Amity Institute of Telecom Internship work Technology & Management Amity University June 2010

Summer May -

Summer project

work guidelines

The project report writing to a large extend should reflect your thinking process. The following format is suggested for you for synopsis to be submitted on 15th July 2006 to your guide. (Read various data, understand and then write. Dont reproduce given in the book or in the text.)

Title: ______________________________________________ The first title you arrive at need not be the final title. You can change e as you progress during the project. Contents 1) Industry Profile 2) Organizations Profile 3) Need for Study 4) Literature Survey. 5) Objectives of study 6) Scope of objectives 7) Research Methodology 8) Sample Design 9) Analysis of the study 10) Findings 11) Suggestions & Recommendations 12) Appendices 13) Bibliography 1. Industry Profile

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Summer project work guidelines Please go through Hindu Industrial Survey 2007.Pertaining to the Industry. In which the business organization operates. You have to use your discussion carefully, if you are working in automobiles spare parts organizations do touch up on automobile Industry, However as a rule of thumb 75 to 80 of your industrial profile should be automobile spare parts industry. Visit various websites such as www.about.com. If you want to go through various research reports please go through www.ssrn.com. Be comprehensive while talking about industry and write about industry of understanding all the dimensions about industry. Please find at lest ten major companies in your industry and in the international market. Write a brief write up on what happened for the past three years and what is in store for three years for the industry. Identify at least three; Indian CEOs and three international CEO and find their views about industry. You can use your CMIE Data Base in the college. You can have photographs of the CEOs, being copied.

2. Organizations Profile Please go through past balance sheets, organizations website, press reports and all other data pertaining to the organization. CMIE data base in the institute will help you to a large extent to achieve better Use Mckensey 7s framework to understand the organization and prepare the brief report. This part will help you to understand your organization in the context of present business situation. (Do not use this as filler. That is trying to fill up pages before the deadline for the project work). Keep a log of what ever you are doing everyday. It will help you where you are and what you are likely to achieve. 3. Need for Study You have to explain what Value addition you will be doing for the organization. You are working 35 clear working days

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Summer project work guidelines for project work. Your effort, understanding and value addition to the organization by answering specific questions will provide better experience for you. 4. Literature Survey. This part is mandatory. However it will be a good idea includes information in the project work. However dont exceed five pages. If you are doing research on motivation you may include latest research on motivation as literature survey. 5. Objectives of study You have to be precise while writing your objectives and should reflect the research you are going to undertake. Restrict yourself not more than 3 objectives, however two will be ideal. 6. Scope of objectives In the process of achieving you objectives you will also be undertaking certain other tasks which are important. You may include them under scope of objectives. 7. Research Methodology Research Objectives Types of Research Design Data ( primary and secondary) Research Instrument (if it is a questionnaire, you have to write what type of questionnaire. However, do not assume always that you need to have questionnaire to start the research. One of the greatest sins you will commit is to think designing questionnaire to start your research will convent your research putting cart before the horse.) Always remember that you need not have questionnaire to do research. You have different methods and use them to enrich your thought process. Research Plan 8. Sample Design 3

Amity Institute of Telecom Internship work Technology & Management Amity University June 2010

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Summer project

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Sample Unit Sample frame Time and Place Type of sampling Sample Size. Determine using methods thought to you in Research Methodology.

9. Analysis of the study 10. 11. 12. 13. Findings Suggestions & Recommendations Appendices Bibliography

The format i can suggest for you is 1. Industry Profile (you can provide the trends in Indian Retail Industry. Please go through the website of www.ibef.org one of the most authentic sources on Industry data) 2. Organization Profile (you can write about Reliance Industries) 3. Need for study. In this you can explain why out of all the topics yo have chosen Profiling of Reliance Fresh. You should be able the question what you want to achieve and what you mean by profiling. 4. Objectives of study State your objectives in clear term not more than two to three statements. 5. Scope of objectives: In the process of your study, if you have identified some areas that need to be studied please include here. 6. Limitations of study: Here you can state the limitations of your study 7. If you have developed a set of hypotheses you can provide them here. 8. Research Methodology Sampling Methodology

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Summer project work guidelines 1. Sample Unit (please indicate Geographic dimension such as Mumbai north or Maharashtra) 2. Sample Framework 3. Sample Size ( please go through research methodology book to have an idea on how to reach as sample size) 4. Sampling method. (If your research is based on random sampling please indicate what type of random sampling you have used). Research Plan Here you can give the plan you have done for the research in a flow diagram.

Analysis and Interpretation Please give a table for each of the questions. The table heading is very important. For each of the item provide a interpretation. Use the word such as from the table we can discern a better word used in research. Cross tabulations Here you do the cross tabulation of data and test all hypotheses you have developed. Insights This is a new heading I am suggesting. Most of the organizations, feel that Research is not providing the needed insights. You have to drill through your data in order to develop insights. Soon I will be writing some examples of developing insights. Findings

Amity Institute of Telecom Internship work Technology & Management Amity University June 2010

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Summer project

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In the findings section, write all your inferences and test of hypotheses. First write all the inferences. Find their connectivity. Then provide an overall picture of your findings. Suggestions and Recommendations Here provide suggestions and recommendations based on your research, insights you have developed. Never do the mistakes of providing generic suggestions such as you have to improve advertisement. It carries no meaning unless you answer the question how, when, where, what, out come expected. You can be innovative Here use your knowledge, the research you have done and the insights you gained. Conclusion You can conclude in one single page what is the problem and what is your suggestion Implementation by Organizations You can give here all the information on suggestions given by you and implemented by organization. If possible provide the benefit received by organization. Annexure Bibliography Websites

Amity Institute of Telecom Internship work Technology & Management Amity University June 2010

Summer May -

Summer project

work guidelines