PROJECT SYNOPSIS

ON
IMPACT OF DIVIDEND POLICY ON CAPITAL
STRUCTURE OF TATA MOTORS
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the award of the degree of
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
To
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi

Guide:

Submitted by:

Dr. Arun Kumar Singhal

Shruti Das
Roll No. 03480003913

Gitarattan International Business School,

Delhi 110085
Batch (2013-2015)

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Project Synopsis
1.1Title of the Project
Impact of dividend policy on capital structure of Toyota Motors
1.2 Organization
Tata Motors Limited (Tata Motors) is an automobile company. The Company is
engaged mainly in the business of automobile products consisting of all types of
commercial and passenger vehicles, including financing of the vehicles sold by
the Company. The Company has two segments: automotive and others. The others
segment includes construction equipment, engineering solutions and software
operations.
Instigated in the year 1945, Tata Motors has a wide network of retailers and
suppliers across India. It was in 1954 that the company launched its first vehicle
1.3 Objectives and Scope of the Study
1.31 Objectives of the study
a) To identify the dividend policy TATA MOTORS is following.
b) To identify the impact of that dividend policy on capital structure of
TATA MOTORS.
1.32

Scope of the Study

This study is based on TATA Motors and period is restricted to 5 years from
2009-14.

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1.4 Research Methodology

The study will be descriptive in nature. Descriptive research is used to describe
characteristics of a population or phenomenon being studied. The characteristics
used to describe the situation or population are usually some kind of categorical
scheme also known as descriptive categories.
1.41 Data collection
The data for this study will be collected from various research papers and articles
published and also companys annual reports.
1.42 Data Analysis
The above objectives of the study will be reached using the methods of statistical
analysis, technical analysis and through investigation of secondary data. For this
standard deviation and correlation will be used as the technique for data analysis.
Research Design

Exploratory and Descriptive

Technique`

Correlation and Regression

Data Type

Secondary

1.5 Tools
Data will be coded and tabulated using MS Excel. Time series analysis, dividend
ratios, using econometric applications this research will be conducted.

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1.6 SCHEME OF CHAPTERISATION

Chapter-1: Introduction
Chapter-2: Literature Review
Chapter-3: Data Presentation & Analysis
Chapter-4: Summary & Conclusions
Chapter-5: Recommendations

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