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GUIDELINES FOR WRITING INDUSTRIAL REVIEW PROJECT REPORT Instructions: A group consisting of four members should submit their

report on industrial review. REPORT FORMAT A standardized format for the report will help students present their contributions and findings more systematically. The different items of a report are presented below: 1. Cover page 2. Introductory pages - Acknowledgement - Certificate - Table of contents - List of tables - List of figures
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Text -Chapters - Main Sections - Conclusions

4. Bibliography 5. Appendices Introductory Pages Acknowledgements: In the process of carrying out any project,the students would have received help from different persons and organizations. So, all those helps should be acknowledged under this heading. In an academic research, a sample list of people who are to be acknowledged is as follows: Supervisor (Industry Mentor) Organizational head (Industry Head) Members of the department who rendered their valuable suggestions and criticism during the project period The executives in different organizations who provided data and literature for the research Institute Mentor Table of contents: Table of contents is the catalogue of the project report, which summarizes every aspect of the report. List of tables and figures: In project reports, the data and results are presented in the form of tables for quick grasp. Each and every table must be numbered. The numbering should be such that it is internal to each chapter. For example, if the total number of tables in Chapter 4 is 10, then the numbering should be from Table 4.1 to Table 4.10 and similarly for figures.

Text Different items under 'Text' are Chapters, Main Sections and Conclusions. Chapters: The text of the report should be divided into different chapters which are as listed below:
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Introduction to the industry Introduction to the organization under study Research Methodology Comparative Analysis of the organization under study Findings Conclusions Suggestions and Recommendations

Introduction to the industry: The chapter focuses on brief outline about the industry which includes the following aspects: -Origin/History -Growth rate -Industry entry and exit barriers -Scope of industry -Industry Profitability -Contribution to GDP -Government policy Introduction to Organization: It focuses on background-history, vision and mission statements, objective, organization structure, company turnover, product line, distribution network, market share, future venture, competitors, competitive strategy, corporate strategy, recent developments and marketing mix strategy. Methodology:This chapter focuses on the following aspects: -Title -objective of the study -Limitation -Scope -Data collection methods Comparative analysis: This chapter deals with the application of SWOT,Mc Kinsey 7s Model and Porters 5 force model for the analysis and making inferences. Findings:Drawing inferences based on the comparative analysis Conclusions: The chapter on conclusions summarizes project findings, contribution of the study, limitations of the study, and scope for the future research. Suggestions and Recommendations: The students has to give his/her views as suggestion or recommendations to the organization based on the analysis of data collected. Bibliography

A bibliography, the product of the practice of bibliography, is a systematic list of books and other works such as journal articles. Bibliographies range from "works cited" lists at the end of books and articles to complete, independent publications. As separate works, they may be in bound volumes such as those shown on the right or computerized bibliographic databases. A library catalog, while not referred to as a "bibliography," is bibliographic in nature. The references can be classified into journals, books, magazines, newspapers, research studies, etc. These are illustrated below. Journal articles: The articles which are taken from journals should be included in the bibliography as per the following format. Author(s), Title of the article, Name of the journal, Volume of the journal, Issue number of the volume, Year of publication, from-to numbers of the pages of the article. A few examples of journal publications are presented below. If the number of authors is more than two, it is preferable to use et al. after the first author. 1. Panneerselvam, R. and C. Oudaya Sankar, 'New heuristics for assembly line balancing problems', International Journal of Management and Systems, Vo!. 9, No. I, 1993, pp. 2536, 2. Panneerselvam, R. et al., 'Models for warehouse location problem', International Journal of Management and Systems, Vol. 6, 1990, pp. 1-8. Government publications Ministry of Law, Government of India, the Copyright Act,' 14 of 1957, Delhi, The Manager of Publications, 1960, p. 10. Books: If some of the items from a book are referred in a research, the format to include that book in the research report is as given below: Author(s), Title of the book, Name of the publisher, Place of publication, Year of publication. Some examples of such references are as shown below: Gopal,akrishnan, P. and M. Sundaresan, Materials Management: An Integrated Approach, Prentice-Hall of India, New Delhi, 1979.

TYPING INSTRUCTIONS After thoroughly checking the draft of the research report, it should be given for final typing. This section deals with important instructions for typing the report. The different items which are to be concentrated are paper, margins, indention, spacing between .lines and spacing within a sentence. Margins: The left margin and the right margin of the report should be 1.5 inch and 1 inch, respectively. The top as well as bottom margin should be 1 inch. But, in the pages starting with a chapter, the top margin should be 3 inch. Indention: The paragraph can be classified into general and indented. The first line of general paragraph is not indented, whereas in indented paragraph, the first line of the paragraph is indented by 10 spaces from the left margin.

Spacing between lines the entire report should be typed with double spacing except indented paragraphs, tables and footnotes. The indented paragraphs, tables and footnotes are to be typed with single spacing. But there should be double spacing between each neighboring pair of these single spaced items, that is, between adjacent indented paragraphs as well as adjacent tables. Triple spacing should be given for the following cases: Before each paragraph heading Before and after each centre heading, centre subheading, side heading and indented paragraph. Spacing within a sentence: The details of spacing within a sentence are summarized in Table 1. Details of Spacing within a Sentence Description of item Between words After a semicolon After a colon After a comma After a full stop Before the first parenthesis or bracket Between the fast letter of a word in a sentence and each of comma, semicolon, colon, exclamation mark, question mark, last parenthesis and last bracket. Between the first quotation mark and the very next word. Between the end quotation mark and the immediate preceding word. Before and after a hyphen (-) Before and after a slash (/) Size 50-75 pages (indicative) Font size for the body should be 12 with 1 line spacing with head lines in 14 A4 size executive bond paper Font style could be Times New Roman Foot notes and References can be added at the end of each chapter if necessary Bibliography should be added at the end of the report Bar charts and diagrams can be used wherever necessary Number of spaces 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

The draft of the report should be reviewed for an appropriate number of times so that the errors

are completely avoided. While reviewing the draft, certain guidelines are to be followed, as indicated below:

The text should convey the intended message. The report should be organized in hierarchical form with chapters, main sections, subsections etc. There should be continuity between chapters and also between sections as well subsections. . A reading of conclusion of a report should give the clear picture of the report content to the readers. Each and every table as well as figure should be numbered and it must be referred in the main text. The report should have appropriate length. The number of Pages should be restricted to 5075 pages.

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