SEMINAR -IHTSM101

(BHM) Semester-4

(Registration, Conduct, Supervision, Progress Monitoring, Assessment & Grading)

AMITY SCHOOOL OF HOSPITALITY

HOSPITALITY & TOURISM DOMAIN

AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH

GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR Guidelines for Seminar-I

Guidelines for Seminar-I

1. INTRODUCTION TO SEMINAR-I

Seminar-I is a report prepared and presented by the student during the 2nd Year Forth Semester of the (BHM). Seminar-I is a report prepared by the student to describe a topic or an issue relevant to Hospitality Industry. The student is required to gather relevant information related to a particular topic or issue and prepare a detailed report that provide complete information about the subject. Student will share the knowledge with the group of students through a presentation to enhance their knowledge on the topic.

2.OBJECTIVE OF SEMINAR-I

To make student learn to conduct systematic data collection and analyze information on a given topic. To make the student learn to prepare a report and present the information in a Seminar. To make student capable to answer queries. To provide opportunity to the students to demonstrate the ability to diverse select and

use a range of methodology and tool to choose the given topic applying the theoretical

knowledge to a real life situation

Experiential Learning outside classroom through self exploration, practical experience, Industry, field experience, live experience, research, design projects etc.

The learning process in the Seminar seeks out and focuses attention on many latent attributes, which do not surface in the normal class room situations.

Research and its importance in experiential learning through NTCC. These experiential learning attributes through NTCC include:

– Intellectual ability,

– Professional judgment and decision making ability,

– Inter-disciplinary approach,

– Skills for data handling,

– Ability in written and oral presentation,

– Sense of responsibility

– Developing professional Skills

– Application of theory, concepts in given industry /practical / field scenario

3 Credit Units

a) The credit units of Seminar-I are given below:Course Title Credit UnitsSeminar-I 03

b) Seminar-I is a 3 credit course and for a NTCC, a student must put in self-efforts: 1 credit = 30 hrs of self-work For 3 credit course total time for self-work will be 3 × 30 (hrs)2 / per credit = (165-180) hrs No. of days required in Part-time mode: (165-180 ) hrs/ 3 hrs per day = 08 weeks

c) Therefore, it is mandatory for the student to ensure the minimum credit units are completed.

4. Student Learning Outcomes

a.Student will be able to collect data through secondary and primary sources. b. Student will be able to prepare report on a given topic or issue related to hospitality.c.Student will be able to prepare and present a topic or issue to gathering in an effective

manner. 5. ISSUE IN CONDUCTION SEMINAR-I

Lack of Clarity of objectives • Lack of Clarity about Expectations • Lack of proper guidelines about conduct of course • Relationship between objectives, methodology, output, quality and credit units • Commencement & Duration • Progress Monitoring & Report • Role of Faculty & Guidance • Discipline & deadlines • Originality of Work / Plagiarism • Output and Quality • Evaluation Scheme • Non Submission of marks on time • Conduct of back paper of a NTCC

6. GUIDELINES TO CONDUCT SEMINAR-I

The guidelines give a methodical approach to Seminar that will ensure effective supervision and manage student expectations to improve student learning experience. It aims:

To provide a systematic approach to NTCCs across the university. To provide students taking NTCC with a valuable learning experience. To enable students to develop as independent learners To promote the dissemination of effective practice.

To support faculty guides in the supervision, progress monitoring and assessment of NTCC.

To enable students to follow prescribed guidelines for the course

6.1 Briefing the Students about Seminar-I Regulations & Guidelines

A briefing session for all the students and concerned faculty guides must be organized by the

institutions well in advance so that the students and faculty guides are able to prepare well &

proceed for the course as per guidelines. For example the briefing for Project / Dissertation in

final semester for UG / PG students must be done in mid of odd semester of the academic

session so that the students are able to finalize:

(i) The broad area of work, and

(ii) The industry/research lab/ external university on their own or with the help of Institution

6.2 Roles and Responsibilities of students

a) Commit to a schedule of meetings, in order to ensure that the agreed schedule is adhered to

and deadlines met.

b) Use supervisory time allocated effectively,

c) Manage tutorial / gap lectures/ briefing sessions effectively by preparing for same in

advance,

d) Keep appointments which have been arranged,

e) To send regularly Weekly Progress Report (WPR) to Faculty guide

f) Maintain a record of supervisory meetings,

g) Act responsibly and professionally during fieldwork /industry internship/work in external

labs etc

h) Make use of AUUP guidance and documentation to plan and monitor progress of the

NTCC, to maximize the benefit of tutorial support, and to implement the feedback and

approved action plan for development of the project.

i) Recognize ethical responsibilities and understand the regulations with regard to plagiarism,

6.3 Roles and Responsibilities of Faculty Guide/Supervisor To advise on: The topic, synopsis and work schedule of NTCC and its resources To assist the student in identifying problems/issues and suggest/agree on specific action to

address those risk assessment, where appropriate methodologies referencing / plagiarism

ethical practice, as appropriate information sources, including AUUP material, to support planning, monitoring progress of the NTCC structure and presentation of NTCC

To discuss progress of NTCC To offer feedback on partial versions of NTCC To contact any student who fails to attend supervisory sessions To advise the student of NTCC who are considered exemplary

6.4 Finalization of Place to undertake NTCC Course (institution or outside in industry, research labs, other universities etc)

a) The NTCC can be done at the Institution or outside facilities as per the nature of the course/choice of student. Certain courses can be done at both internally or externally. Further, certain courses can only be done in industry, such as Industry internship, Social work, Clinical Psychology & legal practice etc.

b) The Institution NTCC Committee will decide the place of work. c) The student is given the choice to either arrange the external organisation for NTCC on

his own or avail the institutional facilities. d) If the training/project etc is organized by the institution in an industry etc, then the

student has to undertake his NTCC in the assigned organisation. e) The student can arrange outside organisation for NTCC on his /her own also. In such

cases the student has to take permission from HoI / Faculty Coordinator atleast three months prior to the commencement of the NTCC course so that ‘Bonafide Student Letter’ (maximum seven organisations chosen by the student) can be given to students by the institution as per guidelines of the university.

6.5 Registration

a. The students are required to register on-line on AMIZONE ( after approval of the topic by the concerned guide) before the stipulated deadline.

b. Late registration can only be permitted under the following grounds: - i. Ill health (on Medical Grounds) - provided the student has informed the institution (PL)

on time and had taken sick leave from HoI

ii. Student detailed on approved Official Duty, representing university/ institution in competitions, seminars, placements activities etc.

Late Registration Charges

Period – Late durationLate Registration Charges

GradingRs

Up to 10 days 500 /- Not affectedFrom 11th – 15th day 1000 /- Not affected

From 16th – 20th day 2000/-Provided min duration ofNTCC is met.

After 21 st to 30 days 5000/- --do---

The students who have not registered for Seminar-I as per regulations will not be permitted to submit any report and will be treated as having failed in the course.

In case student had fail to fulfill the requirement, will have to take the course in the next year under GSSC (Guided Self Study Course) mode.

6.6 Allocation of Faculty Guide

Each student will be assigned a faculty guide for Seminar-I in advance in a formal manner depending on the number of students per faculty member, the available specialization among the faculty guides.

6.7 Briefing

It is mandatory for the students to attend the same whenever institution/faculty guide have scheduled the same: During such sessions students are expected to discuss ideas and concerns, be guided on resources and the development of a topic / area of work.During such sessions students should expect to:

Discuss ideas and concerns. Be guided on resources and the development of a topic / area, Be provided with direction to help them to manage the process, To be provided with advice on academic style, format and the scope of NTCC. Be provided with general feedback, Be provided with feedback on their NTCC and apply the comments they receive through

processes of reflection and action-planning to other parts of their development work.

6.8 Approval of Topic, Synopsis and Work Schedule

a) Student will finalize the broad area /topic, synopsis and work schedule of his / her NTCC in consultation with the faculty guide. If the student is undertaking the NTCC outside Amity, he/she will provide broad area of NTCC course at the time of Registration. However, within ten days after the registration / joining the organisation, whichever is earlier, the student will work on the topic, synopsis and work Schedule of his/her project /training/ dissertation under the guidance of external supervisor and faculty guide.

b) The student will sent the synopsis along with work schedule duly approved and signed by external guide to his faculty guide as per attached format. He will also update the details on AMIZONE for approval of faculty guide. If faculty guide feels certain lacuna in the synopsis and work schedule, he / she will discuss with the external guide and finalise same in order to meet the Course Objectives (COs) and Learning Outcomes (LOs) in accordance with Programme Learning Objectives (PLOs).

c) The work / project Schedule (Project Plan) to be prepared using GANTT or PERT chart as per attached appendix.

d) The area/topic, work schedule of NTCC will be approved by the Institution NTCC Committee (INC). The student will make a presentation before the INC on specified date, time and venue. The final list cleared by the INC and approved by HOI will be sent to Academic Office in AUUP HQ and CoE, before the date of first Weekly Progress Report.

6.9 Conduct and Progress Monitoring of SEMINAR-I

a) The students will undertake NTCC as per the course requirement and work schedule.

b) The students will regularly report to their faculty guide for their weekly progress as per the prescribe format of Weekly Progress Report (WPR).

c) The student is required to send regularly Weekly Progress Report (WPR) even if he/she is working outside Amity under the supervision of external Guide. A Sample format of WPR is attached.

d) Faculty guide will mark the status of Weekly Progress Report (WPR) received and quality of work done on AMIZONE. Faculty guide will also give feedback to students.

e) The student will also maintain daily diary of the work done which need to be submitted to the faculty guide.

f) The student will maintain the record of interaction and feedback by Faculty Guide as per the attached Appendix-.

g) Periodic progress Review by a faculty board will be done. For this institution will announce at the time of registration for the course. The institution must chalk out the plan (Skype presentation etc) for periodic progress review of the students who are working out of country.

7. ASSESSMENT PLAN AND CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

a) T he assessment plan and tools keeping in mind the Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs), Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and Course objectives.

b) The assessment will have clearly defined Continuous Internal Assessment and Final Assessment weightage, which have various components to assess various learning outcomes.

a) The weightage of CIA and Final Assessment will be as under:

The assessment of Seminar will comprise of TWO parts: Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA) and Final Assessment (FA). The weightage is given below:-7

NTCC Type Continuous Assessment Final Assessment RemarksSeminar-I 30 70 3 Credit Units

8.1 Components of Internal Assessment

Sl No. Title Marks = (CIA = 30%)1 Timely Registration 52 Progress Review 53 Submission of First Draft in Time 54 Plagiarism Report (<15%) 55 Final Report Assessment 10

TOTAL MARKS 30

8.2 Components of External Assessment

Sl No. Title Marks = (CIA = 70%)1 Introduction and Statement of Problem 102 Review Study 103 Data Collection, Analysis and Conclusion 154 Quality of Work & Written Expression 155 Presentation 106 Student Learning Outcomes 10

TOTAL MARKS 70

9. PLAGIARISM

a) The Seminar report must be written in students own words. However, if required to cite the words of others, all the debts (for words, data, arguments and ideas) have to be appropriately acknowledged.

b) It is mandatory that each report shall be checked for plagiarism through Turnitin or similar software before submission. The content which is based on existing published work must come from properly quoted material and from the references cited section. After checking the accuracy of the citations and references of such content the plagiarism report should not return similarity index of more than 15% in any circumstance. However, if the matching text is one continuous block, the index of 15% could still be considered plagiarism. Any report with higher than this percentage matching must be explained by the student. The details of copy rights, professional ethics are given in Plagiarism Prevention Policy of the University.

10. SUBMISSION OF REPORT ON TIME

The most important aspect of the courses is the final report. Therefore following must be ensured for producing quality report. a) The student will start the project report / dissertation while doing his/her NTCC course as per the prescribed guidelines

b) The students will submit 1st draft of the report to the guide for guidance. Followed by the submission second of draft of report after making necessary changes as suggested by the guide.

c) The final report shall be submitted after checking plagiarism through Turnitin or any other format subscribed by University. Copying material should not be more than 10% provided source is mentioned in the report along with proper acknowledgement and referencing as per plagiarism policy of the university.

d) Following will be submitted along with final report,: o WPR o Plagiarism Report

e) A student will be eligible to submit his report and final assessment provided he/she meets following conditions: a. Online Registration for the NTCC course b. Approval of Topic, Synopsis and Project Plan by the guide c. 90 % of WPR were submitted d. 80% of the WPR were satisfactory e. Similarity index not more than 15 % as per Plagiarism Prevention Policy.

11 STUDENTS NOT MEETING THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

The students who are not eligible to submit the report will re-submit the theses as per the following guidelines:

Parameter Action

Online Registration for the NTCC course not done Re-do the NTCC

Has not taken the approval of the Topic, Synopsis and Project Plan by the faculty guide Re-do the NTCC

< 90 % of WPRs were submitted

Penalty in Continuous Internal Assessment marks as under:80 - 89% = 10 marks deducted75 - < 80% = 12 marks deducted

70 - < 75% = to be permitted by Vice Chancellor on recommendations of NTCC Review Committee with cap of B+ in grading or deduction of 15 marks from

Continuous Internal Assessment.< 70 % = Re-do the NTCC

< 80% of the WPRs were satisfactory

<80-75% = 10 marks to be deducted

<75-70% = to be permitted by Vice Chancellor on recommendations of a committee with cap of B+ in grading or deduction of 15 marks from Continuous Internal Assessment.

Similarity index more than 15 % as per Plagiarism Prevention Policy.

If in plagiarism report the similarity index is >15%, the student is required to re-write the report/thesis provided meets all the other criteria.

Important: The students not meeting the eligibility criteria, shall be required to provide detailed justification for

12. PROCEDURE FOR EXAMINATION OF CASES FOR SPECIAL CONSIDERATION

a) To examine the cases for consideration by Vice Chancellor, the NTCC Review Committee for the Academic Session will be constituted at the University level as per norms prescribed in the regulations of NTCC.

b) The recommendation of HoIs of all such cases after detailed explanation given by students must be submitted to the CoE office atleast 10days prior the Final Assessment Date for examination to be decided by NTCC Review Committee after consideration by the Vice Chancellor

13. FINAL ASSESSMENT

S.no. Title Marks =701 Introduction and Statement of

Problem10

2 Review Study 103 Data Collection, Analysis and

Conclusion 15

4 Quality of Work & Written Expression

15

5 Presentation 106 Student Learning Outcomes 10

a) The final assessment of NTCC need to be done only of those students who have qualified on the basis of Conduct and progress monitoring guidelines & Submission of report/thesis guidelines as stated above.

b) The Final assessment will be treated as end semester examination. It is mandatory for the students to appear for final assessment as per scheduled date and time. If fail to appear in the students final assessment as per schedule, he/she will treated as absent. For such cases same rules will be applicable as those for theory examination. The assessment of I category students will be done within one month of final assessment of the batch. c) While evaluating the NTCC, institution, faculty guide and board of evaluators will consider the following aspects:

I. Institution:

i) Institutional Project Committee must check the eligibility of all the students before sending the list to CoE. ii) Guidelines for the students and board of evaluators must be prepared and approved by competent authority/academic Council.

iii) Only eligible students will be assessed as per the approved list provided by CoE board-wise & according to approved guidelines. iv) Date of evaluation will be announced by CoE on the recommendations of HoI. v) A board comprising 03 members will be constituted. Two faculty members from any of the Institutions of AUUP and one service external expert from Industry/academia at the faculty guide will not be the member of the evaluation board for his/her own students. vi) The institution will send the budget along with the list of external expert for assessment board to CoE for necessary approval as per the University regulations and Guidelines. vii) The assessment guidelines must be provided to evaluators. viii) The Format for evaluation will be provided along with the list of students, for each evaluator. ix) The duly signed evaluation sheets along with attendance sheets and printout of consolidated marks from Amizone will be submitted on same day. x) Faculty guide/ any other member of the institution will not try to influence the board evaluators for favouring /punishing any student appearing for final assessment.

II. Board of Evaluators:

i) The board of evaluators will assess the eligible students only as per the prescribed guidelines and assessment sheets. ii) The evaluation will be done separately by each evaluator and duly signed copy of same will be submitted before leaving the evaluation room. iii) The evaluators will be paid the honorarium as per the university policy.

III. Observer CoE will appoint an observer and submit the report as per the regulations of the University.

14 COMPONENTS OF FINAL ASSESSMENT

S.no. Title Marks =701 Introduction and Statement of

Problem10

2 Review Study 103 Data Collection, Analysis and

Conclusion 15

4 Quality of Work & Written Expression

15

5 Presentation 106 Student Learning Outcomes 10

15. REPORT REQUIREMENTS

The final report is important component of all NTCC. Therefore must adhere to following parameters (word length, No. of Copies, binding type etc) depending upon the credit units associated and course objectives.

Word length, or word equivalent, (if for instance, a practical based, practice-based and professional NTCC) should be specified in the module guide

S.NO CREDIT UNITS

Word length (excluding)

No. of Copies Binding Type Report Retention details

13 to 4 Credits

Upto 3,000 words

02 copies Spiral Bound

upto 1 month of declaration of final

result of semester by institution

16. GUIDELINES FOR WRITING THE REPORT

Typing

On One side of page only. The text will follow line spacing of 1.5 lines.

Table and figures, tabular material as necessary and appendix material as appropriate may be single space.

Centered material is to be centered between the left and right margins.The first line of all paragraphs of running text will be indented 0.5inches.

Pagination

Each page must be numbered, except the Title Page.

The pre pages—including the Copyright Page, Faculty Guide Approval Page, Acknowledgement, Table of Contents, List of Tables, List of Figures and Abstract (if any) —will be numbered with lower-case Roman numerals (ii, iii, iv, etc.) centered from the bottom edge of the page. The first page that will show a page number is page ii.

All remaining pages carry consecutive numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.). The page number will be placed in the upper right-hand corner of the page, right aligned.

Arrangement of Contents

Every NTCC Project Report should have three parts: the pre pages, the main text, and the reference material.Each part has several sections, which are normally arranged in the order as discussed below.1. Preliminary Pagesa. Title pageb. Declarationc. Faculty Guide Approval paged. Acknowledgement(s)e. Table of Contentsf. List of Tablesg. List of Figuresh. Abstract2. Text (usually divided into chapters and sections)3. Reference Materiala. Referencesb. Appendix

Tables and figures

Each table of figure should be placed immediately after the paragraph in which it is mentioned. If it has a separate page, this page should be the one following the page on which the table/figure was first mentioned.

Tables and figures that must be positioned horizontally (landscaped) will face the outer edge of the page, with the widest margin at the binding edge.

Tables and figures are numbered in separate series. Each table and figure, including any in the appendices, has a number in its own series. Each series is numbered consecutively within chapters (e.g., Figure 10.1, Figure 10.2, and Figure 10.3).Each table and figure will be separately numbered.All titles/captions of Table & Figures will appear in the pre pages in the List of Tables and List of Figures.

References

In the text, give the surname and date in parentheses, e.g. (Edwards, 2010). At the end of the study, provide a section headed ‘References’ in which the references are listed alphabetically by family name. Include references for electronic sources of information e.g. web pages. For further detail, see Appendix 6.

Any books, articles, websites or other published sources (retrievable data) that have been used (cited in the text) either in direct quotation or by reference, must be listed in the References. Personal interviews/raw data (not retrievable) do not appear in the reference list.The first line of the citation starts at the left margin and the second and subsequent lines of that citation are indented 0.5 inches.

The referencing style to be used as per the forma. The format for the references shall be given separately by each faculty of Study/institution.

Appendices

Appendices contain supplementary or illustrative material or explanatory data too lengthy to be included in the text or not immediately essential to the readers’ understanding of the text.Appendices should be lettered in the order in which they are referred to in the text.

Each appendix will be listed with its title in the Table of Contents (e.g., APPENDIX A. TITLE OF THE APPENDIX).

BriefingBriefing for Seminar-I will be conducted at the onset of the semester-I, the schedule and time will be notified to the students, it is mandatory for the students to attend the briefing as per the schedule. The objective of the briefing is to address the requirements of the course and students are expected to discuss ideas and concerns, be guided on resources and the development of a topic / area of work etc. During the briefing the students will be notified about the important dates related to Seminar-I. (Submission and approval of synopsis, submission of WPR, submission of first draft, submission of report for plagiarism and dates

for seminar presentation), the process of registration, monitoring and evaluation.

8 General Guidelines

Seminar-I is a detailed report on a topic or issue related to hospitality industry on which student will do a presentation to a group of students. The student will select a topic at the beginning of the session in consultation of the guide. Student will collect data through secondary or primary sources and prepare a report. Student will submit first and final draft as per the schedule and the progress will be monitored regularly by the assigned guide through weekly progress reports (WPR). At the end of the semester the student will do a presentation on the topic, based on the submitted report. The evaluation will be done by Board of examiners comprising of the faculties and external industry expert.The procedure for writing a Seminar-I consist of following steps

1. Selection of topic with consultation and approval of the assigned guide. 2. Finding data through secondary and primary sources (as per the requirement of the topic).3. Preparing notes and integrating the information in a logical sequence.4. Outlining the report. 5. Writing the first draft.6. Editing & preparing the final report7. Submission for plagiarism test8. Submission of final report (Only after plagiarism test is cleared).9. Presenting the report in Seminar

9 Choosing a Subject for Seminar

The subject for Seminar should be related to any topic or issue related to hospitality industry.

10 Finding Sources of Material

a) Begin by making a list of relevant heading as per the selected subject.b) The sources should not be more than 5 year old unless the nature of the subject allows

examining older writing from historical point of view.c) The sources could be books and magazine articles, news stories, periodicals, scientific

journals etc. d) Do not collect data from open source materials like Wikipedia; the online resources

should be reliable and valid.

11 Collecting the Notes

Study the collected data and analyze it to locate relevant material and prepare useful notes, including quotes and information for footnotes. List down facts and segregate the information as per the relevant subsection of the subject. Collect facts only from authenticated and reliable sources like books, research papers, relevant websites etc.

12 Outlining the Report

Report should have all the relevant chapters, the chapters of the report should highlight all the important parts of the topic, and the subsections are so arranged that the entire information should be coherent and logical sequence.

13 Writing the First Draft

Student should write the report as per the outline defined; it should address all aspects of the topic like its objective, scope and description. Student may follow the following sections or chapters in the report.Introduction of the subject, definition, statement of the purpose or aims or objectives, main body of the report, results, conclusion, reference

Report should be in a formal language and as per the prescribed format

For main heading – Font Size, 14, Times New Roman, BoldFor subheading -- Font Size, 12, Times New Roman, BoldFor content _ Font Size 12 , Times New Roman,Spacing;- 1.5, Justified.Margins- Left 1.5 inch, Right 1 inch

14. Editing & Preparing the Final Report

a. Before writing the final report you should ensure that the input received from the guide is considered and included.

b. The report is complete in describing and justifying the subject selected.c. Should highlight all important points of the subject. d. Report is able to answer the entire question raised at the beginning of the course.e. Ensure that the language is not awkward and have a proper flow.f. Ensure to check proper spelling, phrasing and sentence construction g. Ensure proper form of footnotes, quotes and punctuation.h. Check to see that quotations serve one of the following purposes.

(i) Show evidence of what an author has said. (ii) Avoid misrepresentation through restatement. (iii) Save unnecessary writing when ideas have been well expressed by the original

author. i. Ensure proper form of tables and graphs are used. Be certain that any table or graph is self-explanatory.

15. Contents of the Report

Report of Seminar-I should be composed of the following sections:

1) Title page 2) Table of contents 3) Introduction 4) Review & Description5) Discussion & Conclusion 6) References and Bibliography 7) Appendix

Generally, the introduction, discussion, conclusion and bibliography part should account for a third of the report and the review part should be two thirds of the entire report.

16. Discussion

The discussion section either follows the results or may alternatively be integrated in the results section. The section should discuss the results of the report.

17. Conclusion

The conclusion is often thought of as the easiest part of the paper but should by no means be disregarded. There are a number of key components which should not be omitted. These include:

a) summary of question posed b) summary of findings c) summary of main limitations of the study at hand d) details of possibilities for related future work

18. References and Bibliography

For referencing follow APA format, the conventions used to give referencing of different literature work

MonographsCrystal, D. (2001), Language and the internet. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Edited volumesGass, S./Neu, J. (eds.) (1996), Speech acts across cultures. Challenges tocommunication in a second language.Berlin/ NY: Mouton de Gruyter. (eds.) is usedwhen there is more than one editor; and (ed.) where there is only one editor. In German the abbreviation used is (Hrsg.) for Herausgeber].Edited articlesSchmidt, R./Shimura, A./Wang, Z./Jeong, H. (1996), Suggestions to buy: Television commercials from the U.S., Japan, China, and Korea. In: Gass, S./Neu, J. (eds.) (1996),

Speech acts across cultures. Challenges to communication in a secondlanguage.Berlin/ NY: Mouton de Gruyter: 285-316.

Journal articles:McQuarrie, E.F./Mick, D.G. (1992), On resonance: A critical pluralistic inquiry into advertising rhetoric. Journal of consumer research 19, 180-197.

Electronic book:Chandler, D. (1994), Semiotics for beginners [HTML document]. Retrieved [5.10.'01] from the World Wide Web, http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/.

Electronic journal articles:Watts, S. (2000) Teaching talk: Should students learn 'real German'? [HTML document].German as a Foreign Language Journal [online] 1.Retrieved [12.09.'00] from the World Wide Web, http://www.gfljourna l . com/.Other websites:Verterhus, S.A. (n.y.), Anglicisms in German car advertising. The problem of gender assignment [HTML document].Retrieved [13.10.'01] from the World Wide Web, http://olaf.hiof.no/~sverrev/eng.html.

Unpublished papers:Takahashi, S./DuFon, M.A. (1989), Cross-linguistic influence in indirectness: The case of English directives performed by native Japanese speakers. Unpublished paper, Department of English as a Second Language, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu.

Unpublished thesis/ dissertations:Möhl, S. (1996), AlltagssituationeniminterkulturellenVergleich: Realisierung von Kritik und AblehnungimDeutschen und Englischen. Unpublished MA thesis, University of Hamburg. Walsh, R. (1995), Language development and the year abroad: A study of oral grammatical accuracy amongst adult learners of German as a foreign language. Unpublished PhD Dissertation, University College Dublin.

19. Appendix

The appendix should be used for data collected (e.g. questionnaires, transcripts,) and for tables and graphs not included in the main text due to their subsidiary nature or to space constraints in the main text.

20. Final Report Submission

Reports should have minimum of 3000 words excluding Preface, copy right index etc.

Copies required: 2 copies Plastic Spiral bound. One Soft copy of the report and presentation both

21. Conduct & Progress Monitoring of Seminar-I

a. The students will regularly report to their faculty guide for their weekly progress as

per the prescribe format of Weekly Progress Report (WPR).

b. Faculty guide will mark the status of Weekly Progress Report (WPR) received and quality of work done on AMIZONE. Faculty guide will also give feedback to students concerning the progress.

c. The student will also maintain daily diary of the work done which need to be submitted to the faculty guide.

d. The student will maintain the record of interaction and feedback by Faculty Guide as per the format attached.

e. Periodic progress review by a faculty board will be done. The schedule and dates

25. Guiding Factors for Internal evaluation

a. Timely Registration b. Topics & Synopsis Approval c. WPRs (No. of WPR Submitted and Satisfactory WPR) d. Periodic Progress Review by a board of faculty through presentation e. 1 st Draft on time f. Final Report (Plagiarism Report with <15 % Plagiarism) g. Final Report timely submission

26. Format of Report

1. Cover page 2. Synopsis 3. Declaration by the student 4. Certificate by the faculty guide 5. Table of Content6. Abstract not more than 250 words 7. Introduction 8. Definition of the subject9. Description of the subject and its sub parts10 Discussion and Results

11 Conclusion 12 References (Referred at appropriate places in text).

(Format for Cover Page)

SEMINAR-IHTSM-101

on

Title: (............)

Submitted to

Amity School of Hospitality

Guided By: Submitted By:

Name of Faculty Guide Name of the StudentEnrolment.No.

Roll No.

AMITY SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY

AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH

GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR

2. Second Page should be Declaration by the student with his/her signature.

3. Third page should contain the certificate by the faculty guide as per format given

below:

CERTIFICATE

On the basis of declaration submitted by …………….., student(s) of MBA (HM) I hereby

certify that the project titled “……………………………...” which is submitted to Amity School

of Hospitality, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, in partial fulfillment of the requirement

for the award of the degree of MBA(HM) is an original contribution with existing knowledge

and faithful record of work carried out by him/them under my guidance and supervision.

To the best of my knowledge this work has not been submitted in part or full for any Degree or Diploma to this University or elsewhere.

Date (Name and Signature of Guide)

Amity School of Hospitality

Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida

4. Fourth page should contain the Table of Contents.

5. Fifth page should contain the abstract of the report not more than 250 words

6. From sixth page onwards the student should give introduction to the main subject, objective of the report.

7. Definitions 8. Main content of the report

9. Discussion and Results.10. Conclusion

11. References

Amity School of Hospitality

WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT (WPR)

For the week commencing: ___________

WPR (i.e. 1,2,3 etc.)_______________________

Enrollment Number: ____________________

Program: __________________

Student Name : _________________________

Faculty Guide’s Name: ___________________________________

Co- Guide’s Name: ____________________________________

Project Title: ________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

TARGETS SET FOR THE WEEK

PROGRESS/ACHIEVEMENTS FOR THE WEEK

FUTURE WORK PLANS-

Declaration by the student

I/We, ……………………….., student(s) of, BHM hereby declare that the project titled

“……………………………………………..” which is submitted by me to Amity School of

Hospitality Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, inpartial fulfillment of requirement for the

award of the degree of BHM has not been previously formed the basis for the award of any

degree, diplomaor other similar title or recognition.

The Author attests that permission has been obtained for the use of any copy righted

material appearing in the Dissertation / Project report other than brief excerpts requiring

only proper acknowledgement in scholarly writing and all such use is acknowledged.

Signature

Noida

Date Name and Signature of Student(s)