4/4 Civil- SEM1

Project Planning &

Management
Civil Engineering Department.
UNIT 5 – Management, Organization
& Labour
1. Management
v Construction Management
v Scientific Management
v Qualities of a Manager
2. Organization
v Recruitment process
v Training development
3. Labour
v Labour Problems
v Labour Acts
 Management
v Management may be called as an art as well
as science
v It is an art because coordination and work
done through others
v It is scientific in nature because it is
susceptible to measurement and factual
determination
v Different levels of Management- Top level
Middle level.
 Organisation
(Enterprise)

Administration Management
Functions of Management
vPlanning
vOrganizing
vStaffing
vMotivation
vDirecting
vCoordination
vControl
 Functions of Administration
v Administration makes policies and decides the
goals to be achieved
v Organisation is the framework of management
v It is a group of persons and it is a structure of
relationships
v No enterprise can survive without proper
management
v Even if it possess huge money, excellent
machinery and man-power, it will be a big confusion
and nobody knows what to do and when to do.
Importance of Management
v Management provides new ideas and
vision to the organization
vIt takes business problems and provides
the best tool for solving things
vIt can meet challenges of change
vIt helps personality development thereby
raising efficiency and productivity
v It is a unifying force. It integrates human
and other resources to achieve the desired
objectives.
 Principles of Management
1. Division of work
2. Authority and Responsibility
3. Discipline
4. Unity of command
5. Unity of Direction
6. Subordination of individual to General
Interest
7. Remuneration
8. Centralisation of authority
9. Order- Materials and human beings
arrangement
10. Equity of Treatment
11. Stability
12. Initiative
13. Esprit de Corps(team work and
harmony)
 Process of Management
The process of Management involves:
v the determination of objectives
v putting them into action
v achieving the desired goals.

Note: Management process involves

• planning
• actuating (move to action)
• controlling for achieving business goals.
Managerial skills (Qualities of
Manager)
1.Technical skills
2.Conceptual skills – Decision making
skills, Organizational skills
3.Human relation skill –
Communicating skills, motivating
skills, leadership skills.
 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Ø Any large - scale development is accounted by civil
constructions like buildings, roads, bridges, railways,
public health works and industrial sheds
Ø Scope – When manpower, materials, finance and
machinery are properly organized and integrated, the
construction business will be successful
Ø IMP: Construction Management involves knowledge of
organizational setup, planning through PERT and CPM,
knowledge of contract systems, execution of works and
accounting procedures
Ø The art of construction has become a science
Ø In India, Construction business contribute to 10 to 20%
GNI(Gross net income).
Objectives and Functions of Construction
Management
Ø Completing the work within estimated budget
and specified time
Ø Provide satisfactory conditions for all
employees and workers
Ø Taking sound decisions at the lowest practical
management level
ØMotivating people to give of their best within
their capacity
Ø Creating an organization that works as a team
 Scientific Management
This could be summarized as:
a) Science, not rule of thumb
b) Harmony, not discord
c) Cooperation not individualism
d) Maximum output, in place of
restricted output
e) Development of each worker to his
greatest efficiency and prosperity
Basic approach of Scientific Management

Ø Analyze work scientifically. Investigate all aspects

in a scientific basis.
Ø Develop one best way of doing work
Ø Provide specific guidelines
Ø Select workers best suited
Ø Train and develop each workman
Ø Divide the work so that workmen and
management share almost equally
ØAchieve support and co-operation by giving
sufficient rewards.