MBA Project Guideline Report for Students

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1. MBA PROJECT REPORT

2. Meaning of a Project: The word project means something that comes before anything else is done. . A project can be defined as a temporary endeavor undertaken to achieve a particular aim or it is a study of information for comprehending and applying the various concepts of the course into practice. In Simple Words, a Project is an Idea or a Plan that is intended to be carried out. The dictionary meaning of Project is that it is a Scheme of something intended to be done ; a Proposal for an Undertaking, design, speculative imagination etc.

3. In simple words, a project can be understood as mentioned under: It is a practice of verification or demonstration of concepts or processes learnt. It is also a technique of self-learning, learning by doing. It has a practical value. The purpose of project is not to generalize but to study the situation with a practical orientation. Learners are allowed to take up any topic of their interest and choice for project work. A project report is a document that describes a project's objectives, milestones, challenges, and progress . It plays a critical role in the project planning and management process. Let's take a closer look at project reports – meaning, types, components, and how to create one successfully.

4. How to Select the Research Project Report Topic ?

5. Step 1- Steps in Selection of Research Topic Topic should be your OWN it should be from your Interest Area . Your Interest if suppose your interest area is Marketing Management and in Marketing in Retailing and If you select a topic related to supply chain management and Finance then you will not be able to do justice with your research. After your MBA in which area / industry you want to start with your career ? Let us take example , If some student want to start career in retailing after your MBA then you can develop your topic for SIP around the retailing Your Topic can be Consumer behavior towards organized retailing sector Online shopping behavior of consumer If some students want to go in equity, then he or she should select topic like fundamental analysis , technical analysis Therefore , my suggestion is first figure out your plan after your MBA and select the topic in that area

6. Marketing Management Interested to start career in Banking then you can select following options. . Research Topic Service Quality Assessment of Baking Services Customer Satisfaction about Banking Services Customer Expectations about Banking Services Study the 07 P's of Bank Comparative study of " Public Sector Bank " and " Private Sector Bank " . .

7. Human Resource Management • Interested to start career in IT / BPO / KPO then you can select following options Research Topic Impact of Training and Development in IT / BPO / KPO Recruitment and selection process in IT / BPO / KPO Employee Engagement activities in IT / BPO / KPO Employee Satisfaction in IT / BPO / KPO Performance Management System in IT / BPO / KPO

8. Financial Management Interested to start career in Mutual Fund / Equity / Insurance then you can select following options Research Topic Assess the perception of mutual fund investors on investment pattern and preference of retail investors Risk perception and portfolio management of equity investors. Financial planning for salaried employee and strategies for tax savings A study on perception of investors investing in life insurance A study on investment pattern and preference of retail investors Risk perception and portfolio management of equity investors

9. Step 2 Background of Study Before going to understand the background of the study we must understood What is the Aim of the Research? Basically, research add values to the existing concept of the system and science, knowledge or phenomena. If you are selecting the research topic where lot of research has been done, then What are you doing you are only revising the concept but not adding value to it. So, it is essential to understand the background of the study means review of literature.

10. Review of literature If someone wants to do study on the Service Quality Assessment of Banking Services. Employee engagement activities in KPO/BPO A study on investment pattern and preferences of retail investors. So if a researchers found that there is no specific work has been done on this research then you may Find out the Research Gap i.e. Difference between the existing level of the study and projected study or desired research outcome. You can do this study by referring and studying the secondary data i.e by study of research article, research papers etc.

11. Step 03-Select Specific Topic/Limiting your Scope After this select the specific topic If you want to study the " Quality of Education in India " Now this topic is very vast We need to specify the topic Like In Education- You should only focus on Higher Education or you can focus on only one program again you can specific topic for private university or affiliated colleges or government colleges Your specific research topic can be – Assessments of Service quality of management education in India.

12. If your research topic is related to " Employee retention strategies " We can specify this topic with reference industry , Area Your specific research topic can be, Study of employee retention strategies of IT companies in Pune

13. Project Supervisor (Guide) Q. Who will be your project supervisor? Ans: Projects will be carried out under the guidance of 2 guides. FIRST GUIDE : ( INDUSTRY GUIDE) where the student is working for his/her project. Person who is working in the managerial cadre in any industry, business, IT organization etc. (Learners are advised to send the Bio-data of Project supervisor (Guide) to The Director for approval of guide)

14. List of Academic Guide Sr. No Name of the Faculty Specialization E mail Id 1 Dr. S S Patil Logistics, Materials & Supply Chain Management [email protected] 2 Dr. Yogesh Jain Finance Management [email protected] 3 Dr. Mustafizul Haque Marketing Management [email protected] 4 Dr. Malleshappa T. Bhagwati Operation Management [email protected] 5 Dr. Yogesh Jojare HAHM [email protected] 6 Dr. Saurav Bhowmik HAHM [email protected] 7 Mr. Vikas Pawar Project Management [email protected] 8 Ms. Bijal Thakar IT [email protected] 9 Ms. Chhaya Vanjare Finance Management [email protected] 10 Ms. Sneha Bengeri Human Resource Mgt [email protected] 11 Ms. Vishakha Kuwar International Business [email protected] 12 Ms. Kanika Godani Human Resource Mgt [email protected] 13 Mr. Anand Irabatti Block Chain Management [email protected] 14 Mr. Dattatray Katore Business Analytics/ Finance Mgt [email protected] 15 Mr. Amol Ohol HAHM/ HRM [email protected] 16 Dr. Ganesh Datere Marketing Management [email protected] 17 Mr. Amul Tamboli HAHM [email protected] 18 Ms. Nima Gandhi FinTech/Finance Management [email protected] 19 Ms. Asmita Kamble Digital Marketing [email protected] 20 Mr. Ganesh Shinde Agri Business Management [email protected] 21 Ms. Shahla Mansuri HRM [email protected] 22 Mr. Pavan Ankushe Finance Management [email protected] 23 Mr. Kiran Marwade ITM [email protected] 24 Ms. Madhura Asolkar AIML [email protected] Sr. No Name of the Faculty Specialization E mail Id 1 Dr. S S Patil Logistics, Materials & Supply Chain Management [email protected] 2 Dr. Yogesh Jain Finance Management [email protected] 3 Dr. Mustafizul Haque Marketing Management [email protected] 4 Dr. Malleshappa T. Bhagwati Operation Management [email protected] 5 Dr. Yogesh Jojare HAHM [email protected] 6 Dr. Saurav Bhowmik HAHM [email protected] 7 Mr. Vikas Pawar Project Management [email protected] 8 Ms. Bijal Thakar IT [email protected] 9 Ms. Chhaya Vanjare Finance Management [email protected] 10 Ms. Sneha Bengeri Human Resource Mgt [email protected] 11 Ms. Vishakha Kuwar International Business [email protected] 12 Ms. Kanika Godani Human Resource Mgt [email protected] 13 Mr. Anand Irabatti Block Chain Management [email protected] 14 Mr. Dattatray Katore Business Analytics/ Finance Mgt [email protected] 15 Mr. Amol Ohol HAHM/ HRM [email protected] 16 Dr. Ganesh Datere Marketing Management [email protected] 17 Mr. Amul Tamboli HAHM [email protected] 18 Ms. Nima Gandhi FinTech/Finance Management [email protected] 19 Ms. Asmita Kamble Digital Marketing [email protected] 20 Mr. Ganesh Shinde Agri Business Management [email protected] 21 Ms. Shahla Mansuri HRM [email protected] 22 Mr. Pavan Ankushe Finance Management [email protected] 23 Mr. Kiran Marwade ITM [email protected] 24 Ms. Madhura Asolkar AIML [email protected]

15. Proposal of the project

16. General Guidelines for project

17. Assessment of project Report Scheme of Assessment and Evaluation of project Item of Assessment Area and topic selected for the project work Need of the project topic and statement of objectives of the project work The educational implications and recommendations Preliminary pages of the project report, typing , binding and get-up of the report Overall impression about the project work and its presentation in the report format. Presentation

18. POWER POINT PRESENTATION

19. Project Submission Soft copy of the Project is to be submitted in PDF format on a CD. Apart from the soft copy after the completion of the entire project, every learner has to submit 1 hard copies (before the Viva Vorce ) of the complete project report to COL at the address mentioned below: Dr D Y Patil Vidyapeeth, Centre for Online Learning Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri Pune 411018

20. Schedule of Project Report Submission Schedule for the Project Work Submission Sr. No. Work to be Completed Dates 1 Project Induction 06 th April 2024 2 Finalization of the topic for the Project with the help of your guide 22 nd April 2024 3 Objective of doing the project 6 th May 2024 4 Research Methodology and data collection and data analysis   7 th May to 24 th June 2024 5 Rough draft of project 26 th June 2024 6 Finalization of the Project (Content Checking / Letters / Bindings) 1 st July 2024 7 Submission of Final Project Work 8 th July 2024

21. Selection of the Project Topic Student can choose a topic either from the list given or they can have the topic of their company’s choice.

22. Executive Summary of the project Executive Summary  is 3-4 pages in length. A longer  summary  is often used when it contains charts or other illustrations. The  Executive Summary  should be organized according to the following categories –  1)Project Summary , 2)Background 3)Process in short 4) Finding and Conclusions and Recommendations for Action in brief A typical executive summary is 5-10% of the length of the report.

23. Additional Guidelines on Writing an Executive Summary Write the executive summary after completing the report Avoid using technical terminology if your audience will include people not familiar with the topic Make the executive summary concise but not brusque. Be especially careful not to omit transitional words and phrases (such as however, moreover, therefore, for example, and in summary) Introduce no information not discussed in the report.

24. Introduction of the Project Report Introduction could contain the following. Industry Profile, Company profile Brief statement of the problem Importance/novelty of the problem Scope of the project - precise idea on what is to be achieved in the work Brief statements on what subsequent chapters contain.

25. Aims & Objectives

26. Aims: Are broad statements of desired outcomes, or the general intentions of the research, which 'paint a picture' of your research project Emphasize what is to be accomplished (not how it is to be accomplished) Address the long-term project outcomes,  i.e.  they should reflect the aspirations and expectations of the research topic. Once aims have been established, the next task is to formulate the objectives. Generally, a project should have no more than two or three aims statements, while it may include a number of objectives consistent with them. Objectives  are subsidiary to aims and: Are the steps you are going to take to answer your research questions, or a specific list of tasks needed to accomplish the goals of the project Emphasize how aims are to be accomplished Must be highly focused and feasible Address the more immediate project outcomes Make accurate use of concepts Must be sensible and precisely described Should read as an 'individual' statement to convey 

27. Here is an example of a project aim and subsidiary objectives: Aim To critically assess the collection and disposal operations for bulky household waste in order to identify factors, which contribute to performance and technical efficiency. Objectives To critically assess bulky waste operations by local authorities, including volumes/types of materials arising and current disposal/recovery routes. To classify and evaluate the operation of furniture recovery schemes nationally. To make recommendations to improve the operational effectiveness of, and to maximize recovery opportunities of bulky waste collection.

28. Need for and importance of project report Your Research Topic should be unique and must specify its unique need with the industries. The Preparation of a Project Report is of great significance for the Entrepreneur in his business. There are a variety of purposes which a Project Report or a Business Plan will fulfill. Hence, its need in Modern Business. These purposes of report are as follows : Its helps an Entrepreneur judge the profitability of a given enterprise proposal. If it reveals a proposal to be unviable, the Entrepreneur will avoid a grave error of investing in an Unsound Venture . It is the basis for a Development Bank to sanction Long Term Financial Assistance & a Commercial Bank to provide Working Capital Assistance

29. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

30. Objectives of Research The purpose of research is to discover answers through the application of scientific procedures. The objectives are: To gain familiarity with a phenomenon or to achieve new insights into it – Exploratory or Formulative Research. To portray accurately the characteristics of a particular individual, situation or a group – Descriptive Research. To determine the frequency with which something occurs or with which it is associated with something else – Diagnostic Research. To test a hypothesis of a causal relationship between variables – Hypothesis-Testing Research.

31. Characteristics of Research Research is directed towards the solution of a problem. Research is based upon observable experience or empirical evidence. Research demands accurate observation and description. Research involves gathering new data from primary sources or using existing data for a new purpose. Research activities are characterized by carefully designed procedures. Research requires expertise i.e., skill necessary to carryout investigation, search the related literature and to understand and analyze the data gathered. Research is objective and logical – applying every possible test to validate the data collected and conclusions reached. Research involves the quest for answers to unsolved problems. Research requires courage. Research is characterized by patient and unhurried activity. Research is carefully recorded and reported.

32. Purpose clearly defined. Research process detailed. Research design thoroughly planned. High ethical standards applied. Limitations frankly revealed. Adequate analysis for decision maker’s needs. Findings presented unambiguously. Conclusions justified. Researcher’s experience reflected. CRITERIA OF A GOOD RESEARCH

33. QUALITIES OF A GOOD RESEARCH Systematic Logical Empirical Replicable Creative Use of multiple methods

34. NEED FOR RESEARCH EXPLORATION DESCRIBE DIAGNOSE HYPOTHESIS INDUCTIONS AND DEDUCTIONS

35. SCOPE / SIGNIFICANCE OF RESEARCH RESEARCH FOR DECISION MAKING Throws light on risks and uncertainty Identify alternative courses of action Helps in economic use of resources Helps in project identification

36. RESEARCH PROCESS Define Research Problem Review Concepts And theories Review Previous Research findings Formulate hypothesis Design Research (Including Sample Design) Collect Data (Execution) Analyse Data (Test Hypothesis if any) Interpret and report FF F F F FF I II III IV V VI VII F FF Feed Back Feed Forward Review the literature

37. REVIEW OF LITERATURE Literature Review is the documentation of a comprehensive review of the published and unpublished work from secondary sources of data in the areas of specific interest to the researcher. The main aim is to find out problems that are already investigated and those that need further investigation.

38. REVIEW OF LITERATURE It is an extensive survey of all available past studies relevant to the field of investigation. It gives us knowledge about what others have found out in the related field of study and how they have done so.

39. SOURCES OF LITERATURE Books and Journals Electronic Databases Bibliographic Databases Abstract Databases Full-Text Databases Govt. and Industry Reports Internet Research Dissertations / Thesis

40. METHODS OF DATA COLLECTIONS ⦿ Data are numerical facts. They are figures collected in a systematic manner for a predetermined purpose. Those figures are aggregate of facts relating to one or more phenomenon of study. It is from the data collected that an economist study about a phenomenon and draw conclusions.

41. The sources of information are generally classified as primary or secondary. PRIMARY DATA When the researcher himself is trying to collect the data for his particular purpose from the sources available it becomes primary data.

42. ⦿ Obs e r v atio n me t hod ⦿ Inter v ie w method ⦿ Q u estionn a ir e method ⦿ S c hed u le method

43. Observation method as the name itself indicates is based on observation. Observation is keen and scientific study of a problem. For example:- in a study of consumer behavior the investigator instead of asking the brand of wrist watch used by the respondent, may himself look a the watch.

44. Interview method is a direct method of collection of data, which is based on interview. It is the most important methods of collection of data. Through this method we can know the views and ideas of other persons. It s a method of social interaction. Interviews can be conducted through personal and telephone.

45. This is an important and very popular method of data collection. This is adopted by individuals, organization and government. In this method, a questionnaire is prepared and sent to respondent by post. It is a set of questions. The success of this method depends on the proper drafting of the questions.

46. It is a proforma containing a set of questions. This proforma is filled by enumerators who are specially identified for the purpose. The enumerators are persons acting under the direction of researchers. Requisite of a good schedule Accurate communication Schedules must be attractive Schedules must be attractive

47. Secondary data are those data which have collected by some other person for their purpose and published. So a researcher is said to make use of secondary data if he makes use of data already compiled by some other person. Secondary data are in the shape of a finished products.

48. Sources of secondary data may be classified broadly as internal and external. Internal sources of data represents the data that are already available with the research organization. The information available with outside organization are External. There a re variety of published sources from which one can get information for his research work.

49. Official publications of the central, state and local governments. Official publication of the foreign governments and international bodies like UNO and its subordinate bodies. Technical journals, newspapers, books, periodicals, etc. Publication of research organizations, centres, institutes and reports submitted by economists, research scholars etc.

50. SAMPLING Sampling: the process of learning about population on the basis of sample drawn from it. Three elements in process of sampling: Selecting the sample Collecting the information Making inference about population Statistics: values obtained from study of a sample. Parameters: such values from study of population.

51. NEE D FO R SAMPLIN G DATA (acc. to source) Primary Secondary O R IGI NA L IN CHARACTER GENERATED IN LARGE NO. OF SURVEYS OBTAINED FROM PUBLISHED SOURCES UNPU BLISHED SOURCES

52. SAMPLING METHODS NON PROBABILITY PROBABILITY M I XED JUDGMENT QU O T A C O N V EN I ENCE SNOWBALL SIMPLE RANDOM STRATIFIED RANDOM SYSTEMATIC CLUSTER MU L TI S T A GE MULTIPHASE L O T QU ALITY ASSURANCE

53. Introduction to Data Analysis Why do we analyze data? Make sense of data we have collected Basic steps in preliminary data analysis Editing Coding Tabulating 55

54. Introduction to Data Analysis Editing of data Impose minimal quality standards on the raw data Field Edit -- preliminary edit, used to detect glaring omissions and inaccuracies (often involves respondent follow up) Completeness Legibility Comprehensibility Consistency Uniformity 56

55. Introduction to Data Analysis Central office edit More complete and exacting edit Best performed by a number of editors, each looking at one part of the data Decision on how to handle item non-response and other omissions need to be made List-wise deletion (drop for all analyses) vs. case-wise deletion (drop only for present analysis)

56. Introduction to Data Analysis Coding -- transforming raw data into symbols (usually numbers) for tabulating, counting, and analyzing Must determine categories Completely exhaustive Mutually exclusive Assign numbers to categories Make sure to code an ID number for each completed instrument

57. Introduction to Data Analysis Tabulation -- counting the number of cases that fall into each category Initial tabulations should be preformed for each item One-way tabulations Determines degree of item non-response Locates errors Locates outliers Determines the data distribution

58. Preliminary Data Analysis Tabulation Simple Counts For example 74 families in the study own 1 car 2 families own 3 Missing data (9) 1 Family did not report Not useful for further analysis Number of Cars Number of Families 1 75 2 23 3 2 9 1 Total 101

59. Preliminary Data Analysis Tabulation Compute Percentages Eliminate non-responses Note – Report without missing data Number of Cars Number of Families 1 75% 2 23% 3 2% Total 100

60. Preliminary Data Analysis Cross Tabulation Simultaneous count of two or more items Note marginal totals are equal to frequency totals Allows researcher to determine if a relationship exists between two variables Used a final analysis step in majority of real-world applications Investigates the relationship between two ordinal-scaled variables Number of Cars Lower Income Higher Income Total 1 48 27 75 2 or More 6 19 25 Total 54 46 100

61. Preliminary Data Analysis Cross Tabulation To analyze the data Calculate percentages in the direction of the “causal variable” Does number of cars “cause” income level? Num ber of Cars Lower I n c o m e Higher I n c o m e Total 1 64% 36% 100% 2 or More 24% 76% 100% Total 54% 46% 100%

62. Preliminary Data Analysis Cross Tabulation To analyze the data Does income level “cause” number of cars? Seem like this is the case. In the direction of income – thus, income marginal totals should be 100% Num ber of Cars Lower I n c o m e Higher I n c o m e Total 1 89% 59% 75% 2 or More 11% 41% 25% Total 100% 100% 100%

63. Preliminary Data Analysis Cross Tabulation allows the development of hypotheses Develop by comparing percentages across Lower income more likely to have one car (89%) than the higher income group (59%) Higher income more likely to have multiple cars (41%) than the lower income group (11%) Are results statistically significant? To test must employ chi-square analysis

64. Types of Data Continuous Discrete Nominal T h e A ssi g n m e n t of Numbers for Classification Purposes; Categorical Data E.g. Sex, Blood Gr Ordinal Quantitative Values Providing a Classification A cc o r d i n g t o Or d er or Magnitude Eg : V AS ; S E St a tu s Interval C la ssi f i c a t i o n A cc o r d i n g to a Continuum With Interval Equality & Subdivision Sensibility Eg : T e m p . Ratio Interval Data W i t h A n Absolute V al u e o f Eg: Height; weight Measurement Scales & Types of Data

65. T y pe of Data data Qualitative Quantitative Nor m al d i s trib uti o n A ny Kind of comparison distribution two samples  2-test, Z test t-Test , Z test (n>30) Comparis o n for proportion one sign-test, one sample W ilco x on ; M an n - Whitney-test Chi Square si g n - of t w o test, groups sam p le M c .N e ma r - t est t- T est one-sample - W ilco x o n - test Comparison independ.  2-test one-way analysis K r u ska l - W al l i s - t est of more than two samples of variance one Coc h ran ’ s t w o - w a y a n a l y sis Friedman-test gro u ps sample w Q ww - . t d e rja s ye t shpatidar.blogsp o ot f .co v m ariance Statistical Tests: Overview 14

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67. What is findings and suggestion? The principal outcomes of a research project ; what the project suggested, revealed or indicated. This usually refers to the totality of outcomes, rather than the conclusions or recommendations drawn from them.

68. How do I write a bibliography? Collect this information for each Web Site: author name. title of the publication (and the title of the article if it's a magazine or encyclopedia) date of publication. the place of publication of a book. the publishing company of a book. the volume number of a magazine or printed encyclopedia. the page number(s)

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