Master of Business Administration

Marketing / Finance / Operations / OLS Specialisation

Dissertation Guidelines for July. 20010-12 Batch

Students
1. All students have to discuss and finalise their Dissertation topics in
consultation with their
Area chair / faculty guides.
2. The Dissertation is scheduled from 2 April 2012 1 June, 2012.
Students have to be in continuous contact with their faculty guides
either in person, e mail or over phone to update the progress of
their work. The contact between the student and the faculty guides
will be at least once a week. Faculty will keep a record of such
contacts and monitor the progress of the students under them.
3. Students have to ensure that their Email ids and contacts
available with the faculty guides

are

The time period for dissertation is 2 April 2012 1 June 2012

Schedule of Activities:
1. Synopsis Submission

12 April, 2012

2. First Status Report Submission

20 April, 2012

3. Second Status Report Submission

4 May, 2012

4. Third Status Report Submission

18 May, 2012

5. Fourth Status Report Submission

1 June, 2012

6. Draft Dissertation Report Submission

1 June, 2012

7. Final Dissertation Report Submission to

Faculty Guide
:

11 June, 2012

Dr Kavita Chavali
Chairperson IDC
Checklist - Dissertation
1. Synopsis
2. Fortnightly reports -4
3. Rough draft followed by Final draft submission

Guidelines to Prepare Synopsis:

1) Synopsis should not exceeding 1500 words

2) Proposed contents of the Synopsis:
(a) Introduction (Includes Research Motivation)
(b) Problem

Definition

(Includes

Research

Objectives

&

Hypotheses)
(c) Research Methodology (Includes Data Sources, Methods
and Techniques of data collection and Analysis)
(d) Expected outcomes
(e) References (APA Conventions)

FORMATS FOR INITIAL PAGES)

Title

In partial fulfillment of the Dissertation

In Semester - IV of the Master of Business Administration
(July 2010 2012)
Prepared by
............
Registration No:

Under the Guidance of Dr...................................

Bangalore

Bangalore
Master of Business Administration

Declaration
This

is

to

declare

that

the

report

entitled

.......... is prepared for the partial

fulfillment of the Dissertation course in Semester IV (July 2010 -2012)
of the Master of Business Administration by me under the guidance of
Dr. _________________ .
I confirm that this dissertation truly represents my work. This work is
not a replication of work done previously by any other person. I also
confirm that the contents of the report and the views contained therein
have been discussed and deliberated with the Faculty Guide.

Signature of the Student

Name of the Student (in Capital Letters)

Registration No

Master of Business Administration

Certificate

This is to certify that Mr. / Ms. ___________________ Regn. No.

_________________

has

completed

the

dissertation

titled

___________________________________________ under my guidance for the

partial fulfillment of the Dissertation course in Semester IV of the
Master of Business Administration (July. 2010 2012).

Signature of Faculty Guide:

Name of the Faculty Guide:

(FORMAT OF FORTNIGHTLY REPORT)

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Fortnightly Status Report for Dissertation Work

Sl.No.

Reg. No.
Student

Date :

Name of the

Submitted to : ............................................................. (Faculty Guide)

Title of Dissertation Work: .
........................................................

Summary of Previous Fortnight(s) report

.............................................
.................

Work carried out during the fortnight under report :

a. Books / Chapters read /
procured : ...................................................................................................
.................
b. Research Papers / Articles read / procured / downloaded / Databases
used : .........................................................................
c. Internet searching results, if
any : ...........................................................................................................
..........
d. Visits to Institutions / Libraries / Companies, if
any : ..................................................................................
e. Designing of a questionnaire and administered, if
any : .............................................................................
f. Meeting with target group members, if
any: ...................................................................................................

g. Analysis of Data
collected : ...................................................................................................
.............................
h. Draft write up prepared, if
any : ...........................................................................................................
...........
i. Problems encountered, if
any : ...........................................................................................................
..............
j. Proposed steps during the next
fortnight: ....................................................................................................
..
k. Any other relevant
information : ...............................................................................................
......................

Date: .....................
(Signature of the student)
Note: You may please attach additional sheet if required

Dissertation Report Structure

Executive Summary

Chapter1: Introduction: Introduction about the Study, Problem

Statement, Objectives, Need and Scope of the study, Limitations
of the study

Chapter 2: Literature Review

Chapter 3: Research Methodology: Research Design, Data

collection methods & sources, Sampling techniques, Tools of
analysis

Chapter 4: Data Analysis

Chapter 5: Findings

Chapter 6: Recommendations

Conclusions

Scope for Further Research

References (APA Convention)

Annexure

Dissertation Assessment Components:

1) Synopsis

: 20 Marks

2) Fortnightly Reports

: 20 Marks

[4 reports @ 5 Marks]
3) Final Report

: 30 Marks

4) Oral Presentation

: 30 Marks

TOTAL

100 Marks

Specific Components for Final Report Evaluation [Dissertation]:

1) Introduction

: 6 Marks

2) Literature Review

: 6 Marks

3) Research Methodology

: 6 Marks

4) Results and Discussions

: 6 Marks

5) Recommendations and Conclusions

: 6 Marks

TOTAL

30 Marks

Specific Components for Oral Presentations [Dissertation]:

1) Introduction

: 5 Marks

2) Research Methodology

: 5 Marks

3) Results and Discussions

: 8 Marks
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4) Recommendations and Conclusions

: 8 Marks

5) Question & Answers

: 4 Marks

TOTAL

30 Marks

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