PM0013 – MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES IN PROJECTS

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ASSIGNMENT

DRIVE	SPRING 2015
PROGRAM	MBADS (SEM 3/SEM 5) MBAFLEX/ MBA (SEM 3) PGDPMN (SEM 1)
SUBJECT CODE & NAME	PM 0013 – MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES IN PROJECTS
BK ID	B1939
CREDITS& MARKS	4 CREDITS & 60 MARKS

Note: Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.

Q. 1. Write short notes on:

a) Project resources:In project management terminology, resources are required to carry out the project tasks. They can be people, equipment, facilities, funding, or anything else capable of definition (usually other than labour) required for the completion of a project activity. The lack of a resource will therefore be a constraint on the completion of the project activity. Resources may be storable or non

b) Need for human resource management: An organisation cannot build a good team of working professionals without good Human Resources. The key functions of the Human Resources Management (HRM) team include recruiting people, training them, performance appraisals, motivating employees

c) Project manager:A project manager is the person responsible for accomplishing the stated project objectives. Key project management responsibilities include creating clear and attainable project objectives, building the project requirements, and managing the constraints of the project management triangle, which

Q. 2. What are the major challenges in developing an efficient project team?

List the major challenges in developing an efficient project team

Briefly explain the 9 major challenges in developing an efficient project team

Answer:Balancing all the elements of a complex project - time, money, scope and people - is the project manager's job. Excellent project management training is essential to successfully dealing with the unexpected challenges that come with

Q. 3. Write short notes on

a) Skills required by a project manager:What qualities are most important for a project leader to be effective? Over the past few years, the people at ESI International, world leaders in Project Management Training, have looked in to what makes an effective project leader. With the unique opportunity to ask some of the most talented project leaders in the world on their Project Leadership

b) Delphi technique of estimating manpower requirements of projects:The objective of most Delphi applications is the reliable and creative exploration of ideas or the production of suitable information for decision making.  The Delphi Method is based on a structured process for collecting and distilling knowledge from a group of experts by means of a series of questionnaires interspersed with controlled opinion

c) Importance of leadership in project management: Have you ever been a part of a team that had great potential but could not achieve excellence because of the components of the team? Have you ever been a part of a team whose components seemed to be lacking until everyone pulled together to accomplish something great?

d) Goal setting theory: In 1960’s, Edwin Locke put forward the Goal-setting theory of motivation. This theory states that goal setting is essentially linked to task performance. It states that specific and challenging goals along with appropriate feedback contribute to higher and better task performance.

Q. 4. What measures would you follow to deal with poor performers?

List the measures you would follow to deal with poor performers

Explain the reason why you choose these measures

Explain the various measures you would follow to deal with poor performers and

Analyse how these measures will improve the performance

Answer:Poor performance in an employee can be a problem. Here’s how to manage them so you don’t spend all your time on it.

You know when you have a poor performer

Q. 5. Explain various types of collective bargaining.

Answer:A collective bargaining process generally consists of four types of activities- distributive bargaining, integrative bargaining, attitudinal restructuring and intra-organizational bargaining.

Distributive bargaining:It involves haggling over the distribution of surplus. Under it, the economic issues like wages, salaries and bonus are

Q. 6. Discuss the concept of issue logs.

Answer: Issue log is a documentation element of software project management. An issue log contains a list of ongoing and closed issues of the project. While issue logs can be viewed as a way to track errors in the project, the role it plays often extends further. Issue logs can be used to order and organize the current issues by type and severity in order to prioritize issues associated with the current milestone or iteration. Issue logs may also contain customer requests and remarks about the various problems that can be

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