8.7 PRODUCT DESIGN MANAGERS : Success or failure , to a great extent, depends upon product design manager of a enter-
prise. Product design is as important is not so easy considerations such as simplification and
standardisation, reliability, sustainability etc., help in deciding a good product design. Production
design starts where product design ends. Production design mainly involves scheduling and prod-
uct inspection.
Quality is the performance of the product as per the commitment made by the producer to
the consumer quality of produce is Critical to success. Therefore, quality needs to be controlled/
maintained. The popular methods of quality control are inspection and statistical quality control. In
India, the Bureau of Indian standards has been doing a Yeoman Job in controlling quality of a large
number of production.
8.8 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT : You have already learn that those who run an enterprise have to manage many resources
to accomplish their business goals. They may purchase raw material invest in plant and equip-
ment , build a building and arrange for cash flows. No doubt all these decisions are of great
importance in accomplishing business objectives.
Enterprises are run by man. In order to have manpower in required quantity and quality.
The first task involved in this process is planning for manpower. Manpower planning is a process
by which an enterprise ensures that it has the right number and kind of people with appropriate
skills , at the right place and right time to do the enterprise work.
8.9 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER : Human resource manager is one of the many specialists, who has been appointed in the
organisation as a result of the growth of the organisation. He is assigned the personnel function
like recruitment, selection, wages and salary, administration, promotion etc. The personnel depart-
ment gives assistance or provides services to all other departments on the personal matters.
Human resource manager functions are line functions when he is directly responsible for wage,
administration, time office, canteen, induction, training and for day to day negotiations with the
union. But in relation to all other executives his position is of an advisor and when he provides
services to other department his functions are staff functions.