S. K.

PATEL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & COMPUTER STUDIES,

GANDHINAGAR
Winter Project (Batch 2017-2019 MBA)

As a part of the MBA curriculum, the first year students need to undertake a winter project
wherein the students need to study the organization as well as any of the functional areas in order
to acquaint them with the practical aspects of second semester courses.

Objectives of Winter Project:

To learn the practical aspects of industry and its environment

To understand the inter-department organization dynamics
To study any one functional area in detail
To facilitate industrial visits for the students

Targeted Learning Outcomes:

To check the application of theories studied in the first semester course of MBA
To orient them to the courses of second semester
To undertake a detailed project study and make a project report
 Winter Project Guidelines

The 1st year MBA students are required to select a company (essentially a
manufacturing co.)

The duration of the training is 10 days beginning from 24 th October, 2017 to

2nd November, 2017.

The study should encompass Three Parts; One is the Industry background.
Second part is basic organization study comprising all functional areas viz.
marketing, production, finance, HR, IT, etc. Third part, where the students
have to do the detailed study of any one department.

All the students will have to prepare and submit the project on individual
basis. GROUP PROJECTS ARE STRICTLY NOT ALLOWED.

The students are required to inform the name of organization in which they
are going for winter training on or before 14th of October, 2017 to their
respective guides.
 GUIDELINES FOR WINTER PROJECT REPORT WRITING
Any project report submitted to the institute for academic purpose as partial fulfillment of award
of any degree must be formally presented. The report should be constitute and written as per the
guidelines described below.
The guidelines are strictly to be followed. Any deviation from the prescribed guideline will lead
to award of negative marks or rejection of the report and the students may require re-writing the
whole/ part of the project report.

1. Front Page
Front page of the report should contain the following in chronological order

a. Title of the Project

b. Student(s) submitted by
c. Submitted to SKPIMCS

2. Certificate from the organization.

3. Certificate
A certificate has to be furnished from the respective guide(s) saying that the project was done
under his/ their supervision.
4. Declaration
Student(s) are required to declare that the work done is original and has not been published anywhere
else.

5. Acknowledgements
To mention, diligently, the names of persons and organizations that have helped you in the production
of the report.

6. Executive Summary
Represents the report in a nutshell without any illustrations or explanations. Here the aim is to enable
the reader to gather information quickly without having to go through the whole report. It should be
self-sufficient and intelligible.

7. Table of Contents (with page numbers)

To give the reader an overall view of the report and help him locate a particular topic or sub-topic
easily. The page numbering for items 2 to 8 should be in Roman Numerals. The page numbering for
items 9 to 15 should be in digits.

8. Chapter 1: Industry Background

Briefly Describe: Industry structure , Leading companies, products, National and international trends.
9. Chapter 2: Company Profile:

Briefly describe the companys activities: Organization Vission and Mission, History and
Development of the unit, Size of the unit and form of organization, financial performance (at least of
the last financial year); Profiling of all departments in the company, Employee services, Contribution
of the unit to the industry

10. Chapter 3: Study of ________________ Department (Finance/Marketing/Human

Resource/Production)

STUDENTS HAVE TO DO THE DETAIL STUDY OF ANY ONE DEPARTMENT.

Content details of Chapter -3 are given at the end of the file.

11. Chapter 4: Conclusions & Suggestions

12. Bibliography
Books, Journals, Magazines, Newspapers, websites, etc.

13. Annexure
Questionnaires (if any).

Reference notes/ tables or figures from published sources.

 Format of Title page

Title of the Project

A Winter Project Report Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of award of MBA Degree

Project Guide(s)

Prof. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Submitted by

xxxxxxxxxx
Roll No: xxxx

S. K. PATEL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & COMPUTER STUDIES

Gandhinagar, India

Month 20XX
 CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that Mr./ Ms. TYPE IN BOLD of S.K. Patel Institute of Management and Computer
Studies, Gandhinagar have submitted their / his / her Winter Project titled, TYPE IN BOLD in the
year 2017-2019 in partial fulfillment of Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya requirements for the award of the
title of Master of Business Administration

Prof. Bhavin Pandya Prof._______________________

Director Project Guide

Date:
 DECLARATION

We/ I, hereby, declare that the Winter Project titled, TYPE IN BOLD is original to the best of our/
knowledge and has not been published elsewhere. This is for the purpose of partial fulfillment of Kadi
Sarva Vishwavidyalaya requirements for the award of the title of Master of Business Administration,
only.

Student Name Signature

 Chapter 3:
Study of ________________ Department (Finance/Marketing/Human
Resource/Production)

STUDENTS HAVE TO DO THE DETAIL STUDY OF ANY ONE DEPARTMENT.

Human Resource Department:

1. Organization of HR Department
2. Recruitment, Selection and induction
3. Training and Management Department
4. Job Description (Managerial level only)
5. Promotion and transfer policy
6. Performance and transfer policy
7. Wage and salary administration
8. Working of E.S.I. Scheme
9. Study of Provident Fund Scheme
10.Grievance handling procedure
11.Collective bargaining and agreements
12.Trade unions
13.Personnel records

Marketing Department:
1. Organization of Marketing Department
2. Product Planning & Management, New Product Development
3. Market Segmentation
4. Pricing Policies
5. Channels of distribution
6. Sales promotion
7. Advertising
8. Marketing research

Financial Department:
1. Organization of Finance and accounts department
2. Financial Planning
3. Capitalization
4. Capital Structure-use financial leverage to magnify equity earnings
5. Management of fixed assets:
- Capital budgeting
- Review of latest capital project with reference to project cost, project financial and its
implementation
6. Management of working capital:
- Inventories
- Receivables
- Case and Bank including Case budgeting
Operating leverage analysis
8. Profitability and dividend distribution - A trend analysis of past several years
9. Right issue, Bonus issue, convertible bonds issue, fund raising thought public deposit etc
10. Any special financial characteristics of the unit
Production Department:
1. Inventory Management
2. Layout Analysis
3. Job Scheduling
4. Maintenance management
5. Logistics management
6. Product design
7. Manufacturing Process
8. Work study
 FACULTY GUIDES

Roll No. Name of Faculty

Prof. Sonu Gupta

Prof. Prakash Chawla

Prof .Ranjani Srinivasan

Prof. Parnika Jha

Prof. Sandhya Harkawat

Prof. Jallavi Panchamia

Prof. Shweta Mehta

Prof. Gincy Mathew

Prof. Debaditya Mohanti

Prof. Kruti Patel

Prof. Krupa Mehta

Prof. Mallika Babu

Prof. Naresh Naidu

Winter Project Coordinator

Ranjani Srinivasan

Gincy Mathew