Sheffield Hallam University

Faculty of Development and society

2011 Examination Semester -1

Program

: Bsc Hons Building construction Management

Module

: Production Organization and Human Resource s Management

Examination brief
Students will have to answer four questions out of six. Each question will have some sub questions. The
maximum marks available for each question is 25. Based on this marks the sub question marks have
been allocated.
The proportion of marks allocated to each question is shown in the brackets.
Students are expected to study all the area in the syllabus since questions are set to cover the same.
The followings are some of the sample sub questions for students to have an understanding on the
nature of the examination questions. Please note that these questions are just the samples only. There
is no guarantee that these question appear on the exam paper.

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Explain the advantages of having a positive culture in a construction industry. ( 5 marks)

What are the plans and measures used to manage risk? ( 5 marks)
What is the purpose and forms of risk assessment? (5 marks)
Explain the objectives of project planning? (5 marks)
Briefly explain the consequence of poor industrial relationship? ( 5 marks)
Examine the internal and external effect the change management process (15marks)
Write short notes on the following tools in risk management
a. Decision tree (4 marks)
b. PMI( 4 marks)