UM4004-B
Urban Management Foundation Studio
Program Urban Management Unit Assistants Hirva Popat
Students Ahmad Areeb Chandrima Dutta Majumder Devika J Greeshma S Hetvi Asmani Himani Shekhawat Bhupendra Singh Kartik Banthiya Krishna Kansara Naveeda Naik
Nimitt Karia
Avik Munshi
The live exercise helped students to critically analyse issues in their premise involving components of both hard facilities management like building services, fabric maintenance, etc, as well as soft facilities management issues such as governance and people management. There were weekly exercises which encouraged students to apply tools and techniques for strengthening skills of observation, visualization, critical thinking,problem-solving and communication. The exercises, which were conducted both individually and in group facilitated students to understand the processes- involving status assessment, identification of gaps leading to development of alternatives and solutions and an implementation plan. The students developed key strategies for managing public and private facilities, identified alternatives and also conducted stakeholder interactions to develop optimal solutions leading to higher end-user satisfaction. The studio included ‘meet the manger’ sessions for cross-sectoral learning from alumni and experts. The Foundation Studio directed the students to prepare a facilities management implementation plan for their respective sites.
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