ACHARYA INSTITUTE OF

MANAGEMENT & SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES- I

MANUAL

INTERNSHIP

AND

DISSERTATION

EMPOWERING MINDS

INTERNSHIP

Each candidate should undertake a Internship Project immediately after the second

semester exam and submit a bound copy of the report within two weeks of

commencement of III Semester. He/she is to visit any Organization/Industrial enterprise

for four weeks to observe the structure, functions, problems and to make suggestion

under the supervision of recognized guide. This internship project is evaluated by the

one member of the board and the director/Principal shall from the board for conducting

Viva and evaluating Internship Project of II semester examination for 50 marks. (25

marks for Internship report & 25 marks for Viva-voce). A minimum of 25 marks in total is

required for a pass in the Internship project.

Objective: To study Organizational activities in all functional areas and relate this to

theoretical knowledge acquired to appraise students of the functioning of an

organisation

Duration: Eight to Ten weeks between first and second year of the MBA

programme.

Regulations:

a. The students shall attend to any task or assignment given by the organisation

b. There will be local / organization guide

c. The student shall produce a Certificate of internship and append it to the

report

The Process:

a. Learn about the working environment.

b. Sketch the organisation hierarchy.

c. Study the notes, functions and activities of employees

d. Assess Organizational performance

e. Prepare Vision, Mission, Objectives and Goals for the organisation (if it is not

prepared.

f. Examine the changes in the environment and how best the organisation can

achieve its objectives

g. Attend to assignment or tasks given by the organisation.

Some Dos and Don’ts

Dos:

a. Observe the Organizational dynamics

b. Make notes every day

c. Collect – published documents

d. Make an objective assessment of every one and every thing.

e. Make efforts to learn about the organisation environment.

Don’ts:

a. Do not criticize any body.

b. Do not make arguments about right and wrong doing.

c. Neither be too appreciative or too critical of the organisation.

d. Do not participate in the organizational policies, if any:

Submission of the Internship Report:

The internship report should be submitted on the day of start of the third semester MBA

programme.

Presentation and Viva

The internship (industrial training) report need be evaluated by a team consisting of

faculty members from the institute and the University department. The break up of

marks is:

a. Industrial Training Report Evaluation 25 Marks

b. Report Presentation 15 Marks

c. Viva Voce 10 Marks

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Total 50 Marks

APPENDIX: I

CHAPTER CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1

Profiles

Opening lines

1.1Introduction

1.2Industry Profile

1.3Company profile

1.4Products Profile

1.5Competitors Profile

CHAPTER 2 Organization Structure

CHAPTER 3 Functional Departments

CHATPER 4 SWOT Analysis

CHAPTER 5 Ethical / Best Practices / Policies in the organisation

CHAPTER 6 Findings, Suggestions & Conclusion

Bibliography & Annexure

Special Task Introduction Statement of problem objectives Research Methodology

Analysis & Interpretation of data

Findings, Suggestions and Conclusions

DISSERTATION

The M.B.A course of Bangalore University requires every student to prepare a

dissertation on a live/latest business/Management problem/issue as a partial fulfillment

of the course. As this dissertation exposes students to real life management issues

and it is equivalent to 12 credits or two elective course, it must be carried out with

seriousness and exemplary with a mark of distinct quality

Every student is required to work on a project in the area of his/her specialization and

prepare a dissertation following research methodology under the supervision of

recognized guide. Prior to the actual work, the students are required to submit a

synopsis of the dissertation incorporating the statement of problem, objectives and

methodology to be followed and submit the same to the Director, Management

Studies, BUB. The dissertation may be in the nature of a case study, macro study or

freelance study on a problem pertaining to management in the chosen area of

specialization.

The dissertation duly signed by the guide and certified by the principal/director is to be

submitted in a bound copy and a soft copy to the university at the end of the fourth

semester before the commencement of the semester examination. The dissertation

shall be evaluated for two hundred marks by two examiners (One of them will be the

faculty member who has guided the work and other will be the external examiner

appointed by the BOE). A minimum of 100 marks is required for a pass in the

dissertation. There shall be a viva-voce examination for 50 marks on the dissertation

and elective papers studied. Viva-voce will be conducted by Board of Examiners. A

minimum of 25 marks is a must for pass in the viva-voce exam.

OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the project is to help the student develop research ability to apply

multi-disciplinary concepts, tools and techniques to solve the organizational problems.

TYPES OF PROJECT

The project may be from any one of the following types and preferably from area of

specialization.

Comprehensive case study (covering single organization/ multi-functional area

problem, formulation, analysis and recommendation.).

Inter –organizational study aimed at inter-organizational comparison / validation

of theory/ survey of management practices.

Field study (empirical study).

Free lance study.

REGULATIONS

Dissertation: The dissertation will start at the commencement of IV semester and be

submitted well before the end of IV semester. Dissertation is of 12 credits, which is

equivalent to 2 elective courses. Thus the choice of topic and depth of the subject are

significant, keeping in view the weightage, work load and learning experience. During

the III semester itself, the topic for dissertation needs to be finalized. The student shall

be encouraged to choose a topic for dissertation in the areas of specialization.

The topic selected for dissertation shall be an issue oriented or a problem specific in a

market/industry/business.

As and when the topic is chosen, the student shall submit a duly filled in Registration

Proforma (Appendix I) for dissertation work to the guide for comments and finally be

approved by the guide and research supervisor.

It will be prepared under the supervision of a recognized faculty guide.

The dissertation must be submitted well before the end of IV semester.

Dissertation carries a maximum of 200 marks and viva-voce carries a maximum of 50

marks.

The topic for dissertation and finalization of the proposals is not only the starting point,

but also the crucial phase of dissertation; students are expected to first get in touch with

respective guides and discuss their draft proposal. The final synopsis must be

approved by their faculty guide. The submission of synopsis must be as per the time

schedule and format as it has to be submitted to the University well in advance (Format

of Synopsis: Appendix 2)

Maximum of two students shall be permissible to do the dissertation in the same topic

of similar market/industry/business. In this circumstance, these students should ensure

that the research site/region/samples are entirely different. Topic shall be allotted on

first come first serve basis. Dissertation on issues or problems in industry is preferred.

Associates or representative companies, branches, partnership and proprietary

concerns, dealers are not permitted.

Students shall have regular interaction with the faculty guides in order to have

understanding of nature, scope, relevance, suitability, research objective and design,

schedule and importance of research. Students need to substantiate these important

components which normally decide the quality of dissertation.

The students shall submit the proforma for registration, synopsis and manuscripts of

different chapters within the time schedule as instructed by the respective faculty

guide/co-ordinator/director. The faculty guide shall monitor the progress of his/her

student in all respect like finalization of the dissertation proposal, typology,

methodology, data analysis, inferences, discussions and report writing. The faculty

guide shall necessarily approve the questionnaire/interview schedule. The faculty

guides are authorized to reject the dissertation if it does not meet his/her expected

standard quality or the guidelines.

NUMBER OF COPIES TO BE SUBMITTED

Three hardbound copies of dissertation along with soft copy(CD) have to be submitted.

Spiral binding, plastic comb binding will not be accepted. The office shall send (i) One

copy to the library; (ii) one hard copy and the soft copy to the University for evaluation;

(iii) other copy to the student concerned; (iv) one soft copy of the project have to be

uploaded to the website.

ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS

Dissertation should be as per the following format and size. The sequence given below

should be strictly followed;

Cover Page & Title Page

Certificate of originality from the Guide and Student

Declaration

Acknowledgement

Abstract

Table of Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

Chapters

References

Appendices

Cover Page & Title Page: A specimen copy of the cover page & Title ‘age of

the dissertation are given in the specimen of prefatory items (See Appendix – 3)

Certificate of Originality: The Certificate shall be in one and a half line spacing

using font style of “Arial narrow” and Font size of 14 as per the format in

Appendix4.

Declaration: Declaration to be given by the student in one and a half line

spacing using font style of “Arial Narrow” and Font size of 14.

Acknowledgement: It should brief and should not exceed one page in one and

a half spacing using font style of Arial Narrow. Acknowledge the contribution of

the Guide, Principal, company executives, other faculty members, librarian,

parents and job typing personnel and so on as you like.

Table of Contents: The title page, Certificate and Declaration will not find a

place among the items listed in the Table of Contents. The page number for the

list of tables, list of figures, list of abbreviations and acronyms and abstract,

should be in lower case Roman letters. A specimen copy of the Table of

contents of the dissertation is given in Appendix 5.

List of Tables: The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear

above the tables in the text (See Appendix 6).

List of Figures: The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear

above the tables in the text (See Appendix 7)

Abbreviations and Acronyms: Expansion/explanation for

abbreviation/Acronyms should be written under this head.

Abstract: Abstract should be one page synopsis of the dissertation typed one

and a half line spacing, Font style Arial Narrow and Font size 12. Key words, a

minimum of 5 should be given at the bottom of the abstract. The Abstract carries

in sequence: Objectives (2 lines); methodology (three lines); major findings (10

lines) and conclusions with suggestions(5 lines). Nonetheless, abstract should

not exceed two paragraphs.

Chapters:

The chapters may broadly be divided into Five as follows:CHAPTER NO. CONTENTS PAGE NO.

1 Introduction 01 – 15

2 Review of Literature & Research Design 16 – 25

3 Profile of the Industry/Business/selected Organizations 26 – 35

4 Results, Analysis & Discussions 36 – 75

5 Summary of Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations

76 - 90

The each and every chapter aforementioned should have the following sub-divisions: Introduction: Introduction includes

About the broad area of the topic chosen

About the specific area of the topic chosen

About the topic

Review of Literature & Research Design Introduction

Review of Literature

Statement of the Problem

Scope of the study

Objectives of the problem

Hypothesis

Operational Definitions of concept

Methodology

Limitations of the study

Chapter scheme

Profile of the Industry/Business/Selected Companies

Results, Analysis & Discussion

Summary of Findings, Conclusions and Suggestions

Summary of Findings

Conclusions

Suggestions, and

Policy Implications & Scope for Further Study

MAJOR TYPOLOGICAL INSTRUCTIONS WITH REGARD TO MAIN TEXT

The students are required to adhere to the following instructions:1. Typing should be done on one side of the A-4 size executive bond paper

2. The left side margin should not be less than 1.5 inches, the right, top and bottom margin should be 1 inch.

3. The text of the project should be double spaced, quotation and foot notes should be 1 inch.

4. Chapter heading should be capitalized and should be kept at center. Section heading & subdivision headings should be typed on the left hand margin in title case, say for example Foreign Direct Investment.

5. Tables, graphs and diagrams should have respective number, captions and source.

6. All pages in main text except prefatory items should carry the Arabic numerical places on the bottom at the centre. As already mentioned, Title page, Acknowledgement, Table of contents etc, should be numbered in lower case Roman numerical.

7. Numbering of chapters divisions and sub divisions should be done using Arabic numericals only. For example, sub-division 3 under division 5 of chapter 1 should be numbered as 1.5.3.

8. Table and Figures appearing in the main text should have appropriate numbers and captions. If there is a First table in Chapter Three, the number of Table should be assigned as 3.1. Table and Figures should appear at the centre.

9. Endnotes should be numbered consecutively within each chapter or throughout the entire report. Citations on the main text should carry the author(s) name with year, say for example, Ramesh (2009) or (Ramesh,2009) as the case requires. The full reference for the citation should contain full information for identifications, viz, author’s name, the title of the page number. Follow the Harvard system of reference (Appendix 10).

10.Students are required to preserve the valued manuscripts (initial drafts) as the same has to be produced during the Viva-Voce Examination if it is asked so.

PLAGIARISM

Any attempt to copy from another (Present or Previous) student or to copy large chunks

from academic or other sources without approximately referencing those sources will

trigger the full weight of plagiarism procedures. University will initiate stern action.

All the material that relates to the dissertation, including completed questionnaires or

tapes from interviews, should be shown to the guide and be kept by the students until

the University had declared the results. Students are advised not to throw the material

away once their dissertation is submitted, as they might be asked to present it as part of

the viva voce before their Dissertation results are declared.

APPENDICES

Appendix 1

Registration Pro-forma for Dissertation Work

1. Name of the Student :

2. Name of the Guide :

3. Proposed research area : HR/Marketing/Finance/System (Tick the appropriate)

4. Proposed Research topic :

5. Write a brief note on your topic: (Minimum 150 to 200 words)

________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

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Student’s Signature :

Approved Or Disapproved If it is disapproved, the reasons for revision

________________________________________________________________

Guide’s Signature with date

Research Co-ordinator’s Signature with Date

Appendix 2

Format of Synopsis

The Synopsis should have minimum pages of 5 and should not exceed 9.

The fist page carries the Name of the student, Registration Number, and Title of the dissertation.

The subsequent pages should contain:

o Statement of the problem

o Objectives

o Methodology

o Sampling

o Plan of Analysis, and

o Chapter Scheme

The Synopsis should be neatly typewritten in A4 Size paper………………………….

Appendix 3

Cover Page & Title Page

A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON HUMAN RESOURCE INFORMATION SYSTEM IN SOFTWARE INDUSTRY

Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the

award of the Degree of

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

of

BANGALORE UNIVERSITY

ByReema

Reg. No. 10SKCMA001Under the guidance of

Mr.R.NagarajanAsst.Professor

ACHARYA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & SCIENCES

1st Cross, 1st Stage, Peenya

Bangalore University

Bangalore – 2011-2012

Appendix 4

CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY

This is to certify that the project titled “………………………………………”

Is an original work of the student and is being submitted in partial fulfillment for

the award of the Master’s Degree in Business Administration of Bangalore

University. The report has not been submitted earlier either to this University /

Institution for the fulfillment of the requirement of a course of study.

SIGNATURE OF SUPERVISOR SIGNATURE OF STUDENT

PLACE:…………………………. PLACE:……………………

DATE:……………………….. DATE:……………………..

Appendix 5

Table of contents

CHAPTER NO.

PARTICULARS PAGE NO.

List of TablesList of FiguresList of Abbreviations

1 Introduction

1.1 Management Information System: An Overview

1.2 Human Resource Information System in general and with ref, to Software Industry across the World

1.3 Human Resources Information System in Indian Software Industries.

2 Review of Literature & Design of the Study

1.1 Introduction1.2 Review of Literature1.2.1 Literature with reference to HRIS

outside India1.2.2 Literature with reference to HRIS in

India1.3 Statement of the Problem1.4 Scope of the study1.5 Objectives of the Problem1.6 Hypothesis1.7 Operational Definitions of Concept1.8 Methodology1.9 Limitations of the Study1.10 Chapter Scheme

3 Profile of the Software Industry

1.1 An Indian Overview1.2 Profile of the Selected Organizations

4 Results, Analysis & Discussions

5 Summary of Findings, Conclusions & Suggestions

5.1 Summary of Findings5.2 Conclusions5.3 Suggestions5.4 Policy Implications & Scope for further

Study

Appendices

Reference

Appendix 6

LIST OF TABLES

Table No.

Description Page No.

1.1 Number of Software Industries, 2009 09

2.1 Attrition Rate Among Top Executives 46

3.1

3.2

3.3

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4