GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY, DELHI

BBA 211: Personality Development and Communication Skill – III

(Minor Project Report)

I. MINOR PROJECT

Prior to the beginning of the End Semester Examination of the Second Semester the subjects on which each
student shall be pursuing his / her Minor Project in relation to a business firm during Summer Vacation and the
respective internal supervisors shall be finalized by the concerned Principal / Director of the Institute wherein
BBA Programme is being run. After completion of the assigned Project a Project Report in respect of the same
shall be submitted to the concerned Director/Principal within two weeks of the commencement of the Third
Semester. The Minor Project shall carry 100 marks i.e., marks equivalent to one course and it shall be pursued
by every student under the supervision of one internal supervisor to be appointed by the Principal / Director of
the Institute from among the Faculty Members handling the various BBA courses. It shall be evaluated jointly
by the Internal Supervisor and the External Examiner. The Internal Supervisor shall award marks out of 50
and the External Examiner shall award marks out of 50. The External Examiner shall be appointed by the
University.

BBA 211: (Minor Project Report)

L-0 T-0 Credit-4

Objectives:

The student will have the opportunity to explore the current management literature so as to develop an
individual style and sharpen his skills in the area of leadership communication, decision making, motivation
and conflict management.

Minor Project and Presentation

Minor projects are tasks that add to the knowledge of the students. A topic shall be given to each student in the
beginning of the semester in various areas of management. The Presentation Project comprises of either of the
following:

Project Presentation

OR

*Case Study Presentation

* Case study can be chosen by the students in their respective areas of interest.

Text Book:

Simplified approach to Report writing- Gupta and Gupta, Wisdom Publications, 2005.

Reference Book:Case Studies in Management- Dr.S.L.Gupta, Dr.Sunil Gupta and Anurag Mittal,Wisdom
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Publications, 2004.

Minor Project Report

(Course Code: BBA 211 L-0 Credits-4)

All the students will submit their Minor Project Reports (3 copies) by 16th August,2010 to the
supervisor in the organization under whose guidance students will prepare their projects. Each student
will be attached with one internal project guide, with whom they shall be in continuous touch during
the project work. The internal project guide will be required to evaluate (out of 50 marks) on the basis
of the assessment report provided by the organization where the Minor Project Report has been
completed and his/her own assessment about the work done by the student. The evaluation of the
remaining 50 marks shall be made by external examiner appointed by the University who shall
evaluate on the basis of presentation and the assessment report received from the organization where
student has undergone the Minor Project.

Guidelines for Minor Project Report 2010

All the students are required to follow the following instruction.
a. List of project mentors is displayed on notice board .
b. All students are required to discuss their project with the respective mentors and the title of
the project is to be finalized latest by 4th June 2010.
c. The students are required to work under the active guidance of their respective mentors the
should meet the mentor atleast once in a week to discuss the progress.
d. Mentors are required to maintain the record of such meetings.10 marks of internal
assessment are based on the regularity of the attendance during vacations.
e. There should not be any deviation from requirement of reproducing the cover page of the
report from the format prescribed below:

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Prescribed Cover Page

Minor Project Report

On

(Title)…………………………………………………..

Completed In (Company’s Name)…………

Submitted In Partial Fulfillment

Of the Requirement

Of Bachelor of Business Administration

Training Supervisor Submitted By:

Name Name of the student

Designation: ENRNo./Batch

Submitted To:

Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute of Professional Studies, Dwarka, New Delhi

(Affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University)

Note: The project should be spiral blinded.

f. Typing Instructions:

The length of the Project Report may be about 50-60 typed pages on A4 size Bond paper.
The text should be prepared with 1.5 line spacing and 12 point Times New Roman font
with a Margin of 1.25” on left side.
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 Margin of 1” on the remaining three other sides.

g. Each minor project report should adequately explain the research methodology adopted and
the direction for future research.

h. The material in the report wherever picked up from any source, the name of the source is
mandatory to be referred in the required format.

REPORT STRUCTURE:
I Cover and Title page

 Acknowledgement
 Table of contents
II Executive summary: (2 to 3 pages)
This should include a brief summary of the entire project with emphasis on objectives,
research methodology, findings and conclusions. It should also highlight the original
contribution made by the candidate.

III Plan of the Study (Chapterisation)

3.1 Introduction
3.2 Objective of the study
3.3 Literature review And/or Theoretical Background
IV Company Profile
V Research Methodology:
• Universe & Sources of data
• Sample size, if any with proper justification
• Methods of data collection--- testing of questionnaire
VI Data Collection and Data Analysis
(If you have collected the data through questionnaires, you are supposed to give the
summary of the data collected in a tabular form)

VII Findings & Conclusions

VIII Suggestion/ Recommendation
IX Bibliography, Glossary

X Annexure-E.g. Questionnaire

• If the student uses any tables, graphs, figures, text or any other materials from other
sources, make sure to provide full citations of the source.

• All tables and graphs, figures must be numbered and should be referred to as such in the
main body of the text.

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 HOW TO WRITE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books:
i. Author, Title, Place of Publication, Publisher, Date (year) of publication,
Number of pages referred from “-------to-----“
(Note: Author (S) eg. If Author name is Stephen Robbins, then it will be
written as Robbins Stephen.)

Magazine & Journals/ Newspaper

i. Author(S), Title of-----------, Volume Number, Serial Number, Date of issue,
Page number

Internet:
i. Name of the site, Article Name, Name of the Author, date of the site visited

Note: All the students are required to follow the above stated guidelines and are required to
write the project report in their own language. Attaching download information/materials in
the content is strictly prohibited.
For clarification on any point, students can feel free to contact to their respective guide

DECLARATION
I hereby declare that this Minor Project Report titled
_______________________________ submitted by me to Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute of
Professional Studies, Dwarka is a bonafide work undertaken during the period from
____to____by me and has not been submitted to any other University or Institution for the
award of any degree diploma / certificate or published any time before.
(Signature of the Student) Date: / / 2010
Name:
Enroll. No.: Signature of the Studen
BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that as per best of my belief the project entitled “ (Title of the Project) ”
is the bonafide research work carried out by (Name of the Candidate) student of BBA, BCIPS,
Dwarka, New Delhi, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Minor Project Report of
the Degree of Bachelor of Business Administration.
He / She has worked under my guidance.

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Name
Project Guide (Internal)
Date:

Counter signed by
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Name
Director
Date:

Suggested Topics for Minor Projects

1. Goals of an organization.

2. Work Values

3. Character Ethics

4. Working Conditions

5. Decision making Strategies

6. Goal Setting
7. Customer Satisfaction
8. Management Functions & Roles
9. Planning & Organizing
10. Manpower Planning
11. Organizational Climate & Culture
12. Recruitment & Selection
13. Motivation Pattern in Organization
14. Training & Development
15. Leadership style & Management in Organization
16. Need of Value & Ethics in Organization
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17. Performance Appraisal Techniques
18. Need of Information Technology in Organization.
19. Financial Performance analysis on the basis of annual report
20. Comparative study on Book keeping System
21. Contract Costing.
22. Job Costing
23. Cost Sheets
24. Material Costing
25. Strategic Marketing
26. E-Marketing
27. Service Marketing
28. Green Marketing
29. Rural &Social Marketing
30. Brand Management
31. Media Services in Marketing
32. Consumer Behavior
33. Sales and Distribution
34. Retail Marketing
35. Marketing Channels
36. Marketing Mix
37. Global Marketing
38. Personal Selling and Direct Marketing