4/4 Civil- SEM1

Project Planning &

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

Administration Management
Functions of Management
Planning
Organizing
Staffing
Motivation
Directing
Coordination
Control
 Functions of Administration
 Administration makes policies and decides the
goals to be achieved
 Organisation is the framework of management
 It is a group of persons and it is a structure of
relationships
 No enterprise can survive without proper
management
 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
 Management provides new ideas and
vision to the organization
It takes business problems and provides
the best tool for solving things
It can meet challenges of change
It helps personality development thereby
raising efficiency and productivity
 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:
 the determination of objectives
 putting them into action
 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
 Any large - scale development is accounted by civil
constructions like buildings, roads, bridges, railways,
public health works and industrial sheds
 Scope – When manpower, materials, finance and
machinery are properly organized and integrated, the
construction business will be successful
 IMP: Construction Management involves knowledge of
organizational setup, planning through PERT and CPM,
knowledge of contract systems, execution of works and
accounting procedures
 The art of construction has become a science
 In India, Construction business contribute to 10 to 20%
GNI.
Objectives and Functions of Construction
Management
 Completing the work within estimated budget
and specified time
 Provide satisfactory conditions for all
employees and workers
 Taking sound decisions at the lowest practical
management level
Motivating people to give of their best within
their capacity
 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

 Analyze work scientifically. Investigate all aspects

in a scientific basis.
 Develop one best way of doing work
 Provide specific guidelines
 Select workers best suited
 Train and develop each workman
 Divide the work so that workmen and
management share almost equally
Achieve support and co-operation by giving
sufficient rewards.
 Organisation –It’s Principles
 Objectives- that are required to increase productivity and
product quality
 Personal and physical facilities
 Centralization of authority- Most of the decisions are taken at
higher level only
 Responsibility is the obligation of a subordinate for the
performance of any job allotted by superiors
 Policies set by the management for action
 Span of control-the number of subordinates(2 to 20)
 Dividing and grouping
 Organisation chart and manual
 Effective delegation
 Communication
 balance and stability
Line and staff functions- Primary and supporting activities.
Personal Management/Personal
Department
 Maintenance of personnel
 Education and training of present
employees
 Employee relationships
maintaining
Health of employees
 Employees safety
Employee welfare
Recruitment and Selection of Employees
 Right Recruitment
 Selection process or Technique
 Job description
Application forms
Employment tests – Aptitude, Intelligence,
dextirity, personality test
 Interviewing
 Physical Examination
 Introduction & Orientation
Education & Training- KT sessions, industrial
training, Learning by experience.
 Importance and necessity of Labor
legislation(Labor Act)
 Improves employee-employer relations
 Helps pay fair wages to workers
 Gives compensation to workers, victims of accidents
Reduces conflicts, strikes
 Procures job security for the workers.

Labour Laws:
1. Min wages Act, 1948
2. Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923
 Min Wages Act,1948
 Minimum wages shall be paid in cash
 Fix number of working hours in a day
 Provide a day for rest in every period of seven days
 Extra payment for multiple tasks and overtime job
 Maintenance of records
 Government should appoint some officers for
inspection
 Even a person can claim against the enterprise
 Government is held responsible according to the law
if the complaint is reasonable.
The Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923
An injury- valid in case of employment should be compensated
 Exceptions: drugs, drinks
violating rules
not taking safety precautions
 Occupational disease
 The compensation should be as below:
(a) If death results from injury- 40% of the monthly wages (or) an

amount of Rs. 20,000(whichever is more)

(b) If permanent total disablement results from injury – Rs 24000
(or) 50% of the monthly wages (whichever is more)
(c ) If temporary disablement, total or partial result from injury –
25% of monthly wages

Note: Workmen’s Compensation Insurance

Note:Specifically, a worker is entitled to
compensation in case of:
Death
 Permanent total disablement
 Permanent Partial disablement
 Temporary disablement – both total and
partial
 It has contracted an occupational disease.