Second_year_project_format_2018.docx

Department of Management Studies Adithya Institute of Technology Guidelines for II year MBA Project 2018-19

1. The students should take individual interest to approach companies and get projects on the specialization/s undertaken by them. Any project if found unrelated to the specialization/s undertaken by the student, will be rejected. 2. All the students should take project offer letter from the companies and a copy of the letter should be handed over to the Department on or before 15th December 2018. 3. The students should report to their respective guides immediately after getting the project. The project review is done through 7 periodic review schedules. The schedule dates are as follows: 1st Review: 17th December - Agenda: Project Title 2nd Review: 21st January - Agenda: Problem Identified / Methodology/Review of Literature/Questionnaire preparation. 3rd Review: 25th February - Agenda: Data Collection 4th Review: 25th March - Agenda: Data Analysis 5th Review: 15th April - Agenda: Data Interpretatiov Report Preparation 6th Review 30th April - Agenda: Rough copy submission 7th Review 10th May - Report Submission. Fair copy

4. The students should report to the guides on the dates specified above, in person. However, those who are doing projects outside Coimbatore can either call up their guides to inform the status or send an email, describing the status of the project. Reporting on review dates is compulsory, otherwise students will not be permitted to submit their projects. 5. After the completion of the project, the students should collect Project Completion Letter from the companies where they did their projects and a copy of the same should be handed over to the project guides. Copies should also be kept in the hard copies of the project. Original certificate should be produced for verification on the day of the Viva-Voce Examination. The students will not be permitted to submit the project without project completion letters. 6. Two students should not do the same project. Any duplication if found will result in the rejection of both the projects.

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7. Three hard copy and one soft copy (on rewritable CD) of the project should be submitted after completion, strictly adhering to the format prescribed. Binding Instructions: Soft Binding - Blue colour cover. Use Bond Sheets only for inside typing. 8. Pages upto the last page of “LIST OF ANNEXURES” should be numbered in Roman Numerals - I, II, III, IV etc. While pages from “CHAPTER 1” should be

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numbered normally - 1,2,3,4,5 etc. “BIBLIOGRAPHY” pages need not be numbered. 9. The total number of typed pages including pictures, tables, graphs, photos etc., should not exceed 100 pages starting from page: “CHAPTER 1”. However no project which is less than 80 pages will not be accepted. 10. Source of the information should be acknowledged wherever required. 11. Students are advised to check for grammar, spelling mistakes and line alignment before submitting the final draft to the Project Guide. 12. Students should take signatures of the Project Guide and Head of the Department on the hard copy, before submission. 13. Incomplete projects will not be entertained and the student may be asked to re-do the project, if it is found to be incomplete or insufficient or if found not adhering to the format prescribed. 14. The project content should be arranged in the following order. Sample pages with formatting instructions, for each content given above is given in the following pages.

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TITLE OF THE PROJECT

PROJECT REPORT Submitted by

Name of the Student Reg. No. XXXXXXX

In partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

ADITHYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY COIMBATORE – 641 107 June 2019 ADITHYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY COIMBATORE - 641 107 DEPARTMENT OF MANAGENENT STUDIES This is to certify that project entitled 4

TITLE OF THE PROJECT is a bonafide record of project work by NAME OF THE STUDENT Reg. No. xxxx of Master of Business Administration during the year 2018 - 2019 ............………………….

…………………………..

Project guide

Head of the department

Submitted for the project Viva – Voice examination held on

……………………..

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Internal Examinar

External Examiner

COMPANY CERTIFICATE

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DECLARATION

I affirm that the project work report titled “AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF CORPORATE DIVIDEND POLICY OF NSE-500INDEX AND SHARE PRICE OF SELECTED TOP 30COMPANIES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO GIOFIN COMTRADE LTD” Being submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of Master Of 6

Business Administration is the original work carried out by me. It has not formed the part of any other project work submitted for award of any degree or diploma, either in this or any other university.

Signature of the candidate (Name) Reg.no.XXXXXXX

I certify that the declaration made above by the candidate is true.

Signature of guide (GUIDE NAME) (specific degree of guide to be mentioned)

ABSTRACT (Font size: 14 Caps, Center, Times New Roman: Bold; Line Spacing 1.5)

(The text should be typed in 1.5 line spacing, Font Size: 12. A summary of the project and major observations made; should not exceed 1 page)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (Font size: 14 Caps, Center, Times Bold; Line Spacing 1.5) (The text should be typed in 1.5 line spacing, Font Size: 12, not exceeding 1 page)

Acknowledgement My course of acknowledgement proudly begins with my humble gratitude to god for his blessings upon me.

I express my sincere thanks to Er. C. SUGUMARAN chairman our managing trustee,adithya institute of technology, Dr. S. Muthu M.E. PhD., principal for giving me the opportunity to do this project work.

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From the bottom of my heart, I express my sincere thanks to my project guide,

Dr. N.Sivasankar M.Com.,M.B.A.,M.Phil.,Ph.d, HOD, Department of management studies, who gave necessary guidance and encouragement to undergo this Project work.

I convey my special thanks and sincere gratitude to all the Faculties of MBA Department who have enlightened me during my studies..

I would like to express my sincere thanks to my parents and friends for their unbounded support to make this report a reality. Last, but not least, I thank all the staff members of “NAME OF THE PROJECT COMPANY” who have rendered their support and guidance during my project period in the organization.

I take the pride of expressing my gratitude and lovely thanks to my beloved parents for worthy operation and encouragement. Words could have missed some personalities to be thanked, but my heart will never miss any gratitude to them

Serial. No

TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENT ABSTRACT

PAGE. NO i

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ii

LIST IF TABLES

iii

LIST OF CHARTS

iv

ABBREVIATION USED

v

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

1.1

Introduction of the Study

01

1.2

Industry Profile

03

1.3

Company Profile

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1.4

Statement of the problem

1.5

Objective of the Study

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1.6

Need of the Study

09

1.7

Scope of the Study

10

1.8

Limitations of the Study

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CHAPTER 2

REVIEW OF LITERATURE (30 Reviews)

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2.1

1st Objective

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2.2

2nd Objective

25

2.3

3rd Objective

35

CHAPTER 3

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1

Research Design

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3.2

Sampling

42

3.3

Data Sources

44

3.4

Method of Analysis

46

CHAPTER 4

DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

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CHAPTER 5

FINDING, SUGGESTIONS AND CONCLUSION

5.1

Findings

91

5.2

Suggestions

98

5.3

Conclusion

102

Annexure

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Bibliogeaphy

ii

References

iii

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LIST OF TABLES Table Nos.

Table Heading

Page No.

(Tables appearing in the project should be numbered normally as 1,2,3 and so on. Table alignment: Center, Font: Times New Roman 12)

LIST OF FIGURES / GRAPHS S.No.

Heading

Page No.

(Figures apprearing in the project should be numbered normally as 1,2, 3 and so on.. Figure alignment: Center)

LIST OF ANNEXURE S. No.

Annexure Heading

Page No.

(Annexure apprearing in the project should be numbered normally as 1,2,3 and so on. Annexure should be kept after the Chapters, and before Bibliography pages)

ADD : Company Balance Sheet, ANY supporting Documents needed.Etc.,

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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION (Chapter number and title: Font: 14 Times New Roman, caps, 1.5 line spacing, alignment: center)

1.1

COMPANY PROFILE

(Font: 12, bold, times, caps, left aligned. (The text should be typed in 1.5 line spacing, Font Size: 12, Alignment justified, Figures and Tables should be centrally aligned with double spacing from text area)

CHAPTER – II REVIEW OF LITERATURE (30 REVIEWS )

2.1 INTRODUCTION Review of literature is a systematic survey on the facts and figures of previous researches on a particular topic. It is a collection of major findings of past researches. It is useful to understand what has happened in the topic during the past period. In every research, there are certain preliminary works and the review of literature is one of them. A detailed literature on YOUR RELEVENT TOPIC and other related issues are given in this chapter.

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Fro Example:

1st Objective : To study on impact of labour welfare measures (10 Reviews under each objectives)

K. Jayanthi, P. Ashok Kumar and V. Manju, (2012) stated that labour sector addresses multi-dimensional socio-economic aspects affecting labour welfare, productivity, living standards of labour force and social security. To raise living standards of the work force and achieve higher productivity, skill upgradation through suitable training is of utmost importance. Manpower development to provide adequate labour force of appropriate skills and quality to different sectors is essential for rapid socio-economic development. Employment generation in all the productive sectors is one of the basic objectives. Based on the findings the Industry may consider the suggestion to maintain a good Labour Welfare Measures and providing of the necessary support measures for sorting out problems relating to employment. ********************* While collecting the review of literature itself kindly note the reference ************** ********************** For Example Journals:

1. K. Jayanthi, P. Ashok kumar and V. Manju, “A Study On Labour Welfare Measures In Salem Steel Plant”, Journal of Asian Research Consortium, Volume 2, Issue 3 (March, 2012) ISSN 2249‐7315. Pp.180-197. **********************

BIBLIOGRAPHY (The articles should be arranged in alphabetical order according to the format given below) Books: 1. “Marketing Management” by Philip Kotler, 13th Revised Edition, Pearson Education. 14

2. Gupta C.B. 2002, Human Resource Management, Sultan Chand and Sons, New Delhi.

Websites: 1. “Spice Telcom takes a giant leap in VAS”, www.thetimesofindia.com, 21st June 2010. Journals: 1. K. Jayanthi, P. Ashok kumar and V. Manju, “A Study On Labour Welfare Measures In Salem Steel Plant”, Journal of Asian Research Consortium, Volume 2, Issue 3 (March, 2012) ISSN 2249‐7315. Pp.180-197.

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