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 tested.
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 – taxation objectives – structures of laving tax – methods – one-time tax – tax exemption - tax renewal
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
Traffic signs, fitness certificate, registration requirements, permit – state, interstate–, constructional regulations, description of vehicle-tankers, tippers, delivery vans, recovery vans, Power wagons and fire fighting vehicles.
Preventive maintenance system in transport industry, tyre maintenance procedures - Causes for uneven tyre wear; remedies, maintenance procedure for better fuel economy, Design of bus depot layout. Accident – causes and analysis – preventive measures,insurance – types, comprehensive insurance – third party insurance.
Reference Book:
Teodar Gabriel Crainic, Gilbert Laprte, “Fleet Management and Logistics” Springer Science and Business Media, 2012.
Text Book:
John Dolce, “Fleet Management “, McGraw-Hill Co, USA -1984 Digitized in 2007