PM 0013 – MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES IN PROJECTS

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ASSIGNMENT

DRIVE	SPRING 2016
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.

Question. 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 storable. Storable resources remain available unless depleted by usage, and may be replenished by project tasks which

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

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 are cost, time,

Question. 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 every project. Following is an overview of the top 10 project management challenges that

Question. 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 courses ESI have

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

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? Why do these things happen? What is the difference between those two scenarios? The difference is the leadership. A poor leader fails to bring out the best of an already great team, but a great leader

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.

Question. 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 in your team:

·         They do not get the results you expect from them.

·         They make more mistakes than others in your team.

·         You find yourself spending more time handling them than your other employees.

·         If you turn your back on them for too long, “the wheels fall off”.

Question. 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 discussed. In distributive bargaining, one party’s gain is another party’s loss. This is most commonly explained in terms of a pie. Disputants can work together to make the pie bigger, so there is enough for both of them to have as much as they want, or they can focus on cutting the pie up, trying

Question.6. Safety issues in k.p. metals

K.P. Metals is a leading automotive part manufacturing organisation based out of Manesar. It deals in manufacturing of automotive spare parts and supplies these parts to leading automotive organisations in India. There is a dedicated HR/IR department that takes care of all employee issues including safety issues. The number of accidents at the work-place of K.P. Metals showed a considerable increase in last 3 months. As a result there has been an increase not only in the cost but also in the legal suits against the organisation and also. This baffled management. hired a safety consultant to contain the increasing number of accidents. The safety consultant conducted organisation wide study of the safety policy, types of past accidents and also interviewed some of the employees to understand their perspective on the safety-policy.

After collating the data, the consultant found that the safety policy was drafted in a standard format and was not in accordance with the nature of job the employees were doing. The safety policy clearly mentioned that the wet floor should have a signage board with “Wet floor, Mind your steps” clearly mentioned on it. There was no such signage board in the work floor. The safety policy also clearly mentioned that no worker should be allowed to enter the workplace without the helmet even if the worker is not working on the machine. There were many workers who were working without helmets on dangerous machines. The safety consultant with help of HR/IR department, project managers, inputs from the employees drafted a new customised safety policy and used different inside-marketing tools to communicate the same across organisation. The new safety policy categorically mentioned the rewards and punishments for not abiding by the safety norms. It also made the supervisors responsible for any non-adherence to the safety norms by workers. There was a subsequent decrease in the number of accidents as soon as the new safety policy was introduced.

Discussion questions:

1. Read the case and discuss what else could be incorporated in the safety policyto ensure a safe work environment.

Answer:A safety and health management system means the part of the Organisation's management system which covers:

·         the health and safety work organisation and policy in a company

·         the planning process for accident and ill health prevention

·         the line management responsibilities and

2. What were the flaws in the previous safety policy and how the new safety policyaddressed those flaws?

Answer:The Community Tool Box advocates for participatory approaches to planning and, in this case, for a participatory approach to analysis and intervention as well. The presence of members of the groups affected by the issue will ensure that everyone knows its full context and history, as well as what various segments of the community might be willing and unwilling to do about it. Those who should be involved include:

·         Those directly affected by, or at risk for, a particular health condition or community development issue.

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