Dear All,

I am sending, with this mail, the instructions for submission of dissertation to

those who had to leave ISMS before the commencement of IV semester. Your
academic assessment for IVth semester will be based on the dissertation.
Please take some time to go through the instructions carefully.
Students will have to submit a dissertation as per the following format.
The dissertation shall be based on the company you are working for and your
role. It shall be structured as follows.
Front Page of the dissertation shall contain only your Name, Division, Roll No
(1st Year / 2nd Year) Course, Batch, Major, Minor & E-mail ID
Table of Contents with page numbers
Company profile
Nature of business, size of the business, market share, Key Executives, Type
of Organization Structure at HQ and in the field (Not more than 9 pages)
SWOT analysis of your company (Not more than 4 pages)
How is your company positioned vis a vis the competitors and what are
the competitive strategies adopted by it? (Not more than 3 pages)
Your role in the company
Nature of your work, process that you follow, interface with the other
departments, how does your work fit into the over all goal of the company (Not
more than 6 pages)
Performance Management System practiced in your company (Not more than
5 pages)
Use of IT as a productivity enhancer in your organization. (Please do not write
about IT being used for word processing and excel spreadsheets.) The focus
should be on how IT is used for
o
o
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transaction processing,
decision making,
performance tracking etc. (Not more than 6 pages)

 Any lacuna or area for improvement you have observed at your work place /
organization and your suggestions for improving it ( Not more than 3 pages)
Your learning experience on the job split into
o
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Personal
Professional
(Not more than 4 pages)
NOTE: THE DISSERTATION SHALL BE TYPE WRITTEN, SPIRAL BOUND
AND SIGNED BY YOU.

Please do not copy the dissertation nor share it with someone else. If two
dissertations are found to be exactly the same, both (the original and copy) will
not evaluated and you may face problems at the time of obtaining the PG
certificate.

This is one instance where helping your friend with your dissertation may
not be a good idea after all!

The last date for receipt of Semester IV dissertation is 4th June 2007.
Therefore, send your dissertations by 02 nd June 2007 latest to allow for
courier delivery. This deadline is NON NEGOTIABLE. Dissertations
received after this deadline will not be considered.

Please start your preparations for writing the dissertations right

away as you have to combine it with your day jobs.

If the dissertation is not as per the format specified above, it will not
be graded