ASSIGNMENT

NICMAR / CODE OFFICE

1. Course No. - PGPM 11

2. Course Title - Principles & Practices of Management
3. Assignment No. - ____________________
4. Date of Dispatch -
5. Last date of receipt -
of Assignment at SODE office

ASSIGNMENT

Your company has bagged a lucrative contract to construct a housing colony for an
Industrial Group to be located in Western Maharashtra in a coastal belt. You as a Project
Manager has been asked by the company to evolve Organisation Structure with following
conditions.
i. Organisation should be as lean and thin as possible with bare minimum of
personnel on company roll upto Junior Engineer level.
ii. All supervisors to down below will be temporary for project duration only to be
recruited locally from 100 km radius.
Suggest and discuss an organisation structure denoting responsibility, authority,
communication control for all facets of construction work and management functions as
visualised by you.

Housing colony consists of 10 Bungalows for senior executives, 20 Apartments in five

buildings, 100 dwellings for white collar workers and 300 dwellings for blue collared
workers. Colony will have market and entertainment complex.

STUDY:
Chapter on Organisation Management – Koontz Odoneal MacGraw Hill publications.
KEY:-

i. Visualise & note all key functions to be carried out for the project.
ii. Break down Managerial (Technical and Administrative) functions upto final level.
iii. Evolve required flow of communication.
iv. Assign responsibility function to appointment.
v. Co-relate authorities required to perform the tasks and delegate them.
vi. Think about desired control and form a structure for above.
vii. Assign suitable sub junior level workers for function.
viii. Discuss requirement of no. of personnel at each level (Why not less or More ?)

STRUCTURE:
Scope of work
Functions
Input / communication requirement and flow
Authority to carry out functions
Recommendations
Bibliography / Readings.
 ASSIGNMENT
NICMAR / CODE OFFICE

1. Course No. - PGPM 12

2. Course Title - Human Resource Management
3. Assignment No. -
4. Date of Dispatch -
5. Last date of receipt -
of Assignment at SODE office

ASSIGNMENT

You are a Project Manager on a site where work for 3 k.m. Long Tunnel has been
undertaken. The site is remote and takes about 2 days travel to nearest town.
Supervisors, Technicians & skilled workers are engaged in dangerous / hazardous work.
Absenteeism due to sickness, quarrels, drinking are adding to less output of work and
chances of accident on site are increasing. Management has urged to do something so
that time target can be achieved. Discuss how will you tackle the problem and increase
the output of the work.

STUDY MATERIALS
(Chapters on Motivation, Leadership) Management – Koontz and Odoneal, MacGraw Hill
Publication, International Edition.
Papers on Management in Construction Industry by Prof. K.N. Vaid – NICMAR
Publication (Pages 107 to 138)
KEY
i. Understand the working conditions at remote places.
ii. Know the basic needs of person.
iii. Understand social needs of persons.
iv. Understand hygiene and motivation factors.
v. Discuss various aspects to apply them for each category.
vi. Understand role of leadership.
OUTLINE IN BRIEF

i. Introduction of main problem

ii. Reasons of various problems
iii. Needs and their fulfillment on site
iv. Suggested methods for hygiene factors and motivational factors
v. Recommendation to management
vi. Bibliography / Readings
 ASSIGNMENT
NICMAR / SODE OFFICE

1. Course No. - PGPM 13

2. Course Title - Project Procurement & Materials
Management
3. Assignment No. - ___________________
4. Date of Dispatch -
5. Last date of receipt -
of Assignment at SODE office

ASSIGNMENT

You have been appointed as manager of materials management department of a

construction firm. The company is asking you to prepare a manual on procurement of
materials. Prepare a manual on procurement of materials by covering the following.

1. Factors to be considered for purchasing

2. Source Selection

3. Selection of Suppliers

4. Scrutiny of offers

5. Final purchase

6. How to develop purchasing policies and procedures

7. Formulate strategies for improving efficiency of procurement of materials

department.
 ASSIGNMENT
NICMAR / SODE OFFICE

Course No. - PGPM 14

Course Title - Infrastructure Development
Assignment No. - _______________________
Date of Dispatch - _______________________
Last date of receipt - _______________________
of Assignment at SODE office
___

Public Private Partnerships refers to arrangements, typically medium to long term,

between the public and private sectors whereby some of the services that fall under the
responsibilities of the public sector are provided by the private sector, with clear
agreement on shared objectives for delivery of public infrastructure and/ or public
services. A PPP is generally a contract or agreement to outline the responsibilities of each
party and clearly allocate risk. In a BOT arrangement, the private sector designs and
builds the infrastructure, finances its construction and owns, operates and maintains it
over a period, often as long as 20 or 30 years. This period is referred to as the
"concession" period. Such projects provide for the infrastructure to be transferred to the
government at the end of the concession period. There are a number of major parties to
any BOT project, all of whom have particular reasons to be involved in the project. The
contractual arrangements between those parties, and the allocation of risks, can be
complex. Explain in detail structuring of BOT projects.