ASSIGNMENT

NICMAR / CODE OFFICE

1. Course No. - NCP 21 2. Course Title - Management in Organization

3. Assignment No. - Thirteen4. Date of Dispatch - ______________________5. Last date of receipt - ______________________

Of Assignment at CODE office

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ASSIGNMENT

Your company has bagged a lucrative contact to construct a housing colony for an

Industrial Group to be located in Western Maharashtra in a coastal belt. You as a

Project Manager has been asked by the company to evolve Organization Structure

With following conditions.

i. Organization should be as lean and thin as a possible with bare minimum Of personnel on company roll up to junior Engineer level. ii. All supervisors to down below will be temporary for project duration Only to be recruited locally from 100km radius. Suggest and discuss an origination structure denoting responsibility, authority, communication control for all facets of construction work and management function as visualized by you.

Housing colony consists of 10 Bungalows for senior executives, 20 Apartments in

Five buildings, 100 dwellings for white collar workers and 300 dwellings for blue

Collared workers. Colony will have market and entertainment complex.

STUDY:

Chapter on Organization Management – Koontz O’Donnell MacDraw Hill publication.

i. Visualize & note all key functions tube carried out for the project.ii. Break down Managerial (Technical and Administrative) functions up to

final level.iii. Evolve required flow of communication.iv. Assign responsibility function to appointment.v. Co-related authorities required to perform the tasks and delegate them.vi. Think about desired control and from a structure for above.vii. Assign suitable sub junior level workers for function.viii. Discuss requirement of no. of personal at each level (Why not less or

More?)

STRUCTURE:

Scope of work

Functions

Input / communication requirement and flow

Authority to carry out functions

Recommendations

Bibliography / Readings.

ASSIGNMENT

NICMAR / CODE OFFICE

1. Course No. - NCP 34 / NCP 292. Course Title - Financial Management & Packing of

Projects3. Assignment No. - Fourteen4. Date of Dispatch - _____________________5. Last date of receipt - _____________________

Of Assignment at CODE office

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ASSIGNMENT

An offer has been given by a Chartable Trust to develop and build a facility on a 10,000 sq. m. of plot in a prime locality of pane where 5000 sq. m. of area will be used by the trust for housing, health facilities for senior citizens. 5000 sq. m. will be given free to developer as a cost of development.Cost of land is Rs. 10,000/ sq. m.Specifications for flooring:

10% Granite

40% Kota stone

50% Mosaic cement tiles

R.C.C. Framed structure

Aluminum sliding windows – Class A.

Rest specifications as used for Class A. constructions.

Discuss the financial viability of the project and the financial planning of the project. Developer would like to have minimum 18% net profit on his investment. Developer can invest only Rs. 10 lakhs as his own funds and can raise not more then Rs. 50 lakhs as bank lone.

KEY

i. Study basic concepts of Capital and Revenue, Finance Resource Mobilization, Cost Accounting, Management Accounting.

ii. Learn to do the budgeting and cash flow forecasting.iii. Study the various methodologies adopted by the firms in analyzing

such a given project viability.iv. Carry out preliminary finance feasibility study of the given project.

SUGGESTED OUTLINE FOR SOLVING THE CASE

1. Project scope/specification 2. Technical studies

a. Technologyb. Cost of constructionc. Manpower requirements/costsd. Design adequacy and alternativese. Work schedule on quarterly basis

3. Financial and economic evaluation a. Total investment costsb. Project financing proposed

- Proposed capital structure/lone requirements- Interest calculations

c. Operating costs with quarterly breakupd. Cash flows

- Prepare quarterly Revenue/ Expenditure (inflow/outflow)- Use NPV/IRR/ payback as measures of financial feasibility

4. Conclusions / Recommendations on financial feasibility of project5. Bibliography/ References

Note: (Please refer chapters on Capital Budgeting for necessary clarity. In this assignment more detailed work is expected on financial evaluation.)

ASSIGNMENT

NICMAR / CODE OFFICE

1. Course No. - NCP 262. Course Title - Construction Project Management

Techniques3. Assignment No. - Fifteen4. Date of Dispatch - ____________________5. Last date of receipt - ____________________

Of Assignment at CODE office

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ASSIGNMENT

A new international cricket facility is to be constructed out side a mega city over a piece of land. Facility to include:

i. Capacity of spectators : 80,000ii. Day / Night play facilityiii. TV camera platform in six directionsiv. Safety of players from spectatorsv. Pavilion for VIPs to sit 300vi. Parking (adequate space for all above)

Time available is 16 months including monsoon. Cost of construction need to be recovered in 5 years. Average cost of ticket is Rs. 100/- Approximant 4 matches per year. Submit the project report covering:

i. Identification of projectii. Stages in development of projectiii. Work break down structure to undertake the projectiv. Milestones & CPM chart for corporate controlv. Cost of project

Assume necessary data.

STUDY

i. Joy P.K. “Handbook on Construction Management” Mac. Millen, Mumbai, 1990

ii. Lt. Col. K.K. Chit Kara “Project Management” Tata McGraw, 1998

KEY

i. Study the process of project identificationii. Learn the project development processiii. Understand project work break down, assessing duration and costing

OUTLINE IN BRIEF

1. Project Identification- Feasibility Studies- Techno – Economic Feasibility Report (TEFR)- Project Definition- Project REPORT

2. Project Development Process- Project Management Organization- Project Planning and Control

3. Project Work Breakdown - Classification of levels- Work Breakdown Methodology- Assessing Duration- Costing Activity

4. CPM / Network Analysis- Network Elements- Analysis Procedure- CPM Network

5. Recommendations / Conclusions6. Bibliography / References

ASSIGNMENT

NICMAR / CODE OFFICE

1. Course No. - NCP 352. Course Title - Risk Management in Construction

Project 3. Assignment No. - Sixteen4. Date of Dispatch - ___________________5. Last date of receipt - ___________________

Of Assignment at CODE office

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ASSIGNMENT

For the successful implementation of a project, it is essential that persons involved in its implementation be sensitive to the risks involved in the project and formulate the most suitable structure for the management of such risks. There are certain variables and uncertainties is common to most of the infrastructure project. Many risk mitigation techniques are applied to infrastructure projects. Discuss in details the risk management in construction with special reference to any project currently in progress with your company.

STUDY

Risk Management for Construction Industry Managers,the lessonbook compiled by

NICMAR.

KEY

i. Describe scope of project in shortii. Explain type of projectiii. Note down important points of perceived construction risk, project

risk, economic risk insurance.iv. Risk mitigation is done in construction infrastructure development

project.

STRUCTURE

v. Name of projectvi. Scope of workvii. Important details project, cost, time, type risk involved, risk mitigation

etc.viii. Important points from contractor’s project managers point of view to

be monitored / resolvedix. Method followed for administer and monitor riskx. Recommendation / Conclusionxi. Bibliography / Readings