Professional Engineering Management Techniques The assignment is based on a hypothetical scenario concerning the APRA Duxes Pte. Ltd, an automobile manufacturing company. The company has four project teams and the geographically distributed management team. They use the widely available communication technologies and approaches to communicate, work together, share documents, discuss ideas, solve problems and make decisions.

The Scenario The automotive industry in South East Asia (SEA) are growing rapidly with continuous introduction of multiple new car models by the local and international car manufacturers. The number of car bookings are increased significantly over time. This shows the automotive industry market is very challenging and companies need the best mechanisms to stay competitive and to gain the value proposition for the customers. Through the critical market studies, the management team proposed to upgrade the production capacity to ensure no delays in the production line by installing two additional unit assembly lines. Furthermore, the management team is also looking for approaches how the organization stands out from competitors, improve the current internal and external processes to achieve better results, optimize resources and increase productivity. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of APRA Duxes Pte. Ltd would like to receive a new and comprehensive feasibility study report to determine the viability of the initiative to upgrade the production capacity by installing two additional unit factory lines and to conduct organizational changes. The report also expected to identify the problem experienced in the current organizational setting and suggest the appropriate project management practices, tools and techniques to support the changes and identify the potential bottlenecks. The CEO is looking forward to answering the following questions:

1. Will the suggested initiatives to upgrade the production capacity by installing two additional factory unit lines is technically feasible, financially viable and organizationally realizable? 2. Should the organization proceed with the execution?

He has assigned the team lead by the Project Manager consisting of the Manufacturing, Marketing, Finance, Human Resource and Engineering and Operation Managers to carry out a feasibility study. They must produce a report and present their findings/ recommendations in a formal presentation. A detailed overall project feasibility analysis process flowchart is required to be integrated in the report. Individual students/Team Members must adopt one of the following managerial roles for their part of the report and each member needs to have a different role. The main questions to be answered by each management team members are:

Human Resource Manager

The HR manager should consider including some of the following areas in their report:

Will the upgrading impact the employee lifecycle, the policies and statutory requirements.

What is the recruitment process will be followed for new employees, who skills are required to support the upgrading? How will that be organized and managed?

Holistically, what is the existing culture in the company? How will that be conveyed, embedded, and communicated to new employees?

What systems are in place to reward, measure the performance of employees and what are the challenges that might ensue and be guarded against?

What training will be required for new starters? What grading system will be adopted?

Other factors that might be relevant such as issues of flexibility, standard operations, equality of terms and conditions, balance between work and home life, individual development are suggested to be discussed.

length (300 words)