Farook Institute of Management Studies

PROJECT ORIENTATION
MINI PROJECT August 2014
The Project Synopsis

Topic

Statement of the Problem

Objectives of the Study

Primary
Secondary (If any)

Research Methodology

Research Approach
Data Sources
Primary Data
Secondary Data

Research Instruments Used (for data collection)

Sampling Plan

Sampling Unit
Sample Size
Sampling Procedure

Contact Method

Tools Used for Analysis

Project Period

Limitation of the Study

COMMON TOPICS - MARKETING
A Study on CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
A Study on Market Potential
A Study on BRAND AWARENESS
A Study on Consumer Behaviour
A Study on COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
A Study on the effective of advertisement
A Study on the effectiveness of services
A Study On Dealers Attitude
COMMON TOPICS - FINANCE
A Study on Banking Products
A Study on Credit Management in Banks
A Study on Investment Products
A Study on Mutual Funds / SIP
A Study on stocks of a sector-
(FMCG,Banking,IT,Automobile etc)
A Study on Commodity Markets & Exchanges
A Study on Working Capital Management
A Study on Financial Health by Ratio Analysis

COMMON TOPICS - HR
A Study on HR Policies of an Organization
A Study on Performance Appraisal & PMS
A Study on Recruitment & Selection Process
A Study on Competency Mapping
A Study on Employee Retention/ Attrition
A Study on Quality of Work Life
A Study on Compensation & Benefits Vs
Motivation.
A Study on Organizational Communication
Acknowledgement
Almighty God for his blessings
Director of the institute
Faculty guide & other faculty
members
Officers of the Organization
Parents, friends
Any others

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I, Name of the student, student of MBA IIIrd Semester, studying at Farook Institute
of Management Studies, Farook College ,Kozhikode, hereby declare that the project
report on topic submitted to University of Calicut in partial fulfillment of Degree
of Masters of Business Administration is the original work conducted by me.

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Bibliography-sequence
Journals
Periodicals
Books
Reports
Other thesis works
Web sites
Bibliography-format
BOOK
Author's name, last name first, followed by a period. Title
underlined, followed by a period. Place of publication,
followed by a colon. Publishers name, followed by a comma.
Copyright date, followed by a period.

1. Gupta, S.L. Financial Derivatives. New Delhi: Prentice Hall
of India, 1995.

Magazines/ Journals
Author's name, last name first, followed by a period. Title of
article, in quotation marks, followed by a period. Title of
magazine, underlined, followed by a period. Date of issue
(month, then year), followed by a comma. Pages, followed by
a period.

2. Arak, M. and Goodman, Treasury Bond Futures: Valuing
the delivery options. The Journal of Futures Market. June
1987, pp 269-286.
Websites
Author of page, last name first, followed by a period.
Title of page in quotes, followed by a period. Title of
the entire website, underlined, followed by a period.
The full URL address of the page, beginning with
http://, followed by the date you visited the site in
parentheses, followed by a period.
Grimes, Barbara F., ed. "South Africa." Ethnologue.
http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/countries/Sout.html (4 Feb 1999).
NEWSPAPER:
Author's name, last name first, followed by a period. Title of article, in
quotation marks, followed by a period. Title of newspaper, underlined,
include city if necessary in parentheses, followed by a comma. Date (day,
month, year) followed by a comma. Page, followed by a period.
Adams, George. "Ford's Plan to Spur Republican Revival." Christian
Science Monitor , 29 Nov. 1974, p. 20.

Interview
Personal interview with PK Ahmed, President, Peekay
Steel Company , Nallalam, Calicut. , 11 Feb. 2010.