About Us:

The Postgraduate Institute of Business Management at Sardar Patel University was established in 1982 with the help of a generous donation from Shri. G. H. Patel with a view to impart professional management education and training to executives and personnel employed in various organizations in the vicinity of Vallabh Vidyanagar and Anand. The institute initially offered five postgraduate diploma courses in the areas of Marketing, Finance, Personnel, Production and Business Management to cater to the requirements of business and industry.

A two-year (full-time) MBA Programme was started in 1989. The programme, currently, has an intake of 80 students and is duly approved by All India Council for Technical Education, (AICTE), New Delhi. From a modest beginning the Institute has made rapid strides in achieving its objectives. It can boast of a well-qualified and experienced faculty a richly stocked library and a well-equipped computer laboratory. The Institute is located at the new building that was inaugurated by the then Honorable Finance Minister and the current Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on December 17^th, 1994. In addition to all this Institute has a large auditorium cum seminar hall with a seating capacity of 300 persons. The Institute also has a fully air conditioned Seminar/Conference room with a capacity to accommodate 80 persons.

Sixteen batches of students have successfully graduated from the Institute. All the graduating MBA students have received excellent job placements in reputed business and industrial organizations.

Proposal for concluding a two-day workshop on Research Methodology October 27-28, 2007.

PG Department Business Administration. (MBA Programme),

(Also Know as G. H. Patel PG Institute of Management)

 Sardar Patel University

Vallabh Vidyanagar – 388 120 (Gujarat).

Introduction:

Research is based on reasoning. Good researchers and good managers alike practice Habits of thought that reflect sound reasoning and claims based on adequate evidence. Research develops rational thinking and analytical ability, the qualities critical for managerial decision making. Though Indian business schools are less enthusiastic about research it is considered to be an inevitable activity in most Management schools abroad.

In India lack of research is not the only problem even quality of research in also a matter of serious concern.

The quality of Ph.D. dissertations is compromised because not only the research scholars but in many cases their faculty guided too lacks proper understanding of the methodology to be used for research. With this scenario in mind we proposed to organize a two-day workshop on ‘Research Methodology’ during October 27-28, 2007 with financed assistance from AIMS at our department.