May to Sep 2025
Managing People and Organization
Experiential Learning Project(ELP)
What is it?
ELP is an Action research project in our context that you will initiate to solve an immediate
problem in the area of managing people and organization, at your workplace (For example,
addressing the issue of productivity or communication barriers or change management or
attrition etc )
What are the steps in to be followed?
1. Go through the different phases in the ELP provided in Annexure A
2. Brainstorm within your group and identify the problem that the group will attempt to solve
and the format of output
3. Submit project proposal in the format provided in Annexure A
4. Upon approval, plan your project
5. Document findings at every stage
6. Prepare final report as per Annexure B and submit along with plagiarism check report
Evaluation
Topic Weightage Process Timeline
Proposal 4% Format adherence and clarity of the
submission weightage proposal – Group Evaluation June 15th 2025
Report 4% Format adherence and clarity of the
submission weightage report - Group evaluation Aug 10th 2025
Involvement in
12% During the week
the project
weightage of Aug 11th 2025
and viva Individual
May to Sep 2025
Annexure A – Phases
Phase I - Problem Identification:
● Why do you want to take up the project? Is it an important and practical problem, something
worth your time and effort, something that could be of learning value to you, and others?
● Is the problem stated clearly and in the form of a question? Is it broad enough to allow for a
range of insights and findings? Is it narrow enough to be manageable within your timeframe
and your daily work?
Phase II - Plan of Action
● Will you develop and implement a new strategy or approach to address your question? If so,
what will it be?
● Will you focus your study on existing practices? If so, which particular ones?
● Is the timeline provided appropriate for what you are trying to accomplish?
Phase III - Data Collection
● What types of data should you try to collect in order to answer your question?
● How will you ensure that you have multiple perspectives?
● What resources exist and what information from others might be useful in helping you to frame
your question, decide on types of data to collect, or to help you in interpreting your findings?
Phase IV - Analysis of Data
● What can you learn from the data? What patterns, insights, and new understandings can you
find?
● What meaning do these patterns, insights, and new understandings do these provide for your
practice?
Phase V - Plan for Future Action
● What will you do differently as a result of this study?
● What might you recommend to others?
● How will you write about what you have learned so that the findings will be useful to you and
to others?
- Adapted from the St. Louis Action Research Evaluation Committee
May to Sep 2025
Annexure B – Output format
Experiential Learning Project - Managing People and Organization
Group <#>
Group <coordinator>
Participants
Sno BITS id Name status(active/inactive/partially active)
1
2
3
.
1. Problem statement < >
2. Problem description (not more than 75 words)
3. Application of _____________________________ concept/s
4. Background information, if any
5. Answers to questions in Phase 1 to 5 as provided in concept note
6. Bibliography/Source Acknowledgements
7. IP check report
Generic Guidelines
1. Proposal and Report naming convention
● Should start with Group<#>_MPOELP
● Example : Group1_MPOELP
2. Only the group coordinator needs to submit the proposal, as well as, final report, which
means, only one report submission per group is needed.
