MODULE CODE: 26 6703 00S

SEMESTER ONE EXAMINATION February, 2014 Model Paper

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FACULTY: Development and Society
DEPARTMENT: Built Environment
MODULE TITLE: Production Organisation & Human Resource Management
TIME ALLOWED: 3 hours (plus 10 minutes reading time)
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2. Candidates must NOT use red ink on the script answer book.
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must be cleared before the start of the paper.
4. Answer FOUR questions out of six.
5. The examination is CLOSED BOOK. No material can be taken in.
6. Notes CANNOT be used.
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2 x 16 Page Answer Booklets

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Q1.
a. Explain the importance of following aspects in human resource development in a
production organization
a. Recruitment
b. Leadership and motivation
b. List methods of advertising of vacancies for human resources in an organization?
Suggest a recruitment method with reasoning that could be adopted by a production
organization
c. Compare the training requirement of permanent, contract and casual employment in a
production organization.
d. Compare the benefits of recruiting internally and externally?
Q2.
a. What is meant by a method statement? Briefly explain how a method statement is
developed for a particular task?
b. It is required to completely demolish a timber bridge across a creek, which has a 4.8
meters long span and 1.5 meters wide deck, and replace it with a good quality GI
bridge of same dimensions. With the assumptions of use of suitable specifications
of standards and materials, develop a method statement for the task. Indicate all the
assumptions made.
Q3.
a. Explain the term sub-contracting?
b. List three (3) major advantages of sub-contracting of work activities in a production
organization?
c. Discuss the importance of following in a construction organization.
i. Resource levelling
ii. Termination of a contract
iii. Quality control of material resources
Q4.
ABC Construction (Pvt) Ltd is recently awarded a job for construction of a hospital complex.
The scope of the project spans from initial ground preparations to handing over the ready to
dwell condominium.
a. Identify at least ten (12) different activities in the project.
b. Tabulate required resources and the time requirement for each activity.
c. Logically define precedence relationships of the said activities.
d. Construct a project network and identify critical path and project completion time.
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Q5.
a. List three (3) main features expected from project management software.
b. Propose a stepwise method of choosing a suitable software package for a construction
project management.
c. Explain three (3) main limitations of using project management software in
construction industry?
Q6.
a. Explain the following with suitable examples.
I. Occupational safety in a construction site
II. Practices and techniques to eliminate risks and hazards from construction sites
b. In a railroad construction project, materials and equipment delivered at the sites
are to be handled and transported across rough terrains with no proper road access.
Suppose you are the project manager and you understand that safety of the workers
is a mandatory requirement. Stating assumptions, list possible occupational risks in
the parts and materials handling process and illustrate the development of a method
statement to minimize these risks.
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