Date: 7th January 2012.

NOTICE
Students belonging to the different specializations of Second year IVth Semester MMS courses are here by advised to take note of the approved list of Guides for the project work to be undertaken. The approved list is as follows: Marketing Finance HRD Operations Management Management Management Prof. Harvind Bhasin Prof. M.L. Narendran Prof. Gowrishankar Prof Pallavi Lall Dr Taruna Parmar Prof Anant Farkade Prof Meghna Manjrekar Prof Deepa Rohit Dr. Nalini Vira Prof. Ashok Raina Prof. A. Balasubramaniam Dr.. Manoranjan Das Prof Rajesh Vyas Prof Deepa Chavan Prof Avani Pramod Prof Chandragupta Maurya Prof Rashmi Jain Prof V S Nookala Prof Sanskriti Kadam Prof Meghna Patil Prof Charu Upadhyay Dr Savaikar Prof Kartikeyan Legal related project can approach Prof Panjwani as their guide. Prof. Anusha Patil Dr. Shreedhar Sherigar Prof Rosie Murray Prof Pooja Thorat Prof Nerurkar

DIRECTOR
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UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI
LALA LAJPAT RAI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT
MMS PROGRAMME (Second year Fourth Semester- Batch 201012) 1) Only 10 candidates are allowed to register under a project guide (internal guide). The list of project guide is displayed separately on the notice board. 2) As soon as the projects are ready for submission, candidates should obtain the signature of the guide in the prescribed form, which should be collected from the Institute. 3) Candidates will have to meet their Internal Guide Minimum 5 (Five) times for project guidance before submitting the project. They will have to obtain the signature of the guide in the Project Guide Certificate form. The form will be provided on 10-0112. 4) One Copy of the project in black bounded & One C.D form (Soft Copy) are to be submitted along with the project Guide Certificate to the Institute before the last date. 5) Candidates should not mention his / her name or Internal Guides name anywhere in the project except on the certificate form. 6) The project should be typed in double space in thesis size paper and bounded with thick black cover page with gold embossing. 7) While submitting the One Copy of the project in black bounded & One C.D, candidates have to bring their second year tuition fee challans.

8) The last date for submitting Project Registration Form along with approved synopsis after obtaining the Internal Guide signature is 28th January 2012. No forms will be accepted after this date. 9) The last date for submitting one copy of the Project & C.D. is 17h March 2012. Any candidate who fails to get the Internal Guides signature before the last date i.e. 28th January 2012, their projects will not be accepted by the Institute and no extension will be granted. 10) Viva Voce will be conducted in the on week commencing st 31 March 2012. 11) The draft of the project report is kept for ready reference in the Institutes Library

Dr. V. B. Angadi Director

C.c. to 2) Library. 3

3) Administrative Office

TITLE OF THE PROJECT

IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR MASTER OF__________________________________________________ MANAGEMENT

2010-2012

ROLL NO.______________________________

NAME OF THE INSTITUTE

GUIDELINES FOR PROJECT WORK 4

OBJECTIVEThe objectives of the project are to see that a student does research work in any Area of Management related to the field of specialization. Every project should include inter-alia the following: Objective/s and Scope of the Study Formulation of Hypothesis Research Methodology Library Research Data Collection / Sample size Drawing of inferences through statistical analysis. Data Collection / Sample Size Strength and limitations of the study Bibliography systematic and complex list of references

EXPECTED STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCES

(A) Project work with good understanding of existing literature, framing of methodology, data collection and analysis. (B) Project work with good understanding of existing literature, framing of hypothesis, data collection and drawing of inferences through statistical analysis. (C) Project work with good understanding of existing literature, framing of hypothesis, data collection and drawing of inferences through statistical analysis. Further, this research work should be wither of major extension or developments of new concepts bringing about further trends / acenaries. Good 50-60% Very Good 60-90% Excellent More than 70%

DURATION The project will be Second year Fourth Semester. The Project carries 100 marks (10 marks project guide and 90 Marks Viva-Voce)

GUIDELINES TO BE FOLLOWED BY STUDENTS WHILE PREPARING THE PROJECT REPORT 5

1. All the students are required to comply with the requirements as laid down regarding the submission of the Project Work. The projects are to be prepared by each individual. The projects prepared jointly will not be accepted 2. The project work is 100 Marks and forms part of the evaluation of the Second year Fourth semester. 3. The Cover Page of the report shall be as per the format given in Annexure I. 4. The acknowledgement page of the report should be brief. 5. There shall be a separate page for contents. 6. After the content page, there shall be a separate page list of Tables / Charts / Diagrams, if any. 7. After the content page, there will be synopsis of the project briefly written in two pages. 8. All chapters must be numbered. 9. Bibliographical references in the report, if required, shall appear at the end of the project report, as per the following format: Fredrick Neubaver and Normon Solomon A Managerial Approach to Environment Assessment. Long Range Planning Vol. 10, April 1977, pp. 15-20. W.F. Clueck Business Policy: Strategy Formulation and effective Action and ed. Mc Graw Hill, New York. The report must be typed in Quarter Size paper (8 * 11 ) Double spacing with 1/2 margin on the left size of the paper, one copy of the report & one CD shall be submitted.

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PROJECT GUIDE CERTIFICATE FORM I _______________________________________the undersigned Roll No. _________ studying in the MMS PROGRAMME (Second year Fourth Semester) is doing my project work under the guidance of Dr./ Prof. _____________________________ wish to state that I have met my internal guide on the following dates mentioned below for Project Guidance:-

Sr. No.

Date

Signature of the Internal Guide

____________________________ Signature of the Candidate

__________________________ Signature of Internal Guide

N.B.: The candidate should retain the Project Guide Certificate Form and submit the same while submitting the Project to the Institute i.e. on or before, 17th March 2012.

PROJECT GUIDE CERTIFICATE FORM

This is to certify that the dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of MMS of the University of Mumbai is a result of the bonafide work carried out by Miss/Mr._________________________________________________________ under my supervision and guidance no part of this report has been submitted for award of any other degree, diploma fellowship or other similar titles or prizes. The work has also not been published in any scientific journals/ magazines.

Date: Name: Place: Roll No.:

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UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI LALA LAJPATRAI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT MASTER OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES PROGRAMMES MMS -II SEM-IV REGISTRATION FORM FOR PROJECT WORK
1 2 3 4 5 6 Name of the candidate (Capital Letters) (beginning with surname) Roll No Name of the Programme Specialization Second Year Fee Receipt Challan No. & Date Address Residence:

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Tel. No/ Mobile No. Name and Address of the Guide

Tel. No. 9 Proposed title of the Project

Date:

SIGNATURE OF THE GUIDE

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Date: 7th January, 2012

NOTICE
MMS-II SEM-IV (BATCH- 2010-2012) The Students of MMS -II SEM-IV are hereby advised to note that the Project Registration Forms will be distributed on 10th January 2012.

DIRECTOR

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Date: 7th January, 2012

NOTICE

MMS-II SEM-IV (BATCH- 2010-2012) The Students of MMS IV Sem are hereby advised to note that maximum students are allowed to work under a single guide. 10 projects signed by a single guide are accepted and any project over and above 10 signed by the same guide will not be acceptable.

DIRECTOR

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After executive summary project will start. PROJECT GUIDELINES 1. COVERING PAGE a. Title of the project b. Name and Address of the college c. Submitted by: (Your name with class and semester) d. Project guide : (Guides name) e. Year of submission 2. CERTIFICATE 3. DECLARATION 4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 5. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ( maximum two pages) 6. INDEX (TABLE OF CONTENTS) Chapter I: Introduction and Research methodology 1.1 General Introduction of the project 1.2 Objectives of study (minimum 4) 1.3 Scope of Study 1.4 Research Methodology 1.4.1 Formation of problem 1.4.2 Hypothesis (if any) 1.4.3 Methods of Collection of data (primary & Secondary data) 1.4.4 Research Instrument 1.4.5 Sampling Plan 1.4.6 Research Limitation Chapter II, III, IV, V (Make chapters depending on your topic try to meet all the above mentioned objectives) Chapter VI: Data Analysis and interpretation and Findings Chapter VII: Conclusion Chapter VIII: Recommendations Chapter IX: Annexure (one set of questionnaire and/or additional information, if any) Chapter X: Appendices / Glossary Chapter XI: Bibliography (authors name {year}, title of the book, name of the publication with address), (website),

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OTHER GUIDELINES Font Size : 12 +heading 14 and 16 Font type : times New Roman Line Space : 1.5 Total no. of pages : minimum 100 Header : Title of the project Footer : page no. Set your Right Margin, Left Margin and justify each paragraph. Project should be leather bond with gold embossing Papers should be executive bond paper A4 paper Soft copy of the project in the CD with cover and labeled. This needs to be stuck on the last page of the book

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GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING PROJECT REPORT

TITLE PAGE INNER COVER PAGE DECLARATION CERTIFICATE PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CONTENTS OF THE PROJECT LIST OF TABLES/CHARTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CHAPTER I INDUSTRY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE PRODUCT PROFILE CHAPTER II SCOPE OF THE STUDY IDENTIFICATION OF PROBLEM FORMULATING PROBLEM STATEMENT RESEARCH OBJECTIVES HYPOTHESES (IF ANY) LIMITATIONS OF STUDY CHAPTER III REVIEW OF LITERATURE CHAPTER IV (MEHTODOLGY) RESEARCH DESIGN RESEARCH INSTRUMENT SOURCES OF DATA SAMPLE DESIGN o SAMPLE SIZE o SAMPLING UNIT o SAMPLING FRAME o SAMPLING METHOD STATISTICAL TOOLS USED CHAPTER V (DATA ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION) FINDINGS CONCLUSION SUGGESTIONS / RECOMMENDATIONS ANNEXURE QUESTIONNAIRE BIBLIOGRAPHY GLOSSARY

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