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Instructions to be followed while preparing research report

All pages shall have a page border. The upper right hand side of the page border (header) shall be a
header named Rajagiri College of Management & Applied Sciences in font times new roman, size 10
in italics.
The bottom right hand side of the border (footer) shall show the page number font times new roman,
size 10 in italics.
There shall be a face sheet with part number and chapter heading, before each part and each chapter
and these pages shall not be numbered. These shall be in the center of the page and shall use only the
uppercase for all letters, although the font size may be increased up to 50.
The preferred font is times new roman, sized at 12 point for both headings and text.
The report shall not contain any other font. Although for some tables, font size may be reduced up
to 10 point.
Margins must be at 1inch on all sides, with the left margin being 1.3 inch including on pages with
diagrams and tables.
One half spacing between lines is preferred.
Paragraphs should not be indented. There should be two returns (i.e. one blank line) between paragraphs.
Right margin should be justified.
Every table must have a unique caption centered at the top. eg. Table 1 [caption]
All tables must be numbered in a single sequence from the beginning of the volume through the
appendices.
Every diagram must have a unique caption centered at the bottom. All diagrams must be numbered in a
single sequence from the beginning of the volume through the appendices. eg . Diagram 1 . Graph.
[caption] or diagram 2. Chart. [caption]
While using bullets, use the standard (microsoft word) round bullets.
Do not use abbreviations.
Run spell check to ensure that spelling and grammatical errors are avoided. Language followed is
English (u.k).

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Format of Project

Title page

Certificate/approval sheet

Declaration

Completion letter from organization

Acknowledgement

Contents

List of tables

List of diagrams/ illustrations

Executive summary (not more than two pages)

Chapter I-Introduction (Research Methodology )
Chapter format
1. Title of the study
2. Introduction
3. Statement of the problem
4. Scope of the study
5. Significance of the study
6. Objectives of the study
General objective
Specific objectives
7. Research design
Type of research
Data collection- primary data & secondary data sampling sampling
Design- population sample unit-sample size
Tools for data collection
Statistical tools used for analysis
9. Limitations of the study

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Chapter II Industrial & organizational study

Introduction of Industry
Introduction of Organization
Profile of Organization
Organizational structure/ chart
Profile of departments
Activities/ Programs
Chapter III-Theoretical framework & Review of Literature
Chapter IV- Data Analysis & Interpretation.
Chapter V- Findings, Suggestions & conclusions
References
Bibliography
Appendix
Questionnaires
The difference between a bibliography and references.
A bibliography lists works for background or for further reading, these may be books
which you read as part of your research, but which were not actually used.
References lists specific works that you used in your work.
Where to place your bibliography and references pages?
These should be included as the last pages of your work- references first

How to create a references/bibliography list?

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Follow the punctuation details carefully, as these sometimes change according to type
of source
The name of the work is usually written in italic font or underlined if hand written.
Sources are arranged in alphabetical order, regardless of the type of source, which
they are.
While writing names of authors, use their second names first; and in the case of
initials, use them after the name.
Details about author/s name, year of publication, publisher etc, may usually be found
on the inside front cover of any book which you use.
Here are some of the abbreviations used in referencing.
Abbreviations:
chap.

chapter

ed.

edition

rev.ed

revised edition

2nd ed

second edition

ed. (eds)

editor (editors)

trans.

translator(s)

p.(pp.)

page(pages)

vol.

volume(as in vol.4)

vols.

volumes (as in four volumes)

no.

number

pt.

part

tech.rep

technical report

suppl.

supplement

The order of books

Author/s or editor/s name/s
Year of publication
Title of work
Edition
Place of publication.
Publishers name

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eg.: mc. mohan, g. (1996). europe in the nineteenth century. (2nd ed.) oxford:
university publications.
The order of newspapers
Authors name
Year
Title of the article
Place of publication
Name of newspaper
Month and date
Page number
eg.:

smith, j.e. (1996) hero dog saves family in fire. brisbane: courier mail

november 15,pl.
The order of journals & magazines
Authors name
Year
Title of article
Name of source
Volume number
Month & date
Page number
eg.: chapman, p. (1999). learning mathematics: a new way of teaching. journal of
teacher education, 37, 76 - 78.
The order of web pages
Authors name
Date of document creation/last update
Title of work
Title of complete work
Date of message or visit
url

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eg.: burke, laura p .(may, 1997) a hypertext history of the renaissance renaissance
history. retrieved 23 september, 1999 from the world wide web:
http://www.caf.new.edu/home/lbs/renhist.html.