Suggested Final Project (Report)

Title of the Project

(Acknowledgements, contents,
certificates, if any )

1. Introduction
– A brief Introduction to the project

2.
Objective
(Research Problem) – As given
in the proposal

2. Scope

As given in the proposal

3. The project will
cover the following issues (all or some) as applicable under different headings
and their effectiveness.

a. Back ground of
the companies

b. Analysis of
Internal Environment

c. Analysis of
External Environment

d. Business level
strategies

e. Corporate Level
Strategies

f. Acquisition and
restructuring strategies

g. International
strategies

h. Corporate
Governance

i. Strategic
Leadership

j. Strategic
Controls

k. Organizational
structures

l. Corporate Social
Responsibility

4.
Literature Review (20 Marks)

a. Most Literature
Review must be recent (Preferably after 2005)

b. Must be a mix of
references from journals, magazines, newspapers and a few from the Web. More references from academic journals will
result in better quality and hence are expected.

c.
References from
Text books must be totally avoided.

d. Number of
references must be sufficient to bring out all the issues of the project).

e. Literature Review
must be arranged into a logical sequence ( to follow the order of issues given
in the scope)

f. Due credits must
be given to the sources example (Michael, 2006) in the body of the project
work.

g. References could
be included in all parts starting from introduction to conclusion, anywhere.

h. No Plagiarism
please. Plagiarism will attract zero marks and other penalties as per the TRU
policy.

i.
APA style of
referencing will be used.

5.
Methodology (05 Mark)

a. Must clearly
indicate the research Methodology

b. Justification of
relevance of Methodology for the purpose of the study

(Refer to Project Proposal format)

6. Data
Collection /( Case Development) and
Analysis (15 Marks)

a. Data collection
Methods (Primary and secondary)

b. Data Analysis
Methods (If applicable)

i.
Summarizing and Presenting data

ii.
Statistical Techniques

iii.
OR techniques

iv.
Other methods

7.
Findings of the Study (10 Marks)

a. Must follow from
the analysis of data

b. Supported by
Literature review/data or both

c. Effectiveness of
the present strategy

d. Short comings and
strengths of the current strategy

8. Recommendations
(Your) (05 Mark)

a. What changes to
the strategy you suggest

b. Your new strategy

c. The benefits your
new strategy will accrue to the company.

9. Conclusion

10.
Bibliography (References – References must follow
the notation explained in the class/Tutorial)
in conjunction with Literature Review.(10 Marks)

Project
Presentation:Will Carry 25 MarksTotal: 100
(90 Marks for Project
Report & Presentation and 10 marks for Project Proposal). Weight for grade
will be 20 marks.

Note: While assessing the project, the content,
logical presentation of the material in the report, individual contribution and
the overall quality of the project, Team work will also be taken into account.