ORGANIZATIONAL STUDY GUIDELINES

FOR PGDM & MBA STUDENTS

Introduction
The overall objective of organizational study is to experience the way in which
organizations function in given environment. The keyword is experience. Experience has
two dimensions.
i. Understand the industry in which the organizations operate.
ii. Understand the business model of the organization
iii. Understand particular functional area such as Marketing, Finance, HR, etc.

Student's Academic Requirements

There are some very important academic requirements in this Internship. Briefly stated
they are:
1) Preparing a Organizational Study Report; and
3) Presentation and Viva on the Organizational Study Report.

Evaluation of the Project Report

Each Project Report and Presentation shall be valued for 50 marks a panel of examiners.

The organizational study report should be prepared in the following format:-

Cover Page
<TITLE OF PROJECT>

Conducted At
__(NAME OF ORGANISATION) ___

Submitted by
NAME OF STUDENT
REGISTRATION NO.

In partial fulfillment o f the requirement

For award
Of

PG Diploma

IN
Business Administration
<MONTH> & <YEAR>

Declaration

I, Roll no., student of PGDM, ISBR Business School,

Bangalore hereby declare that the research project report on .., is an original and
authenticated work done by me. I further declare that it has not been submitted elsewhere by any
other person in any of the University for the Award of any degree or diploma.

Date:

Name of student

Acknowledgement
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Acknowledgment is the regards given to the people and organization who have helped you in
completing the project undertaken. Mainly it must consist of Acknowledgement towards the
organization you study and to the company where you have done your project followed by the
people who have helped you in the process.

Contents

Executive Summary

Page no.

Chapter I
i. Introduction

Page no.

Chapter II
i. Importance of study
ii. Company profile / Industry Detail / Products /Services

Page no.
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Chapter III
i. 7 S Framework
ii. SWOT Analysis
iii. Porters 5 force model

Page no.
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Chapter IV
i. Conclusion and recommendations

Page no.

ii. Limitations of the study

Page no.

Appendix
i. Bibliography

Page no.

CHAPTER I
Introduction
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CHAPTER II
i.
ii.

Importance of study
AIM & ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMPANY
a.) When was it established and by whom?
b.) Vision, Mission, Goals, Aims and the Policies developed
c.) Its position/stage in the life cycle
d.) Types of services/products given/produced

DEPARTMENTS OF THE COMPANY

a.) Organizational Chart showing the different departments
b.) One paragraph about each of the departments explaining their functions within
the company.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
k)
l)
m)

The Background
The Promoters
The Company and its Product Line
Features of the Product
Marketing Strategies
Competitors
Govt. Policies
Taxation Aspects
Major Problems
Achievements
Share Market Position
National and International Image
Future Prospects

Chapter III
i). 7 S Framework.
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Strategy A set of actions that you start with and must maintain within an organisation
Structure How people and tasks / work are organized
Systems All the processes and information flows that link the organization together
Style How managers behave
Staff How you develop managers (current and future)
Shares Values Longer-term vision, and all that values stuff, that shapes the destiny of the organization
Skills Dominant attributes or capabilities that exist in the organisation

ii). SWOT Analysis

Porters 5 forces model of competition

Chapter iv

i. Conclusion and recommendations

ii. Limitations of the study

Bibliography
BOOKS
Format:
Author's last name, first name. Book title. Additional information. City of publication:
Publishing company, publication date.
MAGAZINE & NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
Format:
Author's last name, first name. "Article title." Periodical title Volume # Date: inclusive
pages.
Note: If an edition is named on the masthead, add a comma after the date and specify the
edition.
WEBSITE OR WEBPAGE
Format:
Author's last name, first name (if available). "Title of work within a project or database."
Title of site, project, or database. Editor (if available). Electronic publication
information (Date of publication or of the latest update, and name of any sponsoring
institution or organization). Date of access and <full URL>.
Note: If you cannot find some of this information, cite what is available.

TYPING INSTRUCTIONS

Paper A4 Size
Margins Left = 1.5 inch; Right = 1 inch
Spacing within a sentence: Double
Between words: 1 space

TEXT
Headings
Types:
Centre Head (All Caps without underlining) Times New Roman 14 font size
Centre subhead (Caps and lower case underlined) Times New Roman 14 font size
Side Head (All Caps, without underlining) Times New Roman 14 font size
Paragraph head followed by a colon (Caps and Lower case underlined) Times New
Roman 12 font size

NOTE:The report should be hard bound and eco-friendly with no plastic

transparencies and plastic covers.
It should be of minimum 30 pages and more than 50% of the report should
cover project report.