Anna University B.Tech AT (R13) 8th Sem Transport Management Syllabus

Transport Management for B.Tech 8th sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.

The detailed syllabus for Transport Management B.Tech (R13) eighthsem is as follows

OBJECTIVES:

The students are able to manage a transport fleet and their related activities for minimizing operational cost.

UNIT I : INTRODUCTION       [9 hours]
Personnel management; objectives and functions of personnel management, psychology, sociology and their relevance to organization, personality problems. Selection process: job description, employment tests, interviewing, introduction to training objectives, advantages, methods of training, training procedure, psychological tests.

UNIT II : TRANSPORT SYSTEMS       [9 hours]
Introduction to various transport systems. Advantages of motor transport. Principal function of administrative, traffic, secretarial and engineering divisions. chain of responsibility, forms of ownership by state, municipality, public body and private undertakings.

UNIT III : SCHEDULING AND FARE STRUCTURE     [9 hours]
Principal features of operating costs for transport vehicles with examples of estimating the costs. Fare structure and method of drawing up of a fare table. Various types of fare collecting methods. Basic factors of bus scheduling. Problems on bus scheduling.

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[TOTAL: 45 PERIODS]

OUTCOMES:

• Upon completion of the course, students will
• Know about different aspects related to transport system and management.
• Features of scheduling, fixing the fares
• Know about the motor vehicle act and maintenance aspects of transport.

TEXT BOOKS:

• John Duke, “Fleet Management”, McGraw-Hill Co, USA, 1984.
• Kitchin.L.D., “Bus Operation”, III edition, Illiffee and Sons Co., London, 1992

REFERENCES:

• Government Motor Vehicle Act, Publication on latest act to be used as on date

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