GUIDELINES FOR BBA PROJECT REPORT WRITING for third

semester

INTRODUCTION

The writing of a Project report is an essential requirement for graduation from the Faculty
of Management, Tribhuvan University. This assignment is an off-the classroom and field-
based study project. It allows students to reflect and integrate their learning over their five
semesters of study, and create a innovative and original work in an area of their interest
related to any area of business administration/Information Technology as approved by the
Research Committee of their campus/college.

At the end, the students must prepare a report of their work in the prescribed format and
submit it to the Research Committee through their supervisors. Students shall be
encouraged to choose project s which will complement their academic interests,
coursework and career aspirations.

OBJECTIVES OF THE Project

The objective of the project is to enable students to study organization (or unit of
organization), analyze the situation (past, present) and report the study. Students should
be able to provide their own suggestions/solutions to the issues/problems in the existing
situation of the organization if they found any.

This project also enables students in understanding of the data and information
requirements of the organization to execute tasks and activities of the organization.

Through this assignment, students gain a new perspective into the real world. It is also an
excellent networking platform for students to get acquainted with people from different
organizations, business backgrounds, skills, expertise, etc. This will improve the student’s
networking skills.

ACTIVITIES INVOLVED IN WRITING A PROJECT REPORT

The following activities will be involved in the report writing:
 Selecting a relevant topic or issue for the study;
 Getting approval of the Research Committee to pursue the proposed study;
 Locating the relevant data, documents;
 Locating the sources of information;
 Extracting the relevant information from different sources;
 Organizing and analyzing the data, documents;  Drawing conclusions; and 
Writing a PROJECT report.

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Some of the suggested but not limited to Project topics are as follows:
• Organization uses different marketing tools and techniques to spread information
about their products and services. Study to understand the impact and values of
those tools.
• Use of IT in executing tasks and activities
• Importance of networking and methods of forming networks.
• Role of software in the organization
• Developing a digital marketing strategy to attract more customers
• Link with MIS topics structure
• Develop a marketing communications strategy for collateral and support materials
• Developing software solutions in data collection and information generation for
organization (a unit of organization)

APPROVAL AND SUPERVISION OF THE PROJECT

The PROJECT report shall comply with the following requirements:
 The proposed field of study or topic of research must be approved by the
concerned supervisor and the Research Committee of the campus/college.
 The PROJECT work must comply with the requirements advised by the
concerned supervisor.
 The work in a PROJECT must reach a satisfactory standard of expression,
analysis and presentation.
 The student must be in regular contact with his/her supervisor.

PROJECT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

The student shall prepare a project report embodying the results of the study. The
PROJECT report submitted by the student shall:

be an accurate description of the business reality under investigation;

not include work which has been submitted for any other academic award;
be written in English;
achieve a satisfactory standard of expression, analysis and presentation;
acknowledge any substantial assistance provided during the conduct of the
PROJECT and report writing; and
LENGTH OF THE PROJECT REPORT
The report can be of any length, number of pages does not matter, but it must have clear
presentation of tasks and activities performed in the project period maintaining originality
and honesty.

EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT REPORT

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The PROJECT report will be fully evaluated by the internal project committee of the
campus, committee can bring external evaluator, conduct presentation and viva voce on
their own.

The internally evaluated reports will be scrutinized/reevaluated by the experts appointed

by the Dean’s office of the Management, and relative marking will be done upon
necessity for the final marking.

STRUCTURE OF THE PROJECT REPORT

A PROJECT report is typically made up of three main divisions: (1) preliminary, (2)
body, and (3) supplementary. Each of the section contains different kinds of contents.
Students are required to assemble the PROJECT report in the following order:

Preliminary Materials
Title page of the PROJECT Report
Student Declaration
Certificate from the Supervisor
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
List of Tables and Figures
Executive Summary

Body of the Report

Chapter I Introduction
Chapter II Tasks and activities performed
Chapter III Discussions and Conclusion

Supplementary Materials
References
Appendices

BODY OF THE Project REPORT

 Introduction - Background information on the topic so that students are

able to ‘place’ their project report in the study context. This chapter is the
engine that drives the rest of the project report. The contents of this
chapter may include:
 Context information
 Purpose of the study
 Significance of the study
 Literature survey

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 Research methods used for data collection and analysis

 Data Presentation and Analysis – This chapter is the main body of the
report. Essentially this chapter draws the scenario of the study unit,
analyzes data and tells the reader what the findings might mean, how
valuable they are and why.
This chapter includes the following contents:
 Organization/situation/respondent profile
 Data presentation
 Data analysis
 Findings and discussion

 Conclusion and Action Implications - The purpose of this chapter is to

tie together, or integrate the various issues covered in the body of the
project report. This includes noting any practical implications resulting
from the discussion of the topic. The contents of the chapter will be as
follows.
 Conclusion
 Action implications

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Project Report Writing (Guidelines)

Number of copies to be submitted

A student shall be required to submit three spiral bound copies of the project
report in the recommended format.

Length:
Not specified

Paper:
A4 white bond paper

Typing:
Font – Times New Roman, Arial, Calibri
Standard letter size: Title – 12 and Text – 11
Black Color
One side of the paper Single-
line spacing

Margin:
Left and Top – 35 mm
Right and Bottom – 20 mm

Page Numbers:
All the pages in the initial part are in small roman centrally located at the bottom
of the pages.
Each chapter should begin on a new page

Alignment:
Title page : Centre
Chapter heading : Centre
Sub-heading : Left
Body of text: Justify

The Management expects a high standard of editing of the work submitted to it for
examination.

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Report writing format should follow the styles of citation and references. Except for own
analysis and interpretation, all other text must always be justified.
Students are required to follow the above stated guidelines and are required to write the
project report in their own language.

A student who requires extra copies of the PROJECT report for any purpose other than
that specified above must prepare these in addition to those copies required by the FOM.
In such circumstances, students are advised to wait until after the examination is
completed and the final version of the content is approved.

Reference Book
Prem R.Pant (2015). Business Research Methods. Kathmandu: Buddha Publications.

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Example of the Title Page

TITLE OF THE PROJECT REPORT

BY
Student’s Full Name Student’s
T.U. Registration No.
Name of the Campus/College

A Project Report Submitted to

Faculty of Management, Tribhuvan University
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

Bachelor of Business Administration

Place
Month/Year
STUDENT DECLARATION

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(On plain paper)

This is to certify that I have completed the Project entitled”(title of the project)” under the
guidance of “(name of the guide)” in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree
of Bachelor of Business Administration Faculty of Management, Tribhuvan University.
This is my original work and I have not submitted it earlier elsewhere.

Date:
Signature:
Name:

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CERTIFICATE FROM THE SUPERVISOR

This is to certify that the summer project entitled “____________________” is an

academic work done by “__________________” submitted in the partial fulfillment of
the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration Faculty of
Management, Tribhuvan University under my guidance and supervision. To the best of
my knowledge, the information presented by him/her in the project report has not been
submitted earlier.

______________________
Signature of the Supervisor
Name
Designation
Date

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Table of Content

Page
Title page of the PROJECT Report
Student Declaration i
Certificate from the Supervisor ii
Acknowledgments iii
Executive Summary iv
Table of Contents v
List of Tables and Figures vi
Abbreviations vii

Chapter I Introduction
Background
Introduction of the organization
Current situation of the organization
Issue/Problem of the report
Objective of the report
Methodology/Procedure adopted for writing the report
Project framework
Data and Information
Tools used
Techniques of Project report analysis
Chapter II Tasks and activities performed
Analysis of tasks, activities, problems, issues
Analysis of possible solutions
Findings
Chapter III Discussions and Conclusions
Discussions
Conclusions
Recommendations (if any)
References
Appendices

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