Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal

(Formerly West Bengal University of Technology)

Syllabus for B. Tech in Computer Science & Engineering

Introduction to Industrial Management (Humanities III)

Code: HSMC-501
Contacts: 3L

Name of the Course: Introduction to Industrial Management (Humanities III)

Course Code: HSMC-501 Semester: V

Duration:6 months Maximum Marks:100

Teaching Scheme Examination Scheme

Theory:3 hrs./week Mid Semester exam: 15

Tutorial: NIL Assignment and Quiz : 10 marks
Attendance: 5 marks
Practical: NIL End Semester Exam:70 Marks
Credit Points: 3
Unit Content Hrs/Unit Marks/Unit
Introduction 6
1 System- concept, definition, types,
parameters, variables and behavior.
Management – definition and
functions.
Organization structure:
i. Definition.
ii. Goals.
iii. Factors considered in formulating
structure.
iv. Types.
v. Advantages and disadvantages.
vi. Applications.
Concept, meaning and importance of
division of labor, scalar & functional
processes, span of control, delegation of
authority, centralization and
decentralization in industrial
management.
Organizational culture and climate –
meaning, differences and factors
affecting them.
Moral-factors affecting moral.
Relationship between moral and
productivity.
Job satisfaction- factors influencing job
satisfaction.
Important provisions of factory act and
labor laws.
2 Critical Path Method (CPM) and 8
Programme Evaluation Review
Technique (PERT):

2.1 CPM & PERT-meaning, features,

difference, applications. 2.2 Understand
different terms used in network diagram.
Draw network diagram for a real life
project containing 10-15 activities,
computation of LPO and EPO.(Take
minimum three examples).
Determination of critical path on
network.
Floats, its types and determination of
floats.
Crashing of network, updating and its
applications.
3 Materials Management: 6

Material management-definition,
functions, importance, relationship with
other departments.
Purchase - objectives, purchasing
systems, purchase procedure, terms and
forms used in purchase department.
Storekeeping- functions, classification
of stores as centralized and decentralized
with their advantages, disadvantages and
application in actual practice.
Functions of store, types of records
maintained by store, various types and
applications of storage equipment, need
and general methods for codification of
stores.
Inventory control:
i. Definition.
ii. Objectives.
iii. Derivation for expression for
Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) and
numeric examples. iv. ABC analysis and
other modern methods of analysis.
v. Various types of inventory models
such as Wilson’s inventory model,
replenishment model and two bin model.
(Only sketch and understanding, no
derivation.).
3.6 Material Requirement Planning
(MRP)- concept, applications and brief
details about software packages available
in market.

4 8
Production planning and Control
(PPC):

Types and examples of production.

PPC : i. Need and importance. ii.
Functions. iii. Forms used and their
importance. iv. General approach for
each type of production.
Scheduling- meaning and need for
productivity and utilisation.
Gantt chart- Format and method to
prepare.
Critical ratio scheduling-method and
numeric examples.
Scheduling using Gantt Chart (for at
least 5-7 components having 5-6
 machining operations, with processes,
setting and operation time for each
component and process, resources
available, quantity and other necessary
data), At least two examples.
4.7 Bottlenecking- meaning, effect and
ways to reduce.
5 Value Analysis (VA) and Cost Control: 4
5.1 VA-definition, terms used, process and
importance. 5.2 VA flow diagram.
DARSIRI method of VA.
Case study of VA-at least two.
Waste-types, sources and ways to reduce them.
Cost control-methods and important guide lines.
6 Recent Trends in IM: 4
ERP (Enterprise resource planning) - concept,
features and applications.
Important features of MS Project.
Logistics- concept, need and benefits.
Just in Time (JIT)-concept and benefits.
Supply chain management-concept and benefits.

Text book and Reference books:

1. L.S. Srinath– “CPM & PERT principles and Applications”.

2. Buffa – “Modern Production Management”.
3. N. Nair – “Materials Management”.
4. O. P. Khanna – “ Industrial Engineering & Management”.
5. Mikes – “Value Analysis”.
6. S.C. Sharma, “Engineering Management – Industrial Engineering & Management”,
Khanna Book Publishing Company, New Delhi

Course Outcomes:

On completion of the course students will be able to

1. Interpret given organization structure, culture, climate and major provisions of factory
acts and laws.
2. Explain material requirement planning and store keeping procedure.
3. Plot and analyze inventory control models and techniques.
4. Prepare and analyze CPM and PERT for given activities.
5. List and explain PPC functions.