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IFIM BUISNESS SCHOOL BANGALORE

INDUSTRY INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME (IIP) ± PGDM

JANUARY 24, 2011 TO JUNE 30, 2011

PGDM students are required to undertake industry internship programme (IIP) spanning twentyfour weeks, on a live management problem for the partial fulfillment of their course. The IIP isequivalent to 36 credits.

Following are the guidelines, which should be strictly followed. Any non compliance would

invite non acceptance of the Internship. In that case, the student has to repeat the same at the endof the course for the award of PGDM diploma.

Guidelines

Typing and printing guidelines:

y The project should be typewritten on A4 size executive bond paper (Both soft copy in aCD and hard copies). Timelines are indicated below

y 3 hard copies (1 for the Institute, 1 for the company and 1 for self) , 1 PPT file on the project, and 1 CD shall be submitted.

y Typing guidelines: Font size 12 Ariel or 14 Times New Roman with double line spacing, justified.

y Hard bind with white colour. Cover design has to be uniform and a sample design would be handed to students separately (Spiral Binding to be avoided)

y Min. Pages 50 and max. Pages 60. (Excluding preliminary pages and Annexure)

Submission guidelines:

Interns need to submit the final project in the following sequential manner.

Sl.No: The details Submission dates

1.

Deadline for submission of draft of final report to faculty

(Rough draft should be submitted in the form of a hard copyto faculty mentors.)

May 27, 2011

2

Faculty to return with corrections and suggestions tostudents for finalization of report (if required resend the

corrected report and make corrections till the approval of the faculty mentors). Faculty has to ensure conclusions

given are in alignment with the objectives of the study. Alsoto check the proper formatting of referencing and

bibliography etc.

6th June 2011

3Collect certificates and proof of internship from companiesfor attaching a copy in the report.

June 10, 2011




4Submit final bound report to the internal faculty guide for

signatureJune 14, 2011

5.

Dead line for submission of final report with all requiredsignatures. It should be complete with certificate from

company and signatures from Internal Guide¶s well as

Chair person IIP. Students have to submit (2 copies of thereport to the Institute ± out of this, one would be returned tostudent after viva voce and one would retained in the

Library) and students to submit another copy to thecompany. All students are required to submit a soft copy of

the report in a C.D with name of the student and rollnumber written on the C.D

June 16, 2011

6 Final evaluation-presentation & Viva Voce-20th June ± 29th June

2011

Project report Contents (This format must be strictly followed)

Cover Page ± (all cover pages should be uniform in printing style. A sample would be sentseparately. And standard template of IFIM would be send separately for the initial Pages)

Title page

Certificate from IFIM

Certificate from the company

Certificate from the internal faculty

Declaration by the student

Acknowledgement from the student

Preface

Table of contents

List of tables

List of Figures

Executive summary (2 pages)The Executive Summaryis the most important part of your report. It summarizes the body of the

report, outlining its scope, purpose and major findings, highlighting the key conclusions andrecommendations. The Executive Summary allows a busy manager to understand the report's

significant information without reading the whole text.For on the job trainees, the summary must(a) state the problem or problems that you worked on; (b) describe your activities; (c) summarize

the findings. The summary should include your name and internship report title.

Chapter 1: General Introduction (2-3 pages)I. Introduction to the study,

II. Background to the studyChapter 2: Introduction to the problem (2-3 pages)

I. Title of the studyII. Statement of the problem

III. Objectives of the studyIV. Scope of the study




V. Limitations of the study

Chapter 3: Company profile (10 pages)

I. History of the companyII. Organizational chart and departments

III. Products/services profile

Chapter 4: Review of Literature (5 pages)I. Operational definitionsII. Literature review

III. Theories applicable to the studyChapter 5: Research methodology (5 pages)

I. Quantitative /Qualitative analysisII. Conceptual, empirical study

III. HypothesisIV. Sampling

V. Tools for data collectionVI. Field work

VII. Methods of data analysisChapter 6: Data Analysis (10 pages)

Chapter 7: SWOT Analysis, Summary of finding, suggestions&recommendations(4 Pages)Chapter 8: Conclusion (1 page)

References&Webliography:Referenceslists all those books and journals, and if necessary web pages, to which you

specificallyrefer in your report. Materials from other authors and diagrams that you have notdrawn should beacknowledged explicitly when they are first used in your report. The references

should follow awell-established and consistent style.Eg: Cruise, T., & Kidman, N. (1995).Divergent Pig Latin formation in egocentric dyslexic males: One possible explanation. Pig Latin

neurolinguistics, 9, 125-180.

Annexure: (Should not exceed 15 pages)

y Copy of the questionnaire/Mechanism of data collection

y Annual reports of the company (Most recent)

y Any other relevant materials, press releases, related articles etc.

y Log forms for eight weeks.

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On the Job Interns may follow the following format

Title page to Executive summary, follow the same order as above

A-1 Description of the company/institution - Internship department including the name and

position of your company supervisor. - Company address & contact number.

A-2 . Brief introduction of the organization¶s business sector




"Brief introduction of the business sector " refers to the main area which theorganization deals ini.e. consumer consumable, consumer durable or services, e.g.Textile, Dairy or Telecom etc. But

you should discuss the main sector and NOT theorganization under consideration.A -2.1 Industry Analysis Discuss the impact of "Five Force factors" on the profitability of

the industry in which the trainee receives the training in terms of: - Level of threats posed

by"closed substitute products

", also specify category of the closed substitute products, -Availability of the raw materials needed for the production - Level of entry barriers, -

Degree of competition, - Degree of ease in acquiring competitive advantages, - Degree of

sustainability of the advantages.

A-3 Company ProfileCompany Background and its growth strategy, i.e. whether it is a holding company with

subsidiaries or SBUs in various industries, or primarily focuses its effort in a single industry. -The model(s) or method(s) being used in evaluating overall performance of and allocating

resources to each subsidiary, or product line (in case the company focuses its effort in a singleindustry). - Vision, (if the company has not had its vision developed due to its lack of knowledge

about the vision or being a small company, it is necessary to draft your own version of vision onthe basis of your discussion with the management). - Mission Statement (if the company does not

have its vision and/or mission statements developed due to its lack of knowledge about theessentiality of the vision and mission statements, or being a small company, it is necessary to

draft your own version of vision and mission on the basis of your discussion with themanagement and your theoretical knowledge on the components of the mission statement). -

Company's short and long term objective - Company's products and services' strategies:

y Whether the product is locally produced, imported or imported with certain adaptation,and if it is locally produced whether it is employing backward integration or outsourcing,

y Positioning of the company's products, in general, as compared to those of competitive brands in the same industry(ies).

y Target market(s) and areas of distribution coverage: e.g. international or local markets or both. The degree of coverage in the local markets e.g. South India, or the entire country. -

A-4 Competitors Analysis - Analysis on strengths and weaknesses of direct competitors interms of management, operation, marketing and finance. - Analysis on strengths and weaknesses

of each indirect competitor.

A-5 SWOT Analysis - Analysis on changing external and internal environments, presentingopportunities or posing threats to the industry or can be specific to your department - Analysis on

the company's strengths and weakness in terms of Management System, Operations, Marketingand Finance.

A-6 Analysis of Product/Service Profiles and the contribution of product/Service lines/items to

the company's total sales and profit.

A-7. Training program (minimum word limit: 10-15 pages)a. Detailed description of the operations/activities performed by the department(s)you

worked in. b. Detailed description of the tasks assigned to you.




OR Detailed description of the project (s) assigned to you.

c. Problems you have encountered in your assigned tasks e.g. handling objections problems faced

by sales representative determining sales promotional budget faced by product managers. -

Cause - Effect - Definition

d. Solutions & Recommendations - Be sure to suggest atleast 3 solutions to each problem

identified. - Identify the best solution & explain the rationale for your choice.

A-8 Contribution of the project to the company

A-9. Recommendations for improvement (minimum word limit: 200-250 words)In thissection, you are required to suggest solutions for all the problems ordiscrepancies (you have

pointed out in critical and SWOT analysis) found in theorganization.

Note that Section # A-4 to A-9 are NOT expected to be copied from anywhere, the studentmustprovide information in these sections based on his/her personal observation, learningand

experience gained during the internship. Cheating or copying in these sections isNOT acceptableand hence the entire internship report can be completely rejected asper ZERO TOLERANCE

POLICY of IFIM.

A-10. Conclusion (minimum word limit: 150-200 words)In this section, you are required to describe the organization/Department/Work station according

to your evaluation/assessment in the light of critical and SWOT analyses.

References and Annexure as above

Prepared by Prof. ShajiKurian¶, IFIM IIP Office

© IFIM Bangalore

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