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1. S. K. PATEL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & COMPUTER STUDIES,
GANDHINAGAR
Winter Project (Batch 2013-2015 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

2. Winter Project Guidelines
• The 1st
year MBA students are required to select a company (essentially a
manufacturing co.)
• The duration of the training is 08 days beginning from the 3rd
January, 2014
to 9th
January, 2014.
• The study should encompass Three Parts; One is the Industry Analysis.
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 detail 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 15th
of November, 2013 to their
respective guides.

3. 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 Analysis
Briefly Describe: Industry structure (Monopoly, oligopoly etc.), Nature of Demand, Profit potential,
Entry and Exit barrier and Rivalry among competitors

4. 9. Chapter 2: Company Profile:
Briefly describe the company’s 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.

5. 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

6. 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 2013-2014 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:

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. FACULTY GUIDES
SKPIMCS Roll No. SVIM Roll No. Name of Faculty
1-10 1, 14 Prof. Sonu Gupta
11-20 2, 15 Prof. Prakash Chawla
21-30 3, 16 Prof .Ranjani Srinivasan
31-40 4, 17 Prof. Parnika Jha
41-50 6, 18 Prof. Sandhya Harkawat
51-60 7 Prof. Jallavi Panchamia
61-70 8 Prof. Shweta Mehta
71-80 9 Prof. Gincy Methew
81-90 10 Prof. Debaditya Mohanti
91-100 11 Prof. Samveg Patel
101-110 12 Prof. Kruti Patel
111-120 13 Prof. Krupa Mehta
Winter Project Coordinator
Prof. Debaditya Mohanti