Institute of Information Technology & Management, New Delhi
Academic Circular 4/2008 (Revised)
21 st April, 2014
CONDUCT OF SUMMER TRAINING: BBA SEMESTER IV STUDENTS
Objectives
1. Students of BBA Semester IV are to constructively engage themselves in summer training as part of curriculum at the end of their Semester IV. The summer training is to be carried out in a firm or company. On completion of the summer training each student is required to submit a written report. The academic objectives of summer training are to
Work & gain knowledge of real business environment,
Analyse how theoretical concepts taught are applied/not applied in real situations,
Analyse best practices of a company/industry in different functional areas,
Enhance analytical & application abilities of students, and
Develop skills in technical report writing through data collection, data analysis, data presentation and draw lessons cogently vis--vis a given firm or company.
The objective of this Academic Circular is to lay guidelines to conduct summer training and to standardise the format of submission of report.
University Scheme for Summer Training
2. As per the syllabi of BBA (Paper No BBA-311 with number of credits six) students of Semester IV are to carry out summer training in a firm or company for the duration of Eight Weeks and to submit a report within Two Weeks of the commencement of Fifth Semester. The evaluation of report has two components, viz.
(a) External : 50 Marks; it involves external viva.
(b) Internal : 50 Marks; it involves viva & presentation before an internal Committee.
Scope of Summer Training
3. It is partly responsibility of the student to find a firm or company where he/she intends to carry out his/her summer training. A firm or company once fixed cannot be changed. It is 2
necessary for each student to get the approval of the name of firm or company from the Summer Training Coordinator. Each student is required to carry out the work independently and submit the report individually.
ANY PREVIOUS WORK OR BORROWED REPORT WILL BE SUMMARILY REJECTED AND IN ALL CASES OF REJECTION THE WORK IS TO BE REPEATED AFRESH.
Final Report
4. The Guidelines for methodology to be adopted for conducting the summer training are attached as Appendix-A. The format of the project report is attached as Appendix-B. All students are to adhere to these guidelines.
Schedule of Submissions
5. Students are required to strictly follow the schedule given below:
To be Completed by Date Activity Marks Allotted Remarks 21 st April 2014
Briefing of students
- - 10 th June 2014 Commencement of Summer Training - 14 th June 2014
Submission of Firm/Companys name (to Project Guide) where the student intends doing summer training
21 st June 2014
Finalization of topic and submission of Project Proposal
19 th July 2014
Mid-term Review: Submission of work done till date including complete Chapter-1.
10 Ref Appendix A & B 11 th August 2014
Submission of Draft Report to the respective guides. 10 -do- 21 st August 2014
Submission of Final Report (One spiral binded copy) to the respective guides 10 25 th August 2014
BBA(M1) - Viva & Presentation to the internal Committee.
20 A Power Point or OHP based presentation. 26 th August 2014
BBA(M2) - Viva & Presentation to the internal Committee.
A Power Point or OHP based presentation. 27 th August 2014
BBA(E1) - Viva & Presentation to the internal Committee.
A Power Point or OHP based presentation. 3
28 th August 2014
BBA(E2) - Viva & Presentation to the internal Committee.
A Power Point or OHP based presentation. Final Hard Bound Copy and CD have to be submitted by 8 th September, 2014.
As notified by the University External Viva before the external examiner 50 Total Marks 100
6. Faculty Guides and company allotted to each student shall be notified separately and be displayed on notice board.
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Appendix-A
CONTENTS OF SUMMER TRAINING REPORT
Chapter plan and the contents that are to be included in the summer training report are given below (Report should be covered within 40-50 double space typed pages):
Chapter-1: Profile of the Firm/Company
This chapter is to include the following aspects:
1. Company profile which includes name of the firm/company, its complete address along with telephone numbers, email address, website name. Mention whether local, national or multinational. If national/multinational, give location & address of the registered office and geographical areas of operation of the company.
2. Explain the nature of the organisation and its business (service/production/trading etc), i.e., type of industry & business in which the company is operating. Mention any specific functional area, if any such as marketing, finance, HR, logistics etc, in which the company is operating.
3. Companys vision & mission.
4. Product range of the company.
5. Size (in terms of manpower & financial turnover) of organisation.
6. Organisation structure of the company.
7. Market share & position of the company in the industry.
8. Present leadership of company and mention the people & their level with whom you have interacted during the summer training.
9. Define objectives of study and research methodology including sources of data collection.
Chapter-2: SWOT Analysis of the Company
This chapter is to include the following aspects:
1. Strengths & Weaknesses of the company.
2. Opportunities & Threats that the company faces. 5
3. Best practices/USPs (Unique Selling Prepositions) that the company follows in different functional areas such as marketing, HR, finance, inventory management, CRM, logistics, use of ITeS etc.
4. Explain the variations/deviations in practices followed by the company vis--vis the concepts taught to you in the classroom.
Chapter-3: Functional Analysis of the Company
Students are to analyse key functional areas (such as Marketing, Human Resource Management, Finance, ITeS etc) of the company and include these in this Chapter. The data under each functional area may be collected on the aspects mentioned below and the analysis be included in the report (the aspects mentioned below are suggestive and not restrictive):
1. Marketing: Product Planning Process; Pricing Policies/Strategies; Channel Planning & Management; Promotional Policies & their effect on sales; CRM Policies; Advertisement Process etc.
2. HRM: HR Planning; Recruitment, Selection & Induction Processes; Training, Performance Appraisal & Recognition Systems; Industrial Relations, Welfare, Career Development & Grievance Handling Policies; Safety Policies & Practices etc.
3. Production & Operations: Production & Procurement Planning; Supply Chain Management such as Vendor Development, Logistics, Inventory Management; Quality Assurance & Quality Control; Maintenance Practices etc.
4. Finance: Analysis of Balance Sheet, Trading, Profit & Loss Statements, Cash Flow Statements of the company and comments of at least two years.
5. Use of ITeS: Use of information technology in the organisational processes such as ERP systems, Web based technologies and degree of automation & transparency.
Chapter-4: Lessons Learnt
In this chapter students are to mention learning value of the summer training covering following aspects (these are suggestive but not exhaustive):
1. Comment on your experience about the working environment obtaining in the company.
2. Briefly explain the practical knowledge you gained during your summer training in terms of practices followed by the company in different functional areas of management.
3. Difficulties, if any, experienced in the company where you have undergone summer training. Also, give your recommendations/suggestions whether the students should be sent to the company in future for summer training. 6
Appendix-B
FORMAT OF THE PROJECT REPORT
Format
1. The final report should be written and compiled in the following the sequence:
(a) Title Page (b) Certificate (s) (c) Acknowledgements (d) Assignment Directive (e) Contents (f) List of Tables (g) List of Figures (h) List of Symbols (i) List of Abbreviations (j) Executive Summary (k) Body of the Report (As per Appendix A) (l) References/Bibliography (m) Appendices
Title Page
2. The format of the title page is attached as Annexure-I.
Certificate
3. The format of the certificate is attached as Annexure-II. A certificate of the organisation where the student has conducted the summer training may also be attached separately after the Institutes certificate.
Acknowledgements
4. In the Acknowledgements page, the writer recognises his indebtedness for guidance and assistance by the faculty guide and any other member (s). Courtesy demands that he/she also recognises specific contributions by other persons or institutions such as libraries and research foundations. Acknowledgements should be expressed simply, tastefully, and tactfully duly signed above the name.
Assignment Directive
5. Each student shall be issued an Assignment Directive duly signed which shall form part of the Report. 7
Contents & List of Tables/Figures/Symbols/Abbreviation
6. The format of Contents and list of Tables/Figures/Symbols is attached as Annexure-III.
Executive Summary
7. The Executive summary shall contain objectives, scope and an effective summary of the Report. One additional loose copy of Executive Summary is to be submitted. Body of the Report: Guidelines for Report Writing
8. The guidelines for writing the report detailed in Appendix-A. Following aspects must be adhered to:
(a) Page Size: Good quality white A4 size executive bond paper should be used for typing and duplication.
(b) Chapter/Para Numbering: The chapters are to be numbered as Chapter-1, Chapter-2 etc. The heading/title of the chapter is to appear below the chapter number in uppercase. Paragraphs are to be numbered as 1,2,3 etc in every chapter separately. Sub- paras are to be numbered as 1.1, 1.2, 1.3----, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3-----etc. Sub-sub paras are to be numbered as 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 2.11, 2.12, 2.13 etc.
(c) Page Specifications:
(i) Left Margin : 1.25 inch (ii) Right Margin : 1.25 inch (iii) Top Margin : 1 inch (iv) Bottom Margin : 1 inch
(d) Page Numbers: All text pages starting from Body of the Project Report should be numbered at the bottom center of the pages.
(e) Normal Body Text:
(i) Font Size: 12, Times New Roman, Double Spacing, Single Side Writing. (ii) Paragraphs Heading Font Size: 12, Times New Roman. (iii) Page/Title Font Size: 14
(f) Structure of Final Report: The report should be of covered within 40 to 50 typed pages in double space (excluding Appendices and Bibliography) on A4 size paper with 12 font size.
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(g) Table and Figure Number: Table and figure numbers are to be written at the bottom of the table/ figure as given below:
(i) Table No-1: Number of Employees in Organisation ABC (ii) Figure No-1: Sales Figures of ABC Company for 2002-2006
(h) Binding & Color Code of the Report:
(i) Hard Bound Report (ii) Background of the cover page
For BBA - Navy Blue For BBA (CAM) -Maroon
(iii) Letters in Silver White
References/Bibliography
9. Examples are given below:
1. Malhotra, N. K., (2010), Marketing Research, 6 th ed., Pearson Education, pp. 219-243.
2. Stevens, A., (2010), C++ Database Development, MIS Press, New York, pp. 34-42.
3. www.time.com/time/gobalinfluentials/gbikim.html, accessed June 11, 2014 at 2:34pm
10. The appendices are to be attached at the end of the report and to be numbered as Appendix-A, Appendix-B etc. right justified at the top of the page. Below the word Appendix write in parenthesis Refer Para No__. The para number should be the number in the body of text where the reference of appendix is given. An appendix may have annexure (s). The annexures, if any, are to be attached immediately after the said appendix. The annexures are to be numbered as Annexure-I, Annexure-II etc.
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Annexure-I Summer Training Report on Title of Report (Font size = 18)
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
To
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi
Guide: Submitted by: Guide Name: Student Name: Roll No.: Batch:
Nurturing Excellence
Institute of Information Technology & Management, New Delhi 110058 2014-15
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Annexure-II Certificate
I, Mr./Ms._______________________________, Roll No. ________________ certify that the Summer Training Report (Paper Code BBA-311 entitled ________________________________ is done by me and it is an authentic work carried out by me at ___________________________ (Name of the firm or company). The matter embodied in this has not been submitted earlier for the award of any degree or diploma to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Signature of the Student Date:
Certified that the Summer Training Report (Paper Code BBA-311) entitled ____________ done by Mr./Ms._______________________________, Roll No. ___________, is completed under my guidance.
Signature of the Guide Date: Name of the Guide: Designation:
Countersigned Director/Project Coordinator 11
Annexure-III
FORMAT FOR CONTENTS & LIST OF TABLES/FIGURES/ SYMBOLS
CONTENTS
S No Topic Page No 1 Certificate (s) - 2 Acknowledgements - 3 Assignment Directive - 4 List of Tables - 5 List of Figures - 6 List of Symbols - 7 List of Abbreviations - 8 Executive Summary - 9 Chapter-1: Profile of the Firm/Company 10 Chapter-2: SWOT Analysis of the Company 11 Chapter-3: Functional Analysis of the Company 12 Chapter-4: Lessons Learnt 13 References/Bibliography 14 Appendices
FORMAT FOR LIST OF TABLES/FIGURES/ SYMBOLS/ABBREVIATIONS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
L I S TABLE OF SYMBOLS
L I S TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS
S No Abbreviated Name Full Name 1 CRM Customer Relationship Management 2 EPS Earning Per Share
Table No Title Page No 1 Number of Employees in Organisation ABC 2 Figure No Title Page No 1 Sales Figures of ABC Company for 2010-2013 2 S No Symbol Nomenclature & Meaning 1