ASSIGNMENT NO -2

ON
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
(PGPM 12)

SUBMITTED TO:
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CONTRUCTION
MANAGEMENT
& RESEARCH (NICMAR) PUNE.
SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
(SODE)
By
Mr. abc
(PGDPM)
Reg.no.-abc

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HUMAN
RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT

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CONTENTS
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DESCRIPTION
ASSIGNMENT.
UNDERSTANDING THE MAIN PROBLEM.
REASONS OF VARIOUS PROBLEM
NEEDS AND THEIR FULFILLMENT AT

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SITE
SUGGESTED METHOD FOR HYGIENE

FACTORS
SUGGESTED METHOD FOR

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MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS
RECOMMENDATION TO MANAGEMENT
BIBLIOGRAPHY/ READINGS

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ASSIGNMENT:
You are a Project Manager on site where work for 3K.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 accidents on site are increasing.
Management has urged to do something so that time targets can be
achieved. Discuss how will you tackle the problem and increase the output of
the work.

UNDERSTANDING THE MAIN PROBLEM:

It is a typical problem faced at construction site located in remote regions.
Both workforce and management slowly become tired with a life of work and
no source of entertainment, social gathering etc. It leads to frustration
among people working in remote areas. But the case presented here has
worsened, possibly due to lack of basic infrastructure i.e. proper housing and
healthcare facilities and easy availability of liquor.
Also it is evident that a safety officer is not present at the work site and work
force is not kept motivated by the leadership. As a result the project is losing
both quality and time.
MAIN PROBLEMS:
1. Absenteeism Due To Sickness: Lack of Medication, Bad housekeeping and
good food facility at site, Unviability of basic infrastructure like toilets,
Hunt, drainage, bad transportation facilities etc.
2. Absenteeism Due To Quarrels: Lack of Motivation and creating team sprits
among staff.
3. Drinking of alcohol: Lack of Discipline at site, Easy Availability of alcohol.
4. Accidents at site: improper training of staff desired work, Lack of Safety
Officer ti create awareness among staff to follow required level of safety
during work e.g. Safety shoes, Helmet, Hand Glows, reflective jackets,
Safety belt etc.
5. Motivational problems: to create awareness in staff that different from
other staff thats why only they got opportunity to work under those
circumstances isolated area with high level of challenges.

REASONS OF VARIOUS PROBLEMS:

Lack of Manpower Management (or) Planning
Un-Hygienic surroundings & Temporary Accommodation
Lack of Medication
Lack of healthy food.
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Lack of religious places.

Lack of Discipline at site
Availability of Alcohol
Lack of Safety officer and awareness among staff for following safety norms
during work.
Lack of good accommodation for worker and staff.
Lack of basic facility like toilet, shops etc.
Lack of social gathering for creating good environment among staff and
worker.
Creating team spirit among the staff.

NEEDS AND THEIR FULFILMENT ON SITE: Lack of Manpower Management (or) Planning

Prepare a proper schedule of the Project and Assign Resources to each

Task i.e. each Activity, Assigning Resources means Identify manpower
required for each Task and what is the availability of manpower and
how much work has been done till date and how much work is to be
done. Identify Type of manpower required i.e. Skilled (or) unskilled.

If manpower is in adequate try to get more manpower or Try to use the

available manpower Fully so that maximum amount of work to
complete and try to complete the Urgent woks such that it does not
affect our project duration, reschedule the project and updated
schedule to head office and inform them weekly work progress so that
they can help you to overcome the manpower problem (or),

Try to motivate the available manpower by giving extra benefits if they

complete the project in time. (Or)

If manpower is very less than required then immediately inform head

office so that they can send some more manpower so that the project
can run smoothly.

Suggestion & Recommendation to Management on Manpower

Management (or) Planning
Understand the project in all respects and get all details of the
projects i.e.
o Site condition,
o contract conditions,
o technical specifications,
o construction techniques, and

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o time frame.
Working out the labour component in various parameters of the project
.by using constants to workout labour requirement Classifying and
categorizing labour requirement and various jobs by level of skill,
responsibility, nature of work etc. Determine the duration of each job
or task at every stage of project.
Estimate the number of manpower required in view of the anticipated
of absenteeism and labour turnover and the stability factor.
After understanding the factors stated above, following
principles should be applied
o Care and skill should be exercised in the selection of employees.
o Introduction to the job should be friendly, skillful and adequate.
o Each employee should be made to feel that his efforts are really
appreciated.
Administrative setup
Based on the construction programme and various other norms, the
administrative set up is worked out for completion of project.
Un-Hygienic surroundings & Temporary Accommodation
Before Starting of the project Management has to well plan because this
project is long duration so manpower involved will be more it is the one of
the preliminary need for the employees & workers.
Lack of Medication
Management should send a medical team to site and they should stay there
till completion of project. They should be supplied necessary equipments and
medical kits so that they can manage any hazardous situation i.e. any
sudden accidents they can handle the situation, any epidemic occurred they
can overcome that situation. By this work will be smoothly progressed and
number of workers absenteeism will be reduced. Worker who is sick will be
taken care by medical team he will be recovered quickly and he can start
doing the work so that manpower problem is solved.
Lack of healthy food:
Place is completely isolated from town so management should take step
forward by giving healthy food to staff and worker with low cost.
Lack of Discipline at site:
Management should setup some rules and regulation regarding work such
as:
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1. Presenting at work site in good manner.

2. Drinking of alcohol or eating of unhealthy material at site during work is
prohibited.
3. Discussion on any sensitive issue like religion etc. is not allowed in group.
Availability of Alcohol:
Good security system should be adopted to find out places where selling of
alcoholic product is being done and with the approval of management strong
action shall be taken to stop such activity
Lack of social gathering for creating good environment among staff
and worker.
Absenteeism and Turnover
The Department of Energy study indicated that the absenteeism and
turnover are a relatively minor concern to workmen. Still, they can have a
major impact on total project productivity. High rates of absenteeism are a
concern, however, to individuals who had to carry extra workloads to
compensate for missing crewmembers. The low job satisfaction resulted in
high absence from work and high turnover. Thus absenteeism and turnover
can be viewed as effects of motivational Activities or demotivation concerns.
The cost of motivational programs is often justified by the reduced
absenteeism and turnover.

SUGGESTION METHODS FOR HYGIENE FACTORS:Management has to well plan for the temporary shelters in such a way that
number of workers will be involved in the project and how many shelters are
required and for different category of employees will be working at site and
different types of shelters should be constructed with different facility what
all materials required for construction any how much time required to
construct it so that all those thing should be completed before starting of
project, Management should built temporary shelters for the workers who will
be working at site because the site is at remote area workers cannot be able
to say at their home and come for work it is the preliminary requirement for
the workers so management has to take extra precautions, A site office also
be built with all necessary requirements, drinking water should be good
because most of diseases are spread by water so it is important step to
taken care by management.

SUGGESTION METHODS FOR MOTIVATIONAL FACTOR:-

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Motivation of Employees in Construction Project

Motivation is the driving force within individuals that drive them
physiologically and psychologically to pursue one or more goals to fulfil their
needs or expectations. Motivators may be intrinsic or extrinsic. An example
of an intrinsic motivator is the self-fulfilment of a worker as a result of
performing a task well.
Motivation of labour in Construction Project
Construction labour can be motivated. This is important because dwindling
productivity is a major problem confronting construction today. Productivity
has decreased every year for the past decade, in part because of increasing
design complexity, more rigorous federal and state regulations and socioeconomic changes affecting the work force. Our findings indicate that a
highly motivated workforce enhances productivity and project effectiveness.
In construction, the work itself that is, the building of a structure for all to
behold is a key motivator for all levels of management and the work force.

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RECOMMENDATIONS TO MANAEGMENT:Management always do cost cutting by not providing basic needs to staff and
worker, saving money with less safety equipment, not providing good facility
of transportation and accommodation.
Project manager shall relies to Management due to above points staff are
leaving job or not doing their work with willingness and more time and
money are getting involved in interview of new people and their training and
before we make good system of work its getting brock up due to issues
which is very small in compared to companies goal and target.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY / READINGS
MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIZATION BY KOONTZ AND ODONEAL, MCGRAW HILL
PUBLICATION

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