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Unit 2: Human Resource Planning

strike rapport between an executive's career and ambition on one hand, and pleasure, leisure, Notes
family and spiritual development on the other hand. The 50-70 hour work weeks have become
common these days (it's simply not sufficient to work, you need to work hard and work smart
to get ahead of others) and executives are burning their candle of energies too soon. To deliver
results, you are forced to run that extra mile very fast -sacrificing family, kids, relationships,
friends, community work, leisure, pleasure and everything that brings meaning, happiness and
fulfillment to life. In the case of dual career couples - which is a common phenomenon in 21st
century-matters turn very nasty because they are reduced to what is popularly known as 'weekend
parents'. Working at odd hours, putting in extra labour without looking at the clock would
convert even normal human beings into workaholics-people who suffer from 'hurry sickness',
live without friends, who never care for relaxation and never bother to visit parks and museums.
Heart ailments, cardiovascular problems, sleep disorders, depression, jumpiness, irritability,
insecurity, poor concentration and even nervous breakdowns are common among the victims
who are not able to strike a fine balance between work pressures and personal and family issues.
A time will come when they lose emotional balance, get irritated over petty issues, indulge in
verbal abuse and when stress begins to work on their nerves they begin to destroy their personal
lives through excessive smoking, drinking, gambling, etc.

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Caselet Steel Plant Industry

company is engaged in producing different types of equipment for use in a steel
plant. The company has two different assembly lines to produce a particular
Aequipment. The processing time for each of the assembly line is regarded as a
random variable and is described by the following distributions:
Process time (minutes) Assembly - 1 Assembly - 2
10 0.10 0.20
11 0.15 0.40

12 0.40 0.20
13 0.25 0.15
14 0.10 0.05
Using the following random numbers, generate data on the process time for 15 units of the
item and compute the expected process time for the product. For the purpose, read the
numbers vertically taking the first two digits for the process time on Assembly A1, and
the last two digits for processing time on Assembly A2.
4134 8343 3602 7505 7428
7476 1183 9445 0089 3424

4943 1915 5415 0880 9309
Consider there is skill interchangeability, i.e., same workers can be interchangeably used
in both the assembly lines. If the company requires to produce 500 units in a day, what
would be the manpower requirement in a 8 hour working day with 20 per cent fatigue
allowance. Show your computation also in terms of man-hours and man-days basis.

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