PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First of all I would like to express my deepest appreciation to all those who provided me the possibility to complete this report, I give my special gratitude to my lecturers MR.GAMINI RAJAKARUNA and Mrs. GUNATHNA they gave me moral support and guided me in different matters regarding the topic, they had been very kind and patient while suggesting me the outlines of this project, and correcting my doubts, I thank them for overall support. Furthermore I would also like to acknowledge to my classmates to give me overall supports, and my special thanks goes my selected organization(Sierra construction Pvt Ltd) Project Manager MR. BANDARA and Site engineer MR. RIYAS to give me a supportive advise about the project which are needed, also I t Last but not the least I would like to thank every single person who helped me in their own way to finish this Project with related thoughtful ideas and co -operation to make this assignment successful. Thank you

M.Y.M.ASLAM

Page I

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

INTRODUCTION

Production organization and human resources management are the main area which the project manger has to understand deeply, because construction projects are depend on the performance of the project manager, when he managing and maintaining the product and the human resources well, they can success in the project. As I worked as a trainee in Water Supply project which undertaken by Sierra construction Pvt ltd, at Muthur in Trincomalee district, I could observe more knowledge, it was more helpful to complete this project successfully. Also I explained every task with getting the sound knowledge from actual project professionals, because I had a good relationship with them due to worked in an organization, therefore I could get the necessary information from them.

M.Y.M.ASLAM

Page II

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

CONTENT
NO DESCRIPTION PAGE NO III 01 Acknowledgement III 02 Introduction III 03 Content III 04 Executive summery 05 V Introduction about proposed water supply project TASK - 01 06 01 Important of planning in construction projects 07 01 Pre tender stage 08 02 Pre contract stage 09 02 Network diagram 10 03 Gantt charts 11 04 Baseline curves TASK - 02 12 05 three main types of sub-contractor 13 05 Advantages of subcontracting 14 06 Disadvantages of subcontracting 15 06 Planning and controlling sub contract work TASK - 03 16 08 Relationship between the risk assessment and method statement 17 08 Risk assessment and risk management in projects 18 08-10 Possible risks expected in water supply project TASK - 04 19 11 Impact of Information technology in project management 20 12 Software packages in production organization 21 13 Feathers of Software packages in production organization TASK - 05 22 14 Recruitment in water supply project 23 15 Importance of training, promoting and recognizing the human capital in projects 24 16 Labour turn over in production organization 25 26 27 Figure - 01 Figure - 01 Figure - 01 Figure - 01 Conclusion References Annexes 02 03 04 07 III III-III III

28 29 30

M.Y.M.ASLAM

Page III

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

EXECUTIVE SUMMERY
This report mainly refer such areas of duties and responsibility of project manager, and mainly targeting the water supply project, because he have huge responsibility of managing this project, therefore I have done this report by indicating the major duties and knowledge which project manager has to know Also I have prepared this report based on the water supply project, as a project manager he has to have knowledge in some critical areas, I have analyzed in following way: Planning the project in different stages such as pre tender and pre contract Usage of planning tools such as net work diagram, Gantt chart and base line curve Managing sub contractors with proper planning and controlling Managing the risks which occur during the project Usage of information technology and software to communicate with the parties involving in the project Understanding of human capital and recruit them in proper manner by training and promoting them.

Addition to that I have compared each one with water supply project.

M.Y.M.ASLAM

Page IV

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

INTRODUCTION ABOUT PROPOSED WATER SUPPLY PROJECT The local water supply authority has received a loan grant from an international agency for a project to upgrade and expand the water supply facilities for the neighboring community, the grant will be released in three stages of total project period, and it was planned to execute the project within four years, therefore the main project sub divided into no of sub projects to handle easily as follow. Construction of elevated water tower Laying distribution pipe Construction of treatment plant Flash mixing chamber Flocculate & sedimentation tank Filter house Clear water tank High lift pump house Back off recovery tank Sludge balancing tank Sludge pump house Plate thickener Sludge drying beds Chlorinator house Chemical building Administration and laboratory General store & workshop

M.Y.M.ASLAM

Page V

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

CONCLUSION

Construction industry one of the fast growing industries in the world, therefore managing the productivity of the organization and human capitals in this industry are considered as major critical activities. Therefore project managers are appointed to handle these activities with their professionalism, so they expected to have deep knowledge in such areas. Therefore this report mainly indicates those areas, and suggests how to handle those areas in professional manner, also it has prepared based on the case study, by meeting the industry working people, and getting knowledge from them. I hope it will be useful for the construction professionals, who are working and studying in construction related field and study.

M.Y.M.ASLAM

Page VI

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

REFERENCES
1) P S Gahlot, B M Dhir (2007).Construction Planning and Management, K.K.Gupta for New Age International (P) Ltd. 2) K. K. Chitkara (1998), Construction Project Management, Tata McGraw-Hill Education 3) Moises Ortiz (2008), The project baseline a project management definition [online], lased accessed 20 July 2013 at: http://www.pmhut.com/the-projectbaseline-a-project-management-definition 4) Gantt chart usage http://www.gantt.com/ [Online]. Last accessed 15 July 2013 at:

5) James M. Wilson(2003), Gantt charts: A centenary appreciation, Department of Business and Management, Glasgow University, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK 6) RICS draft guidance note - The construction sectors and roles for the chartered quantity surveyor [online]. Last accessed 22 July 2013 at: https://consultations.rics.org/consult.ti/construction_sectors/view?objectId=79 8772&docid=797844 7) Designing Buildings Wiki, Sub Contractors, [Online]. Last accessed 15 July 2013 at: http://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Sub-contractor 8) Business dictionary, definition of sub-contracting [online]. Last accessed 20 July 2013 at: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/subcontracting.html#ixzz2ZSpD3 nT5 9) Assessing all work at height, [online]. Last accessed 16 July 2013 at: http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/assess.htm

10) Bin Kim Harrison, why employee recognition is so important, [online], last accessed 19 July 2013 at: http://www.cuttingedgepr.com/articles/emprecog_so_important.asp

M.Y.M.ASLAM

Page VII

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

11) Web Su-Kat, promotion, [online]. Last accessed 17 July 2013 at: http://www.websukat.com/HRM-promotion.htm 12) Design & Construct, Construction recruitment, [online]. Last accessed 27 July 2013 at: http://www.designandconstruct.com.au/-392006/Construction-recruitment 13) Sarah K. Yazinski, University of Scranton (2009), Strategies for Retaining Employees and Minimizing Turnover, [online]. Last accessed 17 July 2013 at: http://hr.blr.com 14) Business dictionary,[online], Last accessed 20 July 2013 at: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/

M.Y.M.ASLAM

Page VIII

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

ANNEXES

M.Y.M.ASLAM

Page IX