Course Contact Total
Course Course Pre- Course Credit
Department Type Hours Contact
No Title Requisites Nature Hours
LTP Hours
Civil Project OE None
CEO4750 Theory 4 3 1 0 4
Engineering Management
Course Assessment Method
1. Assignments and Oral Quizzes (15%)
2. Mid-Semester Examination (25%)- 1 Hour
3. End Semester Examination (60%)- 2 Hour
Course Objective
To make the student familiar with project, non-project activity and various types of project, diversified
application of project management knowledge and interlinking of technological and managerial knowledge.
To make the student conversant with fundamentals of management knowledge and various frontiers of
management knowledge with especial reference to project management knowledge. To make the student
conversant with notion of cost, cost accounting, various types of cost, cost optimization techniques, technical
as well as managerial. To make the student conversant with the phrase estimate is an opinion price is policy
and cost is a fact. To make the student conversant with work break down structure, the realm of network
analysis, concept a usage, statistical analysis and basic research methodology. To make the student
conversant with principles of purchasing, pricing policy, value analysis and specification writing. To make
the student conversant with the importance of human capital, wage concepts, human resource planning,
development and management.
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, it is expected that students will be able to
1. Distinguish between project and non-project activity, identify need specific project estimate and
should be able to prepare Work Break-Down Structure of simple projects
2. Identify, analyse and record various types of cost involved in a project
3. Apply cardinal principle principles of Research Methodology and Theory of Knowledge viz.
Observation, contemplation, experimentation and documentation of knowledge
4. Apply basic principles of Purchase Management and Pricing Theory to the real world Apply cardinal
principles of human behaviour , wage policy and Human Resource Management
Topics
Unit-1 Management Fundamentals: Introduction to realm of management and concept of project and
project managements, definition of project and epistemology of project management knowledge,
inherent characteristic of project, project life cycle and various phases of project in detail,
classification of projects , introduction of cost , classification of cost and its application, uses of cost
data ,recording of cost and its importance ,types of estimates and accuracy , concept of Ceiling Limit,
case studies and professional practice.
Unit-2 Network Analysis: Introduction to pictorial presentation of data, merits and demerits of various
techniques, work breakdown structure, network analysis like CPM and PERT, critical path and
crashing, over-view of statistics, application of statistics in management, model building and uses of
model in management, theory of knowledge and research methodology in management, case studies
and professional practice.
Unit-3 Materials Management: Introduction to purchase management, objectives of purchasing activity,
specification, fundamentals of materials management, pricing theory and general economic
considerations, principles of negotiations, discounts and quality assurance, different types of
purchasing, make or buy decision, value analysis, process of standardization and patenting, BS and
ISO standards, case studies and professional practice.
Unit-4 Human Resource Management: Introduction and importance of human capital, dynamics and
dualism in the labour market in India, labour supply, participation rates, and working hours, wage
concept, various types of wages, wage fixation, punishment, rewards and benefits for human resource,
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history of HR in India, HRP role and effectiveness, HR planning, HRM Information system,
performance measurements and employee carrier, strategic HRP in project management, case studies
and professional practice.
Suggested Books
1 Antill, James M., Woodhead, Ronald W, "Critical Path Methods In Construction Practice", John
Wiley, NY, USA [ISBN: 0471866121]
2 Peurifoy, Schexnayder and Shapira, "Construction Planning, Equipments And Methods", McGraw Hill,
Tokyo, JAPAN [ISBN:13: 978-. 0130426727.]
3 B. Sengupta and H. Guha, "Construction Management And Planning", Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi,
INDIA [ISBN : 0074623982]
4 Patil B.S., "Civil Engineering Contracts And Estimates (Vol-1 and Vol-2)", Orient Longman Limited,
New Delhi, INDIA [ISBN: 10:8173715599, ISBN: 13:9788173715594]
5 P.K.Joy, "Hand Book Of Construction Management", Macmillan India Limited, New Delhi, INDIA
[ISBN: 0333926935]
6 Mark Saunders, "Research Methods For Business Students", Pearson Education Limited [ISBN: 978-
81-317-0115-7]
7 Donald Dobler, LaMar Lee and David N. Burt, "Purchasing And Supply Management", McGraw Hill [
ISBN-13: 978-0070370890, ISBN-10: 0070370893]
8 Harold R. Kerzner, "Project Management: A Systems Approach To Planning, Scheduling And
Controlling", Wiley Publications [ISBN: 978-1-118-02227-6]
9 Kenneth K. Humphreys, "Jelen's Cost Optimization Engineering", McGraw-Hill
Science/Engineering/Math, 1991[ISBN 10: 0070536465 ISBN 13: 9780070536463]
10 Harold Koontz, "Essentials Of Management Mcgraw-Hill Series In Management", Tata McGraw-
Hill Education, 2015[ISBN: 0070144958, ISBN: 9780070144958]
11 James Arthur Finch Stoner, R. Edward Freeman, Daniel R., Jr. Gilbert, "Management", Prentice
Hall, 1995[ ISBN 10: 0131087479, ISBN 13: 9780131087477]
13 BiswajeetPattanayak ,"Human Resource Management",PHI Learning, 2010
[ISBN: 978-81-203-4962-9]
14 "Quantitative Aptitude", The Publication Department on behalf of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
India, A94/4 Sector-58, Noida-201 301, INDIA [ISBN: 978-81-8441-036-5]
Suggested Additional Learning Resource
1 Publication of Construction Industry Institute , CII, www.construction-institue.org
2 Publication of RIBA, England https://www.architecture.com/
3 Publication of FIDIC, France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDIC
4 Publication of AGC, Americahttps://www.agc.org/
5 Publication of PMI, America www.pmi.org
6 Publication of NIDM, New Delhi nidm.gov.in/books.asp; http://www.abebooks.com/book-
search/isbn/0471866121/
7 http://www.scribd.com/doc/70767342/20900014-2-ICAI-Quantitative-Aptitude-Text#scribd
8 The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, www.icai.org
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