WEEK 1

TOPIC 1
PRI NCI PLES
OF
MANAGEMENT
 COURSE OUTCOMES ( CO)
At the end of the course, the students should be able
to:-
CO1: Justify basic knowledge of the latest
development in the construction industry.
CO2: Construct investigation related to pre-
construction activities with implementation of good
management practices during construction.
CO3: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding or
engineering management skills in task related to
structural and material.
 PROGRAMME OUTCOMES ( PO)
PO1: Apply knowledge of mathematics, natural science,
engineering fundamentals and an engineering specialization to
wide practical procedures and practices.

PO4: Conduct investigations of well-defined problems; locate and

search relevant codes and catalogues, conduct standard tests and
measurements.

PO11: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of engineering

management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a
member or leader in a technical team and to manage projects in
multidisciplinary environments.
LESSON OUTCOMES
( LO)
At t h e en d of t h is m od u le, st u d en t s sh ou ld b e ab le t o:
Un d er st an d t h e seq u en t ial an d con t in u ou s f u n ct ion of
con st r u ct ion m an agem en t .
Exp lain t h e p r in cip le r eq u ir em en t s an d p r ocesses
in vo lved in seq u en t ial f u n ct ion of co n st r u ct ion
m an agem en t .
 CONSTRUCTI ON
In t h e f ield s of ar ch it ect u r e an d civil en gin eer in g, co n st r u ct ion is a
p r ocess t h at co n sist s of t h e b u ild in g o r assem b lin g o f
in f r ast r u ct u r e, w h ich m ay in vo lve so m e o r an y o f t h e act ivit y as
f ollow :-
Sit e Posit ion

Sit e Clear in g

Sit e Co n st r u ct io n (Su b -St r u ct u r e + Su p er -St r u ct u r e)

Test in g an d Com ission in g + Def ect Liab ilit y Per io d

CCC

Han d -Over
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 MANAGEMENT
Th e ar t an d scien ce o f con t r ollin g h u m an r esou r ces, eq u ip m en t ,
m at er ials, cash f low an d sch ed u le t o co m p let e a p r oject w it h in a
sp ecif ied t im e an d ap p r o ved co st eff icien t ly an d eff ect ively.
Var io u s act ivit ies in volvin g t h e o r gan izat io n at m u lt i-level of
t h e n u m b er of in d ivid u als.
Th e f u n ct ion of get t in g t h in gs d on e t h r ou gh o t h er p eop le.

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 CONSTRUCTI ON
MANAGEMENT
St u d y an d p r act ice of t h e m an ager ial an d t ech n o logical
asp ect s in con st r u ct ion in d u st r y.
E.g.: con st r u ct io n , co n st r u ct io n scien ce, con st r u ct ion
m an agem en t an d co n st r u ct ion t ech n olo gy.
M ay also ser ve as a con su lt an t , p r o vid in g b o t h d esign an d
t ech n ical con st r u ct io n ad vice.

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FUNCTI ONS OF
MANAGEMENT Sequential Function
Occur in sequence
Includes planning, organizing, staffing, directing
and controlling (POSDC)
Output or result of an activity is m easured
Necessary corrective action will be proposed
Appears in cycle
MOSTLY OCCUR DURING
CONSTRUCTION STAGE

Continuous Function
Problem analysis, decision-m aking and
com m unicating
Throughout the
m anagem ent processes rather than any
particular sequence
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 SEQUENTI AL FUNCTI ON
MANAGEMENT
INPUT OUTPUT
1. Planning
2. Organizing
3. Staffing
4. Directing
5. Controlling

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 SEQUENTI AL
FUNCTI ON
INPUT
MANAGEMENT
SUCCESSFUL
(Resources) = MANAGEMEN OUTPUT
Hum an, Financial, T =
Time, Money and
Technological = Quality
and Natural Efficiently
+
Effectively

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 PLANNI NG
W ho conducts Planning?

Plan n er o r M an ager .
On e w h o d ir ect s t h e w or k o f o t h er s
an d w h o d o es h is wo r k b y get t in g
ot h er t o d o t h eir s.
‘Peop le at t h e t o p ’.

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 PLANNI NG
Th e f o r m u lat io n o f a cou r se of act ion
(o b ject ives) t o gu id e a p r oject t o
co m p let ion .
Resou r ces p lan n in g m an agem en t
in clu d in g t im e, cost , eq u ip m en t ,
m an p o w er an d sch ed u le.
Use M ast er Wor k Pr o gr am m e t o
b r eakd ow n t h e m ain act ivit ies (Task) in t o
sm aller act ivit ies (Su b -Task).

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 PLANNI NG
5 Steps Involved In Planning Process.

Id en t if icat io n o f o b ject ive d esir ed .

Exp r essio n o f t h e ob ject ive (t im e).
Assessm en t o f r esou r ces (availab le vs.
r eq u ir ed ).
Est ab lish m en t o f t h e m ost eco n om ical
m et h o d (o b ject ive + t im e
+ r eso u r ces).
Sp ecif y t h e allocat io n s of
r esp on sib ilit ies.

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 ORGANI ZI NG
Th e p r o cess o f assign in g t asks, allocat in g
r eso u r ces an d ar r an gin g coo r d in at ed
act ivit ies t o im p lem en t p lan s.
Est ab lish in g t h e o r gan izat ion al
st r u ct u r e.
Def in in g r esp o n sib ilit ies of each
d ep ar t m en t .
Est ab lish r elat io n sh ip b et w een
in d ivid u al/ d ep ar t m en t t o ot h er s.

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 STAFFI NG
Co n t r ol select io n of in d ivid u als w h o
h ave t h e exp er t ise t o p r o d u ce t h e
w or k.
Peo p le ar e t h e m ost im p o r t an t r eso u r ce
as t h ey p r o vid e t h e kn o w led ge t o
d esign , coor d in at e an d con st r u ct t h e
p r o ject .
Co n sist s o f assign in g h u m an r eso u r ces,
w or k p r ogr ess evalu at ion , p r om o t in g
an d su sp en d in g h u m an r eso u r ces.

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 About Planning,
Organizing and St affing
PLANNING, ORGANIZING an d STAFFING ar e THE M OST
INTER-RELATED p r o cesses in p er f o r m in g p lan n in g
m an agem en t .

Th is can b e id en t if ied w h en p r ep ar in g t h e M ast er Wor k

Pr ogr am m e eit h er via Excel w or ksh eet o r M icr osof t Pr oject
or Pr im aver a.

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 DI RECTI NG
Pr o cess o f d ir ect in g, issu in g
or d er s/ in st r u ct io n s t o t h e h u m an r esou r ce
eff or t s w it h gu id an ce o f w or k f o r p r oject
com p let io n .
Im p or t an t skills r eq u ir ed ;
com m u n icat io n , m o t ivat ion , d ecisio n
m akin g, p r o b lem so lvin g, su p er vision an d
p u b lic r elat io n .
In f lu en cin g ot h er s' b eh aviou r ,
lead er sh ip an d d iscip lin e.
St ep s in clu d e st aff in g, t r ain in g, su p er visin g,
d elegat in g an d m o t ivat in g.

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 DI RECTI NG
Steps Involved In Directing Process St aff in g:
seein g t h at a q u alif ied p er son is select ed f or
each p o sit ion .

Tr ain in g: t each in g in d ivid u als an d gr ou p s h ow t o

f u lf ill t h eir d u t ies an d r esp o n sib ilit ies.

Su p er visin g: givin g ot h er s d ay-t o-d ay in st r u ct ion ,

gu id an ce as r eq u ir ed so t h at t h ey can f u lf ill t h eir
d u t ies an d r esp o n sib ilit ies.

Delegat in g: assign in g w or k, r esp on sib ilit y an d

au t h o r it y so o t h er s can m ake m axim u m
u t ilizat ion of t h eir ab ilit ies.

M o t ivat in g: en co u r agin g ot h er s t o p er f or m b y
f u lf illin g o r ap p ealin g t o t h eir n eed s.

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 CONTROLLI NG
Est ab lish a syst em t o m easu r e, r ep o r t an d
f or ecast o u t co m e/ cor r ect ive act ion s in
p r o ject sco p e, b u d get , sch ed u le.
Req u ir es t h e con t in u al r ep o r t in g of
in f or m at ion in a t im ely m an n er t o h ave
d ir ect m an agem en t r esp on d .
M o st d iff icu lt t asks.
St ep s; d et er m in e st an d ar d an d p r o gr ess,
p r o gr ess evalu at ion , est ab lish ver if icat ion
syst em , co r r ect ive p lan .
En su r es t h at p lan s ar e b ein g
im p lem en t ed p r op er ly (in f lu en ce
sch ed u le, cost , q u alit y, et c.).

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 CONTROLLI NG
3 steps process of measuring progress
towards an objective, evaluating what
remains to be done and taking the necessary
corrective action to achieve or exceed the
objectives as follow:-

M easu r in g: d et er m in in g t h r ou gh f o r m al an d
in f or m al r ep o r t s t h e d egr ee t o wh ich
p r o gr ess t o w ar d ob ject ives is b ein g m ad e.
Evalu at in g: d et er m in in g cau se o f an d p ossib le
w ays t o act on sign if ican t d eviat ion s f r om
p lan n ed p er f o r m an ce.
Cor r ect in g: t akin g con t r o l act ion t o co r r ect
an u n f avo u r ab le t r en d or t o t ake ad van t age
of an u n u su ally f avou r ab le t r en d .

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 Ot her Relat ed Examples
Con st r u ct ion of Ho u sin g Ar ea (RM 500,000,000 in 2 year s d u r at ion ).

Du r in g d esign st age, m ost of t h e p r o b lem s t h at ar e exp ect ed w ill b e an alyzed an d

co m m u n icat ed t h or ou gh ly so t h at t h e p r o ject is ab le t o r u n sm oot h ly. Ho w ever ,
co n t in u ou s f u n ct io n d oes n ot n ecessar ily st op t h er e. It d ep en d s o n t h e p r oject
p r ogr ess.

Plan n in g – Plan n in g an d p r ep ar in g f o r ar ch it ect u r al d r aw in g, en gin eer in g d esign ,

b u d get an d assess an y ot h er r elat ed it em s r eq u ir ed t o co m p let e t h e p r o ject .

Or gan izin g – Delegat in g t asks b et w een p er so n n el an d d ep ar t m en t r eq u ir ed su ch as

p r oject m an ager , m at er ial su p p lier , co n t r act o r et c.

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 Ot her Relat ed Examples
( Cont .)
St aff in g – Recr u it in g an d select in g t h e r eq u ir ed p er so n f o r t h e r igh t job su ch as
licen sed lor r y d r iver t o d r ive a lor r y an d gen er al w o r ker t o d o var iou s
co n st r u ct io n jo b in clu d in g con cr et e cast in g.

Dir ect in g – Pr oject M an ager w ill p lay t h e vit al r o le h er e t o en su r e ever yo n e f eels

m ot ivat ed t o com p let e t h e p r o ject an d acco m p lish t h eir t asks t h r ou gh o u t t h e
p r oject lif ecycle.

Con t r ollin g – En su r e t h at lab o u r s ar e w or kin g acco r d in gly t o t h eir sch ed u le

w it h ou t h avin g t o ext en d t h e or igin al p lan an d com p let e t h e over all p r o ject
w it h in t h e lim it ed b u d get an d sp ecif ied t im e.
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SUMMARY

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Janidah Eman ( Ui TMPP) Nur Mu

izzah Nawi ( Ui TMJ)
Mu ham mad I sha I smail ( Ui TMP) No or
Raifana Ab Rahim ( Ui TMJ)
 REFERENCES

Chitkara, K. K. ( 2 0 14 ) . Const ruction Project Managem

ent. Tata Mc Graw- Hi ll Education.

Kn utson, K., Schexnayder, C. J . , F iori, C., Mayo, R. E. (

2 0 09 ) . Const ruction Management Fu ndamentals ( 2 nd ed.).
Mc Graw- Hi ll

Additional Notes: Principles of Ma

nage m ent Manage m ent Principles
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