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ITM believes in the philosophy that “Faculty and students are co-producers of
knowledge”. ITM executes this philosophy through various means and ways that are
carried as a part of the curriculum. One such means is encouraging 2nd Year of Post
Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDM) to undertake capstone project.
This project is considered to be a mini-thesis that the students have to submit to the
institute. Each student is allotted a faculty guide by the Institute who acts as a mentor
to the student and ensures that the capstone projects reach to a sensible conclusion.
The students are asked to take one project title available/ given by the faculty
member. The students are expected to study literature available on the topic and
frame out objectives for their capstone projects. The faculty guide helps the students
in identifying the correct measurement tools or methodologies that can be used
during their project.
The broad objective of the Project is:
To allow the students to show the application of the skills of data collection,
critical analysis and concept synthesis necessary to arrive at some
conclusions and / or recommendations being plausible and defensible.
Student must start working on capstone project as per the guidelines within a
stipulated time period (Annexture - 2 Implementation Schedule for Capstone
Project)
Finally the hard copy and soft copy are preserved in the library and compendium of
best capstone projects in the respective areas are brought out.
Annexure – 1
PGDM Students are required to carry out a Capstone project and submit a Project
Report as a requirement of the PGDM Course in the Sem 111 and Sem IV.
A. The details of project work Requirements are given below:
1. The Project Proposal submitted by the student has to be approved by the
project guide before the student can start on his/her Project work.
2. The Project Work, as approved, should be carried out in an organization or may
be based on Library work under and supervision of the Project Guide.
3. The Project Work should be carried out Individually and personally by the
student. Wherever necessary project guide can give a project to two students
also.
4. The Project Work should demonstrate the ability of the student to apply the
technique's & concepts to a specific situation or in any functional area.
5. The Project Work, through the Project Report, should demonstrate the ability of
the student Data Collection, Analysis of Data, Formulation of Recommendations
and for suggest viable scheme for implementation of the recommendations.
6. The Data should be collected either by own observations and measurements or
gathered generally accepted sources like Balance Sheets, Annual Report,
Government publication etc.,
7. Following are some of the typical areas that could be chosen by students for
Project work.
1. Application of Statistical Techniques, Forecasting, Design of Experiments
2. Optimization and Appreciation of O.R. Techniques
3. Marketing - Production Coordination, Inventory Levels, Introduction /
Phasing out of Products.
4. Aggregate Planning, Manufacturing Systems, Capacity, Investment
Decisions, Inventory Levels.
5. Production Methods, Process Analysis, Operations Planning, Operator
Training.
6. Operations Planning and control Scheduling, In process Inventory, JIT
7. Cost Management, Activity Based Costing, Budgetary Controls
8. Manufacturing Technology, CAD, CAM
9. Facilities Planning, Material Handling, Layout, Welfare Services
10. Project Management, Application of Networks
11. Value Engineering, Innovation
12. TQM, Quality Circles, Kaizen etc.
13. Maintenance Management, TPM
14. Ergonomic Analysis and Design, Environment
15. Energy Management, Conservation, of Energy
16. Supplies Management, Vendor Development, Purchasing
17. Inventory Management, Physical Control, Marketing Coordination
18. MIS,-Computerization, Extending Computer Applications, Networking,
Communications
19. Technology Forecasting, Introduction of Technology, Change Over of
Technology
20. Market Research, Forecasting, Product Life Cycles, Product Mix,
Introduction / deletion of Products
21. Man Power Planning, Forecasting, Recruitment, Appraisal, Redeployment
22. Motivation, Incentive Systems, Employee Development, Training /
Retraining
23. Education, Organization and Methodology, etc.
24. Finance, Corporate Governance
25. Working Capital Management – Revisited
26. Business Performance Measurement – changing paradigms
27. Investment Decisions
a) Individual
b) Corporate
29. Customer Profitability Analysis – service Sector
30. Target Costing – Methods & Techniques
31. Value Chain Analysis – Firm & Industry view points
32. Global Accounting – GAAP Harmonization.
33. Corporate Restructuring – A Tool for Survival.
34. Mergers & Acquisitions – the process can be a problem
35. Value Addition or Destruction in Mergers / Acquisitions
36. Harmonizing Accounting Standards
37. Supply Chain Management
a) Subsystems
b) Inventory
c) IT
38. Intellectual Property Rights
39. Logistics Management
a) Services
b) IT
c) Reverse Logistics
40. Any other deemed suitable by the project guide.
E. Publishing Rights
a) The Institute will have the right to use the Project Report in any manner
that may be deemed as expedient.
b) In case the author / faculty guide wishes to publish the Report or any
paper based on that, due acknowledgment to the Institution that it was a
Project Report prepared for the PGDM of the Institution has to be made by
him/her.
Signature of Guide:
Name : Date:
Designation : Place:
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Problem On Hand
1.2 IMPORTANCE OF THE PROBLEM
1.3 Historical Perspective
1.4 Cause & Effect Relationship of variables in study
1.5 SCOPE OF THE PROJECT
1.6 DETAILS OF THE ORGANIZATION
1.7 PRODUCTS
1.8 PROCESSES
1.9 FACILITIES
1.10 ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
1.11 ORGANIZATION BUSINESS PROFILE
1.12 OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION