenting its finding in coherent report

Project is a full time activity to be undertaken by the students after the completion of second semester for a period of 6 weeks (i.e. 45 days). During this period, students have to select a project related to his/her major specialization. The student must undergo the standard process as being specified here in, before start of the project to take maximum benefit from the project work. Once all the process stages are completed, it is assured that the final project report is complete in all respects; the necessary comprehensive seminar to assess the complete understanding of the project work is ascertained. Students need to adhere to every timeline given in schedules for successful completion of the project work.

THE OBJECTIVES OF PROJECT WORK

1. To help students get complete knowledge in the specialized functional area and the domain they choose for project
2. To implement the theoretical understanding in practical applications i.e working scenario of industry by being a member and observer in the industry for a specified period.
3. To get better at understanding on the: problem identification and definition, understanding objectives, appreciate the scope, data collection process, questionnaire preparation, methodology of surveys, practical use of tools, analysis and inference of collected data etc.
4. Written documentation of the entire project working and also gain confidence in presenting orally.
5. To Gain complete confidence in the functional area and the domain of project work, the tools used and also on the actual project work to present during the comprehensive project viva and more specifically during the job interviews.

GENERAL GUIDELINES TO THE STUDENTS

1. Students are advised to choose an area of their interest for the purpose of doing project work.
2. Students have to ensure that their title of the project report and organization is not matching with anyone, else it will be considered duplication and the project will be rejected by the university.
3. The students are advised to collect the information regarding the required material like texts, reference books, websites and concerned journal papers from their respective guide
4. After the allotment of project, students have to meet their guides and submit a letter of registration failing which they will not be allowed for project work during the semester/year.

ORGANISATION OF PROJECT REPORT AS PER OU GUIDELINES

Title Page

This is the standard format of the Title Page (Appendix III) that every student is expected to use. Ensure that the title of the project is self explanatory; it should convey what the report is about. And remember, the name of the college should not appear on the title page of the report.

Student’s Declaration and College Certificate

The student has to sign a Declaration and has to get the signatures of his/her Internal Guide, Head of the Department and Director of the institution. The formats of Declaration and College Certificate can be found in Appendix IV and V.

Abstract

This is a summary of about 300 words (not more than one side of double-spaced A4) that describes the topic; explains the aims and methods of the study and gives a brief resume of the main conclusions and recommendations.

Acknowledgements

This section is for thanking the people who have helped in the development of the project. It might include specific individuals who have given information, offered insights, or generally been supportive. Gratitude may be expressed to groups of people, like those who were studied, or fellow students.

Table of Contents

The contents page gives the reader the first view of how the project is structured and how the author attempted to develop the topic. It lists sequentially the sections and major sub- divisions of the sections; each identified by a heading and located by a page number. To highlight the tables and graphs List of tables and list of figures have to follow the Table of Contents.

(The formats of Table of Contents, List of Tables and List of Figures are attached with this report as Appendices VI, VII AND VIII.)

Organization of Project Report-chapter wise

Chapter 1: Introduction: This chapter should include the statement of research problem, need for study/significance of the project, objectives, hypotheses, methodology – scope, sample design, sources of information, tools and techniques of analysis, structure of the study with sound justifications/explanations. Chapter 2: Literature Review: This chapter should reflect the student’s under standing of the relevant theoretical and empirical background of the problem. Focus should be more on the logical presentation of the empirical evolution of conceptual and methodological issues pertaining to research problem. Also highlight the methodological clues drawn through this review for your project. Chapter 3: The company/Organization/System: This chapter should contain a brief historical retrospect about the entity of your study. Chapter 4: Present your data analysis and inferences drawn from such analysis. Chapter 5: Summary and Conclusions: Gives an overview of the project, conclusions, implications and recommendations. Also specify the limitations of your study. You may indicate the scope for further research on the topic of project.

Bibliography

List the books, articles, websites that are referred and useful for research on the topic of your specific project. Follow Harvard style of referencing as below:

1. Chin-Cheh Yi, Pei-Wen Liao, Chin-Feng Huang, and I-Hui Hwang (2009), Acceptance of Mobile Learning: a Respecification and Validation of Information System Success, World Academy of Science, Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol. No. 53, Issue No. 4
2. Roy Subroto and K. Sivakumar (2007), The role of information technology adoption in the globalization of business buying behavior: a conceptual model and research propositions, Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, Vol. No. 22, Issue No. 4
3. Jung Jaehee and Eunyoung Sung (2008), Consumer based brand equity, Journal of Marketing and Management, Volume No.12, Issue No.1

Technical Specifications of the Project

The project should be typed on A4 white paper, and be double-line spaced and justified alignment.

The left margin should not be less than 40 mm and the right margin not less than 20 mm.

The font size of the text should be 12 and for headings, it should be 14 in Times New Roman style. Except for headings, subheadings and side headings, bold font should not be used.

Wikipedia and Google must not be included in bibliography

All pages should be numbered, and numbers should be placed at the centre of the bottom of the page, not less than 10 mm above the edge.

All tables, figures and appendices should be consecutively numbered or lettered, and suitably labeled.

Proper punctuation marks should be placed at relevant places.

The students have to submit a soft copy and two hardbound copies of their project reports to the project coordinators after the rough draft has been reviewed by the internal guide and the students; and all corrections have been made. These reports have to be duly signed by the student, his internal guide, Head of the Department, and Director of the Institution.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

When the project work is done with genuine interest and all information is gathered and assimilated genuinely, it not only fetches you the desired degree, but also placement in top notch companies.