A STUDY ON CONSUMER BUYING BEHAVIOUR IN TIKONA DIGITAL NETWORKS (P) LTD

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STUDY ON CONSUMER BUYING BEHAVIOUR IN TIKONA DIGITAL NETWORKS (P) LTD has been prepared under the guidance of

MS.R.G.NITHYA, faculty, Department of Management Studies Karpaga vinayaga College of Engineering & Technology - Maduranthagam, in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the MBA program of Anna University for JUNE 2011.

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ABSTRACT

The project for TIKONA DIGITAL NETWORKS (P) LTD is aimed for successful functioning of the organization. The researcher collected the primary information required for the study through a structured questionnaire. Website and books are the main part of secondary data. The nature of the study was descriptive. The sampling method used is convenience Sampling. The sampling size was 100 Respon dents. This includes only consumers. The researcher while analyzing converted data made use of simple tabulations, percentage, correlation, chi -square test. The need of the study is to study the CONSUMER BUYING BEHAVIOUR for successful functioning of TIKONA DIGITAL NETWORKS (P) LTD. Finally, the last two chapter deal with the finding from the survey and the suggestion to the company is given followed by the conclusion.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

With profound gratitude and due regards I whole heartedly and sincerely acknowledge with thanks the opportunity provided to me by our Respectful
Director Tmt. Meenakshi Annamalai for allowing me to do this project in

partial fulfillment for the degree of Master of Business Administration under

Anna University, Chennai .

I thank our respectable Advisor Prof. V.C. Ravichandran for his effective advice and support for pla nning and processing of the project. I thank our dedicated Principal Dr. V. Ilangovan for his valuable suggestions and timely advice which helped me in completing this project on schedule. I thank our Dean (Administration) Prof. T. Rangarajalu for his unrelenting support and guidance and useful tips for completing the project. I thank our Dean (MBA) Prof. J. Nirmal Joseph for his remorseless support and guidance and useful tips for completing the project. I thank our Head of the Department Prof. Dr. V. Vaidyanathan for his pain taking efforts and very encouraging and proper guidance without which this project could not have been completed. I would like to extend my hearty gratitude to My Guide , Lecturer,
Ms.R.G.Nithya for instructing, guiding and encouraging me carrying out this

project work. I highly intended to my parents and all my dear ones without whose constant love and encouragement all these would not have been possible.

CONTENTS
ABSTRACT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES i ii iii iv

CHAPTER NO 1 1.1 Introduction

CONTENTS

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1.2 Statement of the Problem 1.3 Company Profile 1.4 Product Profile 1.5 Objectives Of The Study 1.6 Need For The Study 1.7 Scope Of The Study 1.8 Limitations Of The Study 2 3 2.1 Review of Literature 3.1 Research Methodology 3.2 Method Of Data Collection 3.3 Tools Of Analysis 4 4.1 Data Analysis And Interpretation 4.2 Findings Of The Study 5 5.1 Suggestions 5.2 Conclusion Bibliography Appendix

LIST OF TABLES
TABLE. CONTENTS NO Age Profile of the Sample Population 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Qualification of the Respondents Income Level of the customers Consumers using internet connection Showing the users intending internet connection Different uses of Internet Showing the users of particular company Existing users of Tikona wireless broadband Tikona brand awareness Source of brand awareness Users those who collect information before making purchase Word of mouth referrals by friends/ relatives Influence of Advertisements on Buying Decision of Consumers Preference by consumers regarding the features of brand Influence of Different Sources of Information on consumer buying decision Influence of different attributes of information on consumer buying decision Satisfaction with Tikona wireless broadband in comparison with other brands Tikona performance in terms of after sales service Tikona performance in terms of maintenance Tikona performance in terms of consumer expectation PAGE. NO 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 45 46 47 48 49 50

LIST OF FIGURES

TABLE. CONTENTS NO Age Profile of the Sample Population 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Qualification of the Respondents Income Level of the customers Consumers using internet connection Showing the users intending internet connection Different uses of Internet Showing the users of particular company Existing users of Tikona wireless broadband Tikona brand awareness Source of brand awareness Users those who collect information before making purchase Word of mouth referrals by friends/ relatives Influence of Advertisements on Buying Decision of Consumers Preference by consumers regarding the features of brand Influence of Different Sources of Information on consumer buying decision Influence of different attributes of information on consumer buying decision Satisfaction with Tikona wireless broadband in comparison with other brands Tikona performance in terms of after sales service Tikona performance in terms of maintenance Tikona performance in terms of consumer expectation

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CHAPTER 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION

Before business can develop marketing strategies, they must understand what factors influence buyers behaviour and how they make purchase decisions to satisfy their needs and wants. Buyers are moved by a complex set of deep and subtle emotions. Consumer behaviour is the study of when, why, how, and where people do or do not buy a product. It blends elements from psychology, sociology, social anthropology and economics. It attempts to understand the buyer decision making process, both individually and in groups. Consumer behaviour refers to the mental and emotional process and the observable behaviour of consumers during searching, purchasing and post consumption of a product or service. It studies characteristics of individual consumers such as demographics and behavioural variables in an attempt to understand people's wants. It also tries to assess influences on the consumer from groups such as family, friends, reference groups, and society in general. Customer behaviour study is based on consumer buying behaviour, with the customer playing the three distinct roles of user, payer and buyer. Relationship marketing is an influential asset for customer behaviour analysis as it has a keen interest in the re-discovery of the true meaning of marketing through the re-affirmation of the importance of the customer or buyer. A greater importance is also placed on consumer retention, customer relationship management personalisation, customisation and one-to-one marketing. Social functions can be categorized into social choice and welfare functions.

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

As we know that customer is the king of any business, It is essential to understand customer expectations their preferences towards the product and their needs and wants. Without understanding consumer behaviour no companies can survive. It serves as a feedback from the consumer and provide the companies the message regarding the consumer attitudes, companies position, competition, opinions of the consumer regarding the product etc. Now a days almost all the companies involves in collecting the data from consumers regarding their product and brand. They employee marketing people to let them know consumer behaviour. By keeping all this points in mind, as consumer behaviour plays a vital role for any organization, this project A STUDY ON CONSUMER BUYING BEHAVIOUR IN TIKONA DIGITAL NETWORKS PVT LTD, does the same.

1.3 COMPANY PROFILE

Tikona Digital Networks (TDN) is engaged in building the next generation wireless broadband services for home and enterprise customers in India. TDN has an all India Class-A ISP license granted by the Ministry of Communications, Govt. of India, for this purpose. TDN envisions a powerful Broadband-enabled India and will make all possible contribution to make this happen.

TDN would also be building a comprehensive services framework that can deliver leading edge voice, video, IT applications and multimedia content services over any broadband or IPcentric network. Such a framework can be outsourced by service providers globally, who desire to offer next generation services to their customers. TDN has engaged the best-in-class technology partners to build the required capability frameworks.

Innovation is our driving force and we create environment for the young talent in our company to conceive and incubate new ideas in order to develop and deliver useful services and solutions for our customers, thereby sustaining our competitive advantages.

TDN was founded in mid 2008 by veterans from the telecom industry, who have built some of the largest networks in India for mobile, enterprise, broadband and DTH services. TDN is adequately funded by top-end global investors and is committed to comply with the highest standards of corporate governance. Prakash Bajpai Founder,MD&CEO

Prakash Bajpai has a rich 31 years of experience in IT and Telecom Industry. He has been instrumental in building and leading organizations and business with revenueof more than $2billion.

An engineering graduate from Delhi University, Prakash started his career with I BM as an electronics engineer. He then moved to Phillips, where he was involved in the launch of color TV transmission in India. He was one of the first few employees of Tata Telecom. His experience cuts across geographies as he worked with AT&T Network Systems in the US. Post returning to India, he spearheaded the Marketing, Sales & Network Planning activities at Tata

Lucent Technologies. He then joined Hughes Telecom as President & CEO where he pioneered India's first Integrated Broadband Network in Maharashtra & Goa. He also led

Hughes Telecom to launch India's first IPO (US$ 225 m) in the telecom sector. Prior to launching Tikona, Prakash was the President and CEO at Reliance Communications, where he was responsible for the Broadband, Enterprise, Data Center, PCO and DTH businesses of the company.

Prakash has also attained graduation from a number of in-house Management Programs conducted by the AT&T School of Business Management including mini-MBA in Financial Management

Tarun Kumar Chief Technology Officer

Tarun has over 19 years of industry experience spanning in IT, broadband and digital broadcast technologies. He has successfully deployed and managed operations of many technology intensive projects including enterprise and retail broadband BSS, cutting edge Interactive IPTV over metro Ethernet network, service delivery platforms for New-age products and broadband radio access networks.

Tarun is an electronics and communication engineer with M Tech (Integrated Electronics) from Indian Institute of Technology (1990 batch).

1.4 PRODUCT PROFILE

Tikona sells the services to peoples as a wireless broadband. It employees 4G technology through which consumers are able to access the internet without any wire but with a high download speed of 2mbps.

Tikona provides this services to consumers via various schemes

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Circuit breaker plans Fixed monthly plans Unlimited plans

Details Monthly plan charges Installation charges Modem rental Free usage Guaranteed maximum bill amount Subscription amount Maximum PC Registration Maximum simultaneous PC connections

CB499 499 500 0 5000 999 1102 8 8

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CB49 49 500 50 100 999 661 8 8

2 MBPS CIRCUIT BREAKER PLANS

FIXED MONTHLY CHARGE PLANS Details Monthly plan charges Installation charges Bonus Bandwidth of 2Mbps(MBs/month) Speed beyond Free usage Charges during Subscription amount Maximum PC Registration Maximum simultaneous PC 256 NILL 1213 8 2 512 NILL 1433 8 3 750 NILL 2205 8 4 1024 NILL 3308 8 5 FMC599 599 500 4000 FMC799 7899 500 8000 FMC1499 1499 500 15000 FMC2499 2499 500 50000

UNLIMITED USAGE PLANS

Details

UNLTD 549

UNLTD 649 649 500

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UNLTD1 399 1399 500

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1.5 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

 To study the buying behaviour of the consumers.  To understand how these factors influence consumers buying decision.  To understand the consumers perception towards the brand.  To know how the Company has been encountering the aggressive marketing strategies of competitors.  To determine whether there is any deviation between the features of the brand and the acceptance of the consumers.

 To find out what marketing strategies should be undertaken to increase the market share of the brand.

1.6. NEED FOR THE STUDY

 Before business can develop marketing strategies, they must understand what factors influence buyers behaviour and how they make purchase decision to satisfy their needs and wants.  This study aims towards collecting information about consumers Psychology towards wireless internet connection and thus helping Tikona in understanding customers nature and help in developing strategies which will thus help them in increasing their business.  This study helpful to know in which stage the brand would be in industrial life cycle.  This study is also helpful to know in which feature the brand excels and where they are lacking in.  It is done to understand what consumers consider while going for purchasing a wireless internet broadband connection.  Suggestion regarding the brand are drawn using this study.  By this study we came to know how the organization retaining and sustaining its customer.

1.7. SCOPE OF THE STUDY

 The main purpose of this project is to study consumers buying behaviour and develop strategies which help Tikona in increasing their market share.  This study is mainly focused on various factors that affect consumers buying decision. Such as social, psychological and personal.

 The survey was conducted among different groups and all possible local areas in Chennai were considered for the study. The sample size was of 100 people who included people from various age groups and different income levels. The data was collected through filling of questionnaire and interview.

 The survey helped in understanding the various factors that influenced the buying decisions of the customers and understanding their needs when it comes to wireless broadband internet connection.

 This study helps to understand the satisfactory level of consumers towards the brand.  This study helps in understanding the consumer attitudes and their buying motives by means of company brand image.

1.8. LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

 This study is restricted to marketing area.  Time is the major limitation of this study .  This study is performed only for a period of 90 days.  Convenience sampling is used in this study.  Less number of consumers are taken as sample in this study i.e. 100 Respondents.  Information collected is ineffective for consideration becasuse due to less number of samples.

CHAPTER 2 2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE

LITERARY REVIEW: Psychologists have long been interested in the topics of buying and shopping behaviour. Some major perspectives in psychology such as behaviourism and cognitivism have formulated different theories to explain buying motivation and behaviour. The behaviourists stress the process of operant conditioning and individuals history of reinforcement, while the cognitive approach puts its accent on individuals free will and intentional, voluntary action. The views of these two perspectives can be examined in terms of the nature of buying behaviour and the process of choice. With regard to the nature of buying behaviour, the behaviourists consider it as a response to a reinforcer. One of the famous behaviourist, Alhadeff (1982) represents buying behaviour as the outcome of the relative strengths of conflicting approach and escape behaviours, each of which is determined by its own reinforcers. Etc. On the other hand, the cognitive perspective views buying behaviour as more voluntary, rational and intentional in nature rather than mere response to the environment. People buy what they want to buy and their reasons for buying embrace "whatever consideration induced, inclined, weighed with or decided them to buy" (Beck, 1975). Etc. Based on their different conception about the nature of buying behaviour, the behaviourist and the cognitive theorists have different views on the process of choice when buying. The behaviourists propose that consumer choice begins with an external stimulus such as an advertising message or word-of-mouth communication. Etc. However, the cognitive psychologists adopt a different approach to explain the process of choice. They consider the choice of buying as a rule-following behaviour Etc. To the behaviourists, therefore, choice of buying is simply a behaviour, the only way of acting in a given set of circumstances defined in terms of controlling contingencies. On the other hand, the cognitive theorists present choice of buying as an outcome of internal, mental deliberation and psychological decision. Actually, although the behaviourists and the cognitive theorists have different ideas of the content of choice, they do share similar view on t e h unconscious feature of choice (rather involuntary response to discriminative stimulus and the following of rules).

THEORITICAL REVIEW: Consumer is the king and it is the consumer who determines what a business is. Therefore, a sound marketing program should start with a careful analysis of the habits, attitudes, motives and needs of consumers. Consumer behaviour is prerequisite though the process is highly complicated. At the same time, a firms ability to establish and maintain satisfying exchange relationships depends on the level of understanding of buying behaviour. Thus, buying behaviour is the decision process and acts of people involved in buying and using products.

Need for Understanding Consumer Behaviour

y Knowledge of consumer behaviour would render immense help for planning and implementing

marketing strategies.
y Secondly, the proof of establishing consumer orientation in the marketing. This is known only

when marketing mix is developed to include positive answers to the questions listed in the beginning of this chapter.
y Thirdly, by gaining a better understanding of the factors that affect buyer behaviour, marketers

are in a better position to predict how consumers will respond to marketing strategies.
y Finally, consumer is the principala priori of business. The efficiency with which a free

market system of enterprise operates, in the last analysis, depends upon the extent of consumer understanding possessed by the business cannot possibly fulfill its obligations in a meaningful and responsive manner. This is exactly the reason why consumer behaviour is given importance in modern marketing.

Consumer Decision Behaviour

It is a usual behaviour with most consumers to seek the objective of creating maintaining a collection of goods and services that provides current and future satisfaction. The various types of consumer decision-making vary considerably and are classified as follows: 1. Routine response behaviour. 2. Limited decision-making, and 3. Extensive Decision-making.

1. Routine decision behaviour - is usually found in the cases of frequently purchased and low-cost items. Lengthy search for products is not attempted and hence the decision effort needed is only minimum. Though consumers are branding conscious. They are also aware of alternative brands, for instance, if you intended to buy a particular would switch over to a second preferred brand of their choice. Thus, products that are bought through routine response behaviour are purchased quickly with very little mental effort. 2. Limited decision-making - is pertinent in the case of purchases made by the consumers less frequently. The investment needed also will be comparably high. Hence, the consumers may acquire information about all possible brands and some amount of mental exercises would follow to arrive at a decision about all possible brands and some of a television set makes the consumer to examine various models and brands, make casual enquiries with the neighborowners and discuss with family members is also considered at length. Thus, limited decisionmaking requires a moderate amount of time for information gathering and deliberation. 3. Extensive decision-making _is required when a consumer wants to purchase unfamiliar products which is totally new, having high unit value and bought preferably once in his life time. Before such a product is bought, the consumer uses many criteria for evaluating alternative brands and substitute products and spends much time in seeking information and deciding on the purchase. Decisions on construction complex type of consumer decisionmaking behaviour. An interesting but a notable point in this connection is that the type of decision-making need not necessarily remain constant. The following illustrates the variations more clearly.
Degree of Search Level of Prior Experienc e Frequency of Purchase Amount of Perceived Risk Time Pressure

Extended Consumer Decisionmaking Limited Consumer Decisionmaking Routine Consumer Decisionmaking

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Factors Influencing Consumer Buying Behaviour

Several factors determine the buying behaviour of consumers. These factors may be classified as follows:

(1)

Personal Factor:
These include factors unique to a particular person. Numerous personal factors

influence purchase decisions: (a) Demographics Individual characteristics such as age, sex, race, ethnicity, income, occupation and family life cycle are called demographics. These have a bearing on who is involved in family decision-making. (b) Life styles Life style means an individuals pattern of living expressed through activities, interests and opinions. Life style patterns include the ways people spend-time, the extent of their interaction with others, and their general outlook on life and living, people partly determine their own life styles and partly these are shaped by personality and demographics. (c) Situation. Situational factors are influences resulting from circumstances, time and location that affect the consumer buying behaviour.

(2) Social factors: The factors that other people exert on buying behaviour are called
social factors. These factors are as follows (a) Roles and Family Role means the activities that a person is supposed to perform. A person occupies several positions and, therefore, he/she has many roles. (b) Reference Group A reference group is any group that exercises a positive are three major types of reference groupsmembership, aspiration and dissociative. A reference group may serve as an individual, point of comparison and source of information.

(c) Opinion leader The reference group members who provides information about a specific share that interests members of the group is called opinion leader. An opinion leader is likely to be most influential when consumers have high product involvement buy low product knowledge, when they share the attitudes and values of the opinion leader and when the product details are numerous and complicated. (d) Social Class A social class means an open group of individuals with similar social rank. Quite often people in a society are classified into upper, middle and lower classes on the basis of their income and occupation. Consumers belonging to a particular social class tend to have common behavioural patterns. They may have similar attitudes and values. Social class has an impact on spending and saving an individual buys and uses. (e) Culture and Sub-cultures Culture is the aggregate of customs, beliefs, values, and objects that a society uses to cope with its environment and passes on to future generations. Culture permeates our daily life and therefore influences buying behaviour. Our culture determines what we want and wear, where we reside and travel. It also influences how we buy and use products. Cultural changes affect marketing mix.

(3) Psychological factors:

Factors that operate within individuals and determine their general behaviour are as follows: (a) Perception Perception is the process of selecting, organizing and interpreting information to derive meaning. Different people perceive the same thing at the same time in different ways. (b) Motives A motive means an internal force that orients a persons activities towards need satisfaction. A set of motives affects a buyers actions. Motives that influence where a person buys products on a regular basis are known as patronage motives. These include location, price, variety, service and behaviour of sale people. Marketers use depth interviews, projection and other methods to know and understand the motives of buyers (c) Learning Changes in an individuals behaviour due to information and experience are called learning. A consumer tends to repeat purchase actions which create satisfaction. Inexperienced buyers use price as an indicator of quality more advertisements, salespersons, friends and relatives. They also learn by buying and using products.

(d) Attitudes Attit tendencies t refers t an indi idual s enduring evaluati n, feelings and behavi ural ard an object or idea. An individual s attitudes remain generall stable and do

not vary from moment to moment. Attitudes play a significant role in determining consumer behaviour.

(e) Personality Personality refers to a set of internal traits and distinct behavioural tendencies that result in consistent patterns of behaviour. An individual s personality is the outcome of heredity and personal experiences. It makes the individual uni ue. Some individuals are introverts, dogmatic, compulsive and ambitious while others are quite opposite in nature. Personality influences the type of brand and products purchased. (f) Self-concept Self-concept of self-image means a persons perception or view of himself. Individuals develop and alter their self=concept through interaction of social and

psychological dimensions. Research shows that a buyer purchases products that reflect and enhance the self-concept. A persons self-concept may also influence selection of products category and brand.

Consumer Buying decision Process

The process which consumers proceed while making their buying decisions is known as the consumer buying decision process. This process consists of five stages a s shown in following fig. Arrows connect all the elements in the decision process and show the impact of demographics, social factors, and psychological factors upon the process. Arrows show feedback. (a) Shows the impact of social and psychological factors (b) Shows the impact of a purchase on social and psycholog factors such as ical social class. Problem Awareness Informatio n Search Evaluation of Alternatives Purchase Decision Post-purchase Behaviour

Stimulus

Roles and Family P S ii I l S i l& P l lI l i

The stages in consumer buying decision process are below: 1. Problem Recognition
A buyer recognizes the problem when he becomes aware of the desired state and an actual condition. The speed with which a consumer recognizes the problem can be quite fast or slow. Sometimes, a person has a problem or need but is unaware of it. Marketers use advertising, personal selling and other methods to help trigger recognition of such needs or problems.

2. Information search
After recognizing the problem or need, a buyer search for product information that can resolve the problem or satisfy the need. There are two types of information search. In the internal search which is our self and external search which consists of frien relatives, and ds, media. Marketers repeat advertisements and use visuals to increase consumer learning of information.

3. Evaluation of alternatives
A successful information search yields a number of brands that a buyer views as possible alternatives. This group of products/brands is called the buyers evoked set. Various objective and subjective characteristics that are important to the buyer are used to evaluate the alternatives. Cost and warranty are examples of objective criteria whereas brand image and style are examples of subjective characteristics.

4. Purchase
In this stage the buyer chooses the product or brand to be bought. Product availability may influence which brand is purchased. The terms of sale (price, delivery, warranty, maintenance agreement, installation and credit arrangement) are settled finally, the actual purchase takes place.

5. Post-purchase behaviour
After the purchase, the buyer begins evaluating the product to ascertain if its actual performance meets the expectations. Many criteria used in evaluating alternatives are applied again for this purpose. The outcome of this stage is either satisfaction of dissatisfaction. Shortly after purchasing an expensive product, a buyer doubts whether he make the right decision.

Buying Motives of Consumers

A buying motive means what induces a customer to buy a product. There is a buying motive behind every purchase. But the motive may differ from one buyer to another. Buying motives may be classified as follows: 1. Internal and External Motives Internal buying motives are inherent in the minds of consumers. They arise from the basic needs like hunger, safety, comfort, pleasure, etc. internal buying motives may be rational or emotional. External buying motives are those which a customer learns or acquires from his environment. Social status, social acceptance, achievement, etc. are examples of such motives. Income, education, occupation, religion, culture, family and social environment influence external motives.

2. Rational and Emotional Motives Buying motives are those which are based on logical reasoning and consideration of economic consequences. They include the cost, durability and dependability of the product/service. Emotional buying motives are based on personal feelings. These motives include ego, prestige, love and affection, status, pride, etc.

3. Product and Patronage Motives Product motives are of two types-primary and secondary. Primary buying motives are the reasons due to which consumers buy one class of products rather than another. These motives arise directly from human needs and wants. These include the desire for health, beauty, knowledge, relaxation, recognition, etc. Secondary or selective buying motives induce consumers to buy certain kinds of products. These include desire for convenience, dependability, durability, economy, versatility, etc.

CHAPTER 3 3.1 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

The purpose of the research methodology is to describe the research procedure. This includes the overall design, the sampling procedure, the data collection method analysis procedures. This section is important because it is hard to discuss methodology without using technical terms. Yet, most of the reader will not understand the technical language. This study was made based on primary data. Distributing the questionnaire to the respondents collected the data. The questionnaire containing questions relating to socio- economic status of the respondents.

RESEARCH DESIGN :
A research design is the specification of methods and procedure for acquiring the information needed to structure or to solve problem. It is the overall operational pattern of frame work of the project that stipulates procedures. A research design is therefore defined as A plan, structure and strategy of investigation conceived so as to obtain answers to research question and control vacancies. Descriptive Research Design: Descriptive research is contract to explorative research is marked by the prior formulation of specific research question. The problem, perhaps as a result of an exploratory study, before the project is initiated. He should be able to define clearly what he wants to measures and to setup appropriate and specific means for measuring it. Descriptive research design includes surveys, fact findings, and enquiries of different kinds. The main characteristic of this method is that researcher has no control over the variable. He can only report what has happened or what is happening. Most EX-POST FACTO research projects are used for descriptive studies in which the researcher seeks to measure such items. Descriptive research will be applicable to the existing problems.

RESEARCH INSTRUMENT
The research instrument used in this study structured questionnaire. Structured questionnaire are those questionnaire in which there are predetermined question relating to the aspect for which the researcher collects data. The questions are presented with exactly the same wording in the same order to all the respondents.

QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN
The structured questionnaire for appraisal system with the following types of questionnaire open ended, multiple choice, types of questions.

AREA OF STUDY
The area of study is confined to employees of TIKONA Digital Networks (P) Ltd, Chennai.

SAMPLING METHOD
The sampling method involved is convenient sampling method. CONVENIENT SAMPLING Convenient sampling is also known as purposive are deliberate sampling. This sampling method involves purposive or deliberate selection of particular unit of the universe for constituting a sample which represents the universe. When population elements are selected for inclusion in sample based on the case access, it can be called convenience sampling. SAMPLE Sample denotes only a part of the conclusions are drawn on the basis of entire universe.

SAMPLE SIZE The sample size is restricted to 100 employees. The sample questionnaire consists of closed ended quetionnaire.

3.2 DATA COLLECTION METHODS

DATA SOURCES Data sources can be classified into two types namely. *Primary data *Secondary data PRIMARY DATA Primary data consists of original information collected for specific purpose. In this study, primary data has been used. To obtain the primary data a well structured both open ended and close ended questionnaire was prepared to get the response. The respondents were given up the questionnaire and made them fill it to get their response. SECONDARY DATA Secondary data can be defined as the information already existing some where having been collected for some other purpose. In this study the secondary information is obtained from the various books, articles and from the company. TOOLS FOR DATA COLLECTION The following tools were used for data collection. A. Questionnaire B. Personal interview

3.3 TOOLS OF ANALYSIS

The statistical tools and test used for this study are.
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Simple percentage analysis Chi-square test. Correlation Analysis

SIMPLE PERCENTAGE ANALYSIS:

Simple percentage analysis is used for analysis of the data that is collected for research work, simple percentage are often used in data presentation for the simplify, numbers, through the use of percentages, the data are reduced in standard form with base equal to which it facilitates the relative comparisons. Simple percentage method = no. of respondents / total no. of samples * 100.

CHI-SQUARE TEST:
The chi-square test is one of the most useful non-parametric tests used in statistical analysis. The chi-square test was first used by Karl Pearson in 1900; it is used to compare the observed and expected frequencies. It is important to keep in mind that the chi-square test only tests whether two variables are independent. It cannot address questions of which is greater or less. Using this chi-square test, we cannot evaluate directly the hypothesis, the test can only test whether the two variables are independent or not. A set of expected frequencies is desired under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true. This test enables us to find of the deviation of the expected frequency from theoretical ones is just by chance or due to the inadequacy of the theory to fit the data. Oi (I = 1, 2, 3,.., n) be the set of observed frequencies and Is Ei (I = 1, 2, 3, n) be the set of expected frequencies, then Karl Pearsons N X
2

chi-square statistics is given by = ( Oi Ei )2 /Ei I=1/Ei

This statistics has a constraint that n n

Oi = Ei i=1 i=1

If the above calculated X2 value is less than the tabulated X2 the value, we accept the null hypothesis. While comparing the calculated value of X2 with the table value we have to determine the degree of freedom. The degrees of freedom may be considered as the number of independent observations in the sample minus number of k observations which can be

estimated using the independent observations . The degree of freedom

V=n-k

Since we have that Oi = Ei = N, the total frequency, can find one observation say nth i=1 i=1 Observation using the remaining (n-1) observations, n=n-Ei, = 1, 2, 3.n-1 Hence, the above-defined chi-square has n-1 degrees of freedom. The observed chi-square value should be compared with the tabulated chi-square with (n-1) degrees of freedom.

CORRELATION ANALYSIS:
Correlation analysis deals with the association between two or more variable . It does not tell anything about cause and effect relationship. Correlation value shall always lie between +1 and -1. it shows there is perfect positive correlation between variables. When r=0, there is no correlation. r =cov (x,y) /s.d (x)* s.d(y) r-correlation Coefficient x & y are variables

CHAPTER 4 4.1 DATA ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION

The data after collection has to processed and analyzed in accordance with the outline laid down for the purpose at the time of developing the research plan. This is essential for a scientist study and for ensuring that we have all the relevant data. Processing implies editing, coding, classification and tabulation of collected data so that they acquiescent to analysis. The term analysis refers to the computation of certain measures along with searching for patterns of relationships that exits among data groups. Thus, In the process of analysis, relationships or difference supporting of conflicting with original or hypothesis should be subjected to statistical tests of significance to determine with that validity data can be said to indicate any conclusions. Analysis of data in general way involves no: of closely related operation that performed with the purpose of summarizing the collected data and organizing them in such manner that the answers the research questions.

1. Age Profile of the Sample Population TABLE NO: 1 Age Profile of the Sample Population Attributes Less than 18 Years Between 18-23 Years Between 23-28 Years Between 28-45 Years More than 45 Years No.of Respondents 9 23 46 14 8 Percentage 9 23 46 14 8

FIGURE NO: 1 Age Profile of the Sample population

50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Less than 18 Between 18- Between 23- Between 28- More than 45 Years 23 Years 28 Years 45 Years Years Age group of respondents

Inference: It is found that 69% of respondents are in the age group 18-28 years, 14% are in the age group of 28 to 45 years, only few respondents are in age group who are less than 18 years and more than 45 years.

Percentage

2. Qualification of the Respondents TABLE NO: 2 Qualification of the Respondents Attributes 10th pass or below Higher Secondary level Graduate Post Graduate No.of Respondents 8 18 42 32 Percentage 8 18 42 32

FIGURE NO: 2 Qualification of the Respondents

45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Below secondary level Higher Secondary level

e centage

Graduate

Post Graduate

Qua f cat on

Inference: It is found that 26% of the respondents are below higher secondary level, 42% are graduates and 32% are post graduates.

3.Income Level of the customers TABLE NO: 3 Income Level of the customers

Attributes Less than 10,000 10,000-20,000 20,000-40,000 Greater than 40,000

No. of Respondents 14 24 34 28

Percentage 14 24 34 28

FIGURE NO: 3 Income Level of the customers

40 35 30 ercenta e

25 20 15 10 5 0 Le than 10,000

10,00020,000

20,00040,000

Greater than 40,000

Monthl Income

Inference: It is found that 14% of the respondents monthly income is less than Rs. 10000, 24% is in between 10000 and 20000, 34% is in between 20000 and 40000, 28% is greater than 40000.

4. Do you have an internet connection? TABLE NO: 4 Showing the users of internet connection

Attri utes Yes No

No.of Respondents 69 31

Percentage 69 31

FIGURE NO: 4 Showing the users of internet connection

31%

Yes

No
69%

Inference: It is found that 69% of the respondents are having internet connection and 31% are not having internet connection.

5. If No, are you looking for an internet connection? TABLE NO: 5 Showing the users intending internet connection Attri utes Yes No No.of Respondents 65 35 Percentage 65 35

FIGURE NO: 5 Showing the users intending internet connection

35%

No
65%

Inference: It is found that 65% of the respondents who are not having internet connection are looking for internet connection, while 35% dont have any idea of purchasing a new one.

6. For what purpose do you use internet? TABLE NO: 6 Different uses of Internet

Attri utes Research/Studies ob search Emails Chatting Downloading

No.of Respondents 8 22 35 25 10

Percentage 8 22 35 25 10

FIGURE NO: 6 Different uses of Internet

10%

8%
22%

25%

Chatting Downloading

35%

Inference: It is found that 8% of the respondents use internet for research, 22% for searching jobs, 35% for checking mails, 25% for chatting and 10% for downloading.

Email



Job

arch





arch/Studi

7. Which internet connection you are using currently?

TABLE NO: 7 Showing the users of particular company

Atttri utes Airtel Bsnl Reliance Mts Others

No.of Respondents 25 33 18 9 15

Percentage 25 33 18 9 15

FIGURE NO: 7 Showing the users of particular company

15% 25%
9%

Airt l
Bsnl
 

R lian Mts

18%
33%

Oth rs


Inference: It is found that 25% of the respondents use airtel service, 33% are using BSNL, 18% are using reliance, 9% are using MTS and 15% are using other services.

8. Have you used Tikona wireless broadband?

TABLE NO: 8 Existing users of Tikona wireless broadband

Attributes Yes No

No.of Respondents 25 75

Percentage 25 75

FIGURE NO: 8 Existing users of Tikona wireless broadband

25%

No

75%

Inference: It is found that 25% of the respondents are using Tikona and 75% are not the users of Tikona product.



9. If No, are you aware of the Tikona wireless broadband? TABLE NO: 9 Tikona brand awareness Attributes Yes No No.of Respondents 87 13 Percentage 87 13

FIGURE NO: 9 Tikona brand awareness

13

Yes No

87%

Inference: It is found that 87% of the respondents are aware of Tikona and only 13% are unaware of the existence of Tikona product.

10. If Yes, how do you came to know about this brand?

TABLE NO: 10 Source of brand awareness

Attributes Pamphlets Newspaper/magazines Sales Executives Any other source

No.of Respondents 8 31 42 19

Percentage 8 31 42 19

FIGURE NO: 10 Source of brand awareness

8%

19%
Pamphlets

31%

Newspaper/magazines Sales Executives

Any other source 42%

Inference: It is found that 8% of the respondents came to know about the brand through TV ads, 31% through newspapers, 42% through sales executives, 19% through other sources.

11. Did you collect any information before making purchase? TABLE NO: 11 Users those who collect information before making purchase

Attributes Yes No

No.of Respondents 90 10

Percentage 90 10

FIGURE NO: 11 Users those who collect information before making purchase

10%

Yes No

90%

Inference: It is found that 90% of the respondents collected information before making a purchase decision while 10% did not collect any information.

12. Have your friends/ relatives opinions influenced you to buy Tikona wireless broadband? TABLE NO: 12 Word of mouth referrals by friends/ relatives

Attributes Strongly agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly disagree

No.of Respondents 33 26 11 23 7

Percentage 33 26 11 23 7

FIGURE NO: 12 Word of mouth referrals by friends/ relatives

7%
23%

33%

trongly agree

Agree Neutral

Disagree


11%
26%

Inference: It is found that 33% of the respondents strongly agree that friends had a major influence in purchase decision, 26% agree, 11% are neutral, 23% are disagree and 7% strongly disagree that friends had a major influence in purchase decision.

trongly disagree

13. Has the advertisement insisted major influence in your buying decision? TABLE NO: 13 Influence of Advertisements on Consumers buying decision

Attributes Strongly agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly disagree

No.of Respondents 23 11 22 9 35

Percentage 23 11 22 9 35

FIGURE NO: 13 Influence of Advertisements on Consumers buying decision

23%

35%

trongly agree
Agree Neutral %


Disagree trongly disagree

9% 22%

Inference: It is found that 23% of the respondents strongly agree that advertisement had a major influence in purchase decision, 11% agree, 22% are neutral, 9% are disagree and 35% strongly disagree that advertisement had a major influence in purchase decisio n.

14. What are the features you look in a product before making purchase decision? Give preferences. TABLE NO: 14 Preference by consumers regarding the features of brand

Particulars

Strongly agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly disagree

Brand Credibility Price Discount After Service

32

28

16

14

10

& 36

24

14

14

12

Sales 38

32

12

10

Value Money

for 28

34

16

14

Add features

on 26

32

28

FIGURE NO: 14 Preference by consumers regarding the features of brand

8.8% 2% 32% trongly agree

" !

Agree Neutral
7.2%

Disagree
trongly disagree
"

Inference: It is found that 32% of the respondents strongly agree that features had a major influence in purchase decision, 30 % agree, 17.2% are neutral, 12% are disagree and 8.8% strongly disagree that friends had a major influence in purchase decision.

30%

15. Whom do you consult while buying a wireless internet broadband connection?

TABLE NO: 15 Influence of Different Sources of Information on consumer buying decision

Attributes Friends Relatives Internets Newspaper/Magazines Any other source

No.of Respondents 43 21 12 19 5

Percentage 43 21 12 19 5

FIGURE NO: 15 Influence of Different Sources of Information on consumer buying decision

5%
1 %
#

Friends 43%

Relati es Internets
$

12%

Newspaper/ agazines Any other sour e 21%

& %

Inference: It is found that 43% of the respondents are influenced by their friends, 21% by relatives, 12% by internets, 19% by newspapers and 5% by Any other source while making purchase decision.

16. Rate the following attributes according to the importan you give while buying a ce wireless internet broadband connection? TABLE NO: 16 Influence of different attributes of information on consumer buying decision

Attributes Brand name of the company Net Speed Area wise Connectivity Price of the product Monthly Tariff plans

No.of Respondents 5 25 10 15 45

Percentage 5 25 10 15 45

FIGURE NO: 16 Influence of different attributes of information on consumer buying decision

5%
25% 5% Area wise Conne ti ity Pri e of the produ t
1 0 '

Brand name of the ompany Net peed

) (

Inference: It is found that 5% of the respondents are influenced by brand nameof the company, 25% by net speed, 10% by area wise connectivity, 15% by price of the product, and 45% by monthly tariff plans available while making purchase decision.

15%

onthly Tariff plans

10%

17. How satisfied are you with Tikona wireless broadband compared with the others substitutes available in the market? TABLE NO: 17 Satisfaction with Tikona wireless broadband in comparison with other brands

Attributes Highly satisfied Satisfied Neutral Dissatisfied Highly dissatisfied

No.of Respondents 12 28 53 5 2

Percentage 12 28 53 5 2

FIGURE NO: 17 Satisfaction with Tikona wireless broadband in comparison with other brands

5%

2%

12%

Highly satisfied atisfied

3

28%

Neutral Dissatisfied Highly dissatisfied

53%

Inference: It is found that 12% of the respondents are highly satisfied with product, 28% are satisfied, 53% are neutral, 5% are dissatisfied and 2% is highly dissatisfied with product.

18. How would you rate Tikona Performance as your expectation on 5 points scale? a) After sales service TABLE NO: 18 Tikona performance in terms of after sales service

Attributes Highly satisfied Satisfied Neutral Dissatisfied Highly dissatisfied

No. of Respondents 15 25 46 12 2

Percentage 15 25 46 12 2

FIGURE NO: 18 Tikona performance in terms of after sales service

12% 2%
15%

Highly satisfied
satisfied 25% Neutral Dissatisfied 46%

Highly dissatisfied

Inference: It is found that 15% of the respondents are highly satisfied with after sales service of the product, 25% are satisfied, 46% are neutral, 12% are dissatisfied and 2% is highly dissatisfied with after sales service of the product.

b)Maintenance TABLE NO: 19 Tikona performance in terms of maintenance

Attributes Highly satisfied Satisfied Neutral Dissatisfied Highly dissatisfied

No.of Respondents 12 28 53 5 2

Percentage 12 28 53 5 2

FIGURE NO: 19 Tikona performance in terms of maintenance

5%

2%

12%
Highly satisfied

satisfied 28% 53% Neutral Dissatisfied

Highly dissatisfied

Inference: It is found that 12% of the respondents are highly satisfied with maintenance of product, 28% are satisfied, 53% are neutral, 5% are dissatisfied and 2% is highly dissatisfied with maintenance of product.

c) Product as per expectation TABLE NO: 20 Tikona performance in terms of consumer expectation

Attributes Highly satisfied Satisfied Neutral Dissatisfied Highly dissatisfied

No. of Respondents 18 28 43 10 1

Percentage 18 28 43 10 1

FIGURE NO: 20 Tikona performance in terms of consumer expectation

10% 1%

18%
Highly satisfied

Satisfied Neutral 43%

28% Dissatisfied Highly dissatisfied

Inference: It is found that 18% of the respondents are highly satisfied with product, 28% are satisfied, 43% are neutral, 10% are dissatisfied and 1% is highly dissatisfied with product.

CHI-SQUARE TEST:
Particulars Strongly agree Brand Credibility Price Discount After Service Value Money Add features Total 160 150 86 60 44 500 on 26 32 28 8 6 100 for 28 34 16 14 8 100 Sales 38 32 12 10 8 100 & 36 24 14 14 12 100 32 28 16 14 Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly disagree 10 100 Total

NULL HYPOTHESIS: H0 There is no significant difference between the features of the brand and the acceptance of the consumers.

ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS: H1 There is significant difference between the features of the brand and the acceptance of the consumers. Calculated value of chi-square=19.528 Tabulated value of chi-square at 5% level of significance=26.3 Since Tabulated value > Calculated value Null Hypothesis Accepted. There is no significant difference between the features of the brand and the acceptance of the consumers.

CORRELATION ANALYSIS:
NULL HYPOTHESIS: There is no significant difference in the purchase influenced by the word of the mouth referrals of friends and the purchase influenced by the advertisements. ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS: There is significant difference in the purchase influenced by the word of the mouth referrals of friends and the purchase influenced by the advertisements. X 33 26 11 23 7 100 Y 23 11 22 9 35 100 XY 759 286 242 207 245 1739 X2 1089 676 121 529 49 2464 Y2 529 121 484 81 1225 2440

r= cov(x,y)/s.d(x)*s.d(y) r= -0.578 Since the value of r is negative, Alternative hypothesis get accepted. There is significant difference in the purchase influenced by the word of the mouth referrals of friends and the purchase influenced by the advertisements.

4.2 FINDINGS OF THE STUDY

 Majority of the respondents are in the age group of 18 to 28 years. This group forms the major target segment of Tikona Broadband.  Majority of the respondents who use internet connections are educated people who have completed either graduation or post graduation.  Mostly respondents whose monthly income is greater than Rs.20000 are using internet connection.  70% of the respondents are having internet connections at home.  65% of the respondents who are not having internet connection are looking for internet connection, while 35% dont have any idea of purchasing a new one.  Majority of the respondents use internet for chatting, downloading and checking mails. Only few use it for searching jobs and research purposes.  Majority of the respondents are using reputed broadband services like BSNL, Reliance, Airtel. Only few use new services like MTS and others.  While majority of the respondents are aware of the existence of Tikona Broadband, only few respondents have used it.  Majority of the respondents came to about this brand through sales executives and pamphlets issued along with newspapers.  Majority of the respondents collect all the relevant information necessary before making purchase.  Nearly 60% of the respondents are influenced by their friends and relatives while making a purchase decision.  Majority of the respondents are not influenced by the advertisements while making purchase decision.  Monthly tariff plans and net speed are the important factors taken into consideration while making purchase decision.  40% of the customers are satisfied with Tikona broadband while only 7% are dissatisfied with this product, all others response is neutral.  40% of the respondents are satisfied with after sales service while only very few are dissatisfied with the after sales service.  40% of the customers are satisfied with the maintenance of Tikona broadband while only 7% are dissatisfied, all others response is neutral.

 Nearly 50% of the respondents are satisfied as the product meets the expectation of the customers while 43% of the respondents feel neutral.  There is no significant difference between the features of the brand and the acceptance of the consumers.  There is significant difference in the purchase influenced by the word of the mouth referrals of friends and the purchase influenced by the advertisements.

CHAPTER 5 5.1 SUGGESTIONS

 Most of the respondents came to know about this brand only through sales executives. Steps can be taken to improve the awareness of the product among people.  Majority of the respondents are using reputed brands like BSNL, Reliance etc. Steps can be taken to make Tikona a reputed brand.  Tikona is bought by majority of the people for its low tariff plan and high net speed. This shall be maintained.  Further this brand is available only in major cities like Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai etc. Steps can be taken to promote the product in other parts of India.  Advertisements play a meager role in influencing people in making a purchase decision. Only friends and relatives play a major role in influencing people. Steps can be taken to improve advertisements in television and radio to promote the product.  Respondents are satisfied with the after sales service of the product, feel that the product is easy to maintain and also the product meets the expectation of the customers. This shall be maintained.

5.2 CONCLUSION
Consumer behaviour will play an vital role in recent days so that the researcher carefully under took an survey among the consumer to find out the same in TIKONA DIGITAL NETWORKS PVT LTD on the basis of that survey. All the things are mostly favourable to Tikona, the Tikona should continue the same strategy. Tikona should concentrate on sales promotional activities & recruits additional number of employees in service department in order to provide uninterrupted service to consumers. Tikona have a good brand image among consumers so in order to retain the consumers and to sustain the image it is recommended that the organization should follow the suggestions as given above in the project.

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ANNEXURES QUESTIONNAIRE
Respected madam/sir, As a part of my project I would like to gather some information from you Which will help me in an in depth study of project. The information provided by You will be kept confidential and will be used for academic purpose only. I would be obliged if you co-operate with me in filling the questionnaire.

1. Name .

2. Gender

a) Male b) Female

3. Age

a) Less than 18 years b) Between 18-23 years c) Between 23-28 years d) Between 28-45 years e) More than 45 years 4. Qualification of the Respondents a) 10th pass or below b) Higher secondary level c) Graduate d) Post Graduate

5. Monthly Income of the Family

a) Less than Rs. 10,000 b) Between Rs. 10,000-Rs. 20,000 c) Between Rs. 20,000-Rs. 40,000 d) More than Rs. 40,000

6. Do you have an internet connection?

a) Yes b) No

7. If No, are you looking for an internet connection?

a) Yes b) No

8. For what purpose do you use internet?

a) Research/Studies b) Job Search c) Emails d) Chatting e) Downloading

9. Which internet connection you are using currently?

a) Airtel b) Bsnl c) Reliance d) Mts e) others 10. Have you used Tikona wireless broadband?

a) Yes b) No

11. Are you aware of the Tikona wireless broadband?

a) Yes b) No

12. If Yes, how do you came to know about this product? a) Advertisements b) Newspapers/ Magazines c) Company Sales Executives d) Any other source

13. Do you collect any information before making purchase?

a) Yes b) No

14. Have your friends/ relatives opinions influenced you to buy Tikona wireless broadband?

a) Strongly agree b) Agree c) Neutral d) Disagree e) Strongly disagree 15. Has the advertisement insisted major influence in your buying decision? a) Strongly agree b) Agree c) Neutral d) Disagree e) Strongly disagree

16. What are the features you look in a product before making purchase decision? Give preferences. a) Brand credibility b) Price and discount c) After sales services d) Value for money e) Add on features

17. Whom do you consult while buying a wireless internet broadband connection?

a) Friends b) Relatives c) Internets d) Newspaper/ Magazines e) Any other source

18. Rate the following attributes according to the importance you give while buying a wireless internet broadband connection? a) Brand name of the company b) Net Speed c) Area wise Connectivity d) Price of the product e) Monthly Tariff plans 19. How satisfied are you with Tikona wireless broadband compared with the others substitutes available in the market? a) Highly satisfied b) Satisfied c) Neutral d) Dissatisfied e) Highly dissatisfied

20. How would you rate Tikona Performance as your expectation on 5 points scale? a) After sales service b) Maintenance c) Product as per expectation