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Internship Report
Abdul Latif Nizamani Construction Company
Submitted By: Abdul Rab Nizamani
Spring 2012
Supervised By: Abdul Razzaq
Quaid-i-Azam School of Management Sciences
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
2012
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Acknowledgment
Starting with name of Allah, Who is most Beneficent and most Merciful and without His nothing
is possible. Furthermore, I would like to pay my deepest gratitude to department Quaid-i-Azam
School of Management Sciences for giving us such an opportunity to learn and imply our
knowledge and further I would like to pay word of thanks to my supervisor Sir Aqeel Ahmed for
the help and supervision during my internship. I would also like to thank honorable Managing
Director Mr. Shahid Latif and Adnan Latif for their cooperative behavior and always helping
attitude. Their kind advises and guidance helped us throughout the internship
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Executive Summary
This report contains four chapters, starting from the background of Al-Wahid Hajj and Umrah
Services (pvt) Ltd. Al-Wahid Hajj and Umrah services (Pvt) limited Company was incorporated
in Pakistan on June 9, 2006 (Certificate of Incorporation) as a Private Company Limited by
shares. The main activity of the company is to provide services as an agent in relation to
organizing Groups for Hajjis and supervise them to perform Hajj in an organized manner.
Second chapter of the report contains my personal learning and working experience during the
six week internship at the company. The time when I joined the company as an internee was a
time of accepting Hajj applications from the Hajjis so my job mostly was consisted of collecting
documents, dealing with customer, keeping the records, taking payments and other necessary
works to carry out in the beginning of accepting a Hajji and training him. Third chapter is about
the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the company and at last I have given some
suggestions to the company on basis of my 6 weeks experience in the company, which includes
expanding the business from just Hajj to Umrah and IATA services because company meets lots
of requirements of these two. And a large market is available to the company
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ContentsWorking Conditions .................................................................................................................. 12
Staff ....................................................................................................................................... 12Office .................................................................................................................................... 13
Work Environment................................................................................................................ 14
Personal Working...................................................................................................................... 14Public Dealing ....................................................................................................................... 14
Form Filling .......................................................................................................................... 15
Documents Collection ........................................................................................................... 15
Payment Receiving ............................................................................................................... 16
Bank ...................................................................................................................................... 16
Record Keeping .................................................................................................................... 16
Design Hajj Training Program .............................................................................................. 16
Chapter 3: SWOT Analysis .......................................................................................................... 19SWOT Analysis ........................................................................................................................ 20Strengths ................................................................................................................................... 21
Geographical Strength .......................................................................................................... 21
Experience............................................................................................................................. 21
Public Relations .................................................................................................................... 21Goodwill ............................................................................................................................... 22
Quality Service...................................................................................................................... 22
Weaknesses ............................................................................................................................... 22Shortage of staff ..................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Unqualified Staff ................................................................................................................... 23
Delegation of authority .......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Quota ...................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Opportunities............................................................................................................................. 23Umrah .................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
IATA ...................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Threats....................................................................................................................................... 24 New Entrants .......................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Inflation ................................................................................................................................. 25
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Chapter 4: Recommendations and Conclusion ............................................................................. 26Recommendations and Suggestions .......................................................................................... 27Conclusion ................................................................................................................................ 28
Abdul Latif Nizamani Construction Company is a licensed civil contractor of United Energy of
Pakistan which is a subsidiary of a Chinese based company, United Energy Group.
United Energy Group
United Energy Group Limited is a listed company on the main board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange
United Energy Group is an investment holding company and is mainly engaged in the development
of strategy energy reserves, focusing on the investment and operation of oil, natural gas and other energy
related businesses. This is accomplished by the merger and acquisition of oil and natural gas assets;
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the exploitation, development and production of crude oil and natural gas; and the provision of
patented technologies supporting services to oilfields.
The approach of the Group is to implement the "reliable operation + rapid expansion" market strategy,
which is supported by the unique technology and core competitiveness. The Group's operating
strategy utilizes resources as the foundation, built on its human capital and guaranteed by its technology.
Corporate Vision
United Energy Group strives to become a world-class oil and gas enterprise with growth potential,
uniqueness and competitive advantage over its counterparts.
Corporate Strategy
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UEG engages in the upstream oil and gas sector focusing on the investment and operation of oil,
natural gas and other energy related businesses
The approach of the Group is to implement a 'Reliable Operation + Rapid Expansion' strategy,
leveraging:
Relationships in China and beyond
Access to capital to secure and fast track development of world class assets
Disciplined M&A execution based on strict hurdle criteria
An entrepreneurial culture that attracts and retains high quality talent
Business Strategy
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United Energy Pakistan
As part of our commitment to developing and transferring skills to the local community we have
actively chosen to develop local contractors in concession areas as opposed to awarding
contracts through a tender process. Selection is based on local contractors' awareness of UEP's
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HSE policy, standards and procedures; willingness to develop infrastructure according to the
required standards as well as consideration of the rates and quality of services available in the
regional market.
United Energy Pakistan (UEP) is a subsidiary of United Energy Group (UEG). UEG is primarily
engaged in the upstream oil and gas business, including exploration, development and production
of crude oil and natural gas and the provision of patented technologies in oilfield supporting
services in China and Indonesia. The Company has a joint venture partnership with China
National Petroleum Company (CNPC) in one of its energy projects in China. UEG is currently
evaluating various investment options in South East Asia and the Americas.
The acquisition of these assets is its first venture in Pakistan. UEG is keen to grow its Pakistan
business making this a promising move forward for all stakeholders associated with the assets
purchased. The backdrop of Pak-China diplomatic ties is another positive, providing UEG a
strong relationship advantage with Pakistan.
The Company focuses primarily on exploration and production taking care of the whole process,
from the first assessment of the site to the first production of oil and gas. All our operations are
based in province Sindh, with the concession boundary starting 100 km to the east of Karachi.
We work in an area that spans eight districts in Sindh province which are Badin, Tando Mohammad
Khan, Tando Allahyar, Thatta, Hyderabad (rural), Matiari, Sanghar and Mirpurkhas. These assets
consist of nine producing and exploration blocks in Sindh province and four offshore exploration
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blocks in the Arabian Sea. Recently the Company also won bids for two new exploration blocks,
Digri and Sanghar South, which lie adjacent to UEP's Mirpurkhas Khipro concession areas.
This translates to an onshore footprint of more than 10,000 square kilometres and the largest
offshore acreage given to any single exploration and production company in Pakistan so far, situated
250 km south of Karachi in ultra deep waters.
Our offices are located in Karachi and Islamabad. We also have field offices in Badin and Matiari
districts.
Local contractors are engaged to undertake preparation of well locations, access roads and supply skilled and/or unskilled
manpower. We have developed 14 contractors from Badin concession over the last three decades. Adopting a similar
philosophy we are also developing contractors from our MKK concession since the beginning of our E&P activity in this area.
The idea behind developing and engaging local contractors is to create more employment opportunities within the
concession areas and thereby contribute to the district economy. On average approximately 3,500 to 4,000 locals are
engaged by these contractors.
Working Conditions
Staff
As the nature of the companys operations is more of the field work than in the office so
the company had only three employees in the office and besides that company has three different
teams to work on the fields of Uni ted Energy Pakistans well sights. Those teams include work
supervisor whose job is just to supervise and provide the labors with the necessities and deal with
the management of UEP. United Energy Pakistans management told the guidelines to the
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required job to supervisor then the work supervisor used to ensure that all the guidelines are met,
and work is going well. Then there is also a safety supervisor in the field to supervise that all the
employees are wearing the proper safety dresses and he ensures all the health and safety related
issues. They also have a civil engineer with them.
Besides that they also have some permanent labors that are on call and whenever the job needs to
be done they just call them. And sometimes when they need more labor then they bring some
temporary labor but according to the companys requirement those labor also need to be aware of
the work done on the field.
Office
Companys office is in city of Matli; which is the biggest city in the area where
companys most of the we ll sites are located. This is the best location of the office as this is
almost in the center of all well sites of the company. So this becomes convenient to reach at all
those places. Even in case of emergency the team can reach at the well site at the earliest. And
office is well equipped with all the necessary equipments and stationary with the latest
computers, printers and scanners. A separate dining room, a kitchen is available where food is
served to the employees and to the guests. an
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Work Environment
Work environment is very friendly and productive. Company believes in service quality.
They try to finish the work with maximum quality and minimum time which means efficient
working. Whenever company has to take a major decision all staff upper and lower sit together
and everyone puts his suggestions in front of the meeting hall than a decision is taken with
consensus of everyone which is best for the customers i.e. most of the meetings of the company
were informal and friendly so that everyone is comfortable to share his point of view. I enjoyed
the informal meetings of the company.
Personal Working
Week 1, 2 and 3
When I started my internship this was the time when government accepts forms for Hajj
and gives a deadline to the private Hajj group organizers to submit forms of their Hajjis. So, it
was the time when people were coming to the office, taking the information about the package
contents and the price of the package and all such information. So it was time when Hajjis were
being finalized. So I was assigned some of the responsibilities given below
Public Dealing
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So when customers were coming to the office I had to deal with them at early. If
information they required was possible for me to provide then I used to try to satisfy them
otherwise I was telling them to wait for the operational manger or any concerned authority.
Form Filling
The time when I joined the internship forms of Hajjis were being filled, documents were
being collected, and Hajjis were being finalized. So as per the procedures of the company,
company first fills all forms in photocopied form than again fills them in original form to
minimize the chances of mistake in the original form. So as an internee I filled forms with them
taking data from CNIC, passport and other related documents.
Documents Collection
As when I joined internship the list of Hajjis was being finalized. CEO with collaboration
of directors decided that seat will be given on first pay first basis. So the finalized Hajjis were
coming everyday to submit the required documents i.e. passport, CNIC, photos etc. So I assisted
operational manager Jawad Ahmed in collecting the documents than scanning the documents in
computer and then returning again to the Hajjis.
Week 4, 5 and 6
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Payment Receiving
The Hajjis with permission of CEO used to pay in installments so very often Hajjis came
to office to pay for the package. Payment was received both in cash and bank check. So I helped
Jawad in taking money, counting than sign a receipt from Hajjis.
Bank
As it was not safe to keep large amount in office so sometimes I was sent to back to
deposit and sometimes they needed money for day to day operations so they used send me to
bank to withdraw some amount.
Record Keeping
When Hajjis submitted their data than I with help of operational manager and director
made a list of Hajjis keeping whole record of every Hajji in an excel sheet which included serial
numbers , Name, Father/Husband/Guardians Name, CNIC Number, Passport #, Blood Group,
Address, total payment, payment received, payment remaining etc. I took all this data from the
original source of this which we were provided by Hajji main source of data was Passport, CNIC
and receipts.
Design Hajj Training Program
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Company every year calls all Hajjis once for vaccination which is requirement of
government and Ministry of Religious Affair provide every private Hajj organizer those
vaccines. Then most of the private hajj group organizers call Hajjis at once and then they do
vaccination and then provide training at once. For that Abdul Latif Nizamani Construction
Company plans and trains through various means. They show videos regarding Hajj, make and
present information through Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations, lectures, question and answer
session regarding both travel and Hajj information. This year I assisted operational manager of
the company in improving selection of videos, making some changes in existing PowerPoint
presentations, adding some new data to it. This year company also planned to call a group of 10to 15 Hajjis separately in office. And explain and train them there because when there are large
number of people in Hall than it is bit harder to understand things and some people are not
comfortable asking questions on microphone. So to resolve this issue on the recommendations of
one of Director Company this year company started to call Hajjis in small groups also. So for
them I made PowerPoint presentations for this program so that it could be easier for them to
make the Hajjis understand the whole thing.
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SWOT Analysis
SWOT analysis (alternately SWOT Matrix ) is a strategic planning method used to evaluatethe Strengths, W eaknesses/Limitations, Opportunities, and T hreats involved in a business. It
involves the external and internal analysis of the business in comparison with the objectives of
business.
Strengths: internal characteristics of the business that give it an advantage over
others
W eaknesses (or Limitations): internal characteristics that place the team at a
disadvantage relative to others
O pportunities: external chances to improve performance in the environment
T hreats: external elements in the environment that could cause trouble for the
business or project
Performing SWOT analysis and identification of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and
threats is very necessary because it helps in planning, budgeting and decision making in the
organization; because this is the organized form of information in which you come to know
about the internal and external strengths of an organization.
In this section I will describe some of the strengths, weaknesses that Abdul Latif Nizamani
Construction Company has and opportunities and threats is facing or could face in future
according to my observation during internship weeks.
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Strengths
Here are some of the strengths of Abdul Latif Nizamani Construction Company that I
have observed in these weeks is under
Geographical Strength
Abdul Lati f Nizamani Construction Companys office is located in the center of
the operations of UEP. That gives them strength by reducing the travel time. They can
reach to any working site at latest in 30-45mins. And this also saves the charges of the
transportation.
Experience
They are in this business for more than 25 years so this is their strength. Because
they have proactive approach in decision making and problem solving and they can easily
do that because of their wide experience.
Public Relations
Once you are in a business for 25 years long than you have made enough public
relations to face any kind of issue. Besides that the running family is also well respected
and people where field is located, the localities know the owners well and in good words.
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Goodwill
The Managing Director of the company maintains a goodwill with the all the
related stakeholders of the company which include banks, labor, land owners,
competitors and the Management of the company. All of the stakeholders are satisfied
with the behavior of the company.
Quality Service
They do work with their heart and soul and whatever work they are assigned to do
they maintain quality standard because that helps them to maintain good relations with
the management of the UEP and with time more and more contracts are given to them.
Weaknesses
Scarcity of Employees
Abdul Latif Nizamani Construction Company has limited number of staff which
is enough for the work but the operational manager has to handle alone all the day to day
operations of the company. So according to my observation they need at least two more
people one for public dealing, one for record keeping so that operational manager has
time to handle and focus on other things.
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Incompetent Staff
The lower staff of the company is not qualified enough. So they need guidelines
on performing every work. This also hinders in directors other workings because for
business they have to go out of city and even out of country so in office operational
manager and lower staff have to handle it all so this sometimes create problems for both
lower staff and company.
Centralized Decision Making
There is no delegation of authority. Managing director is making on their hands
besides some of the exceptions which they allow directors to take but with his consensus
of any of director or CEO
Opportunities
Construction Yards
Company has the opportunity to expand its working by construction of more
yards which will depict there interest to invest and expanding the business. Then UEP
will consider giving more contracts to the company.
Purchasing Machinery
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I think this is a good opportunity for the company to buy frequently used machinery. This
will help them reducing their cost of transportation and rent. Rather the machinery like tractors,
bulldozers and other such machinery will also earn for the company because company can give
them in rent.
Team
Company can hire more employees and more engineers, painters, workers, labors and
others and organize different teams for different works.
External Contracts
Even if the United Energy Pakistan does not give contracts to the company, they can also
go for the external building and other contracts. There is also a good demand of this business in
the market.
Threats
Rivalry
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There are only few number of registered companies of UEP so everybody wishes
to get more work so if others successfully get more contracts then number of contracts of
Abdul Latif Nizamani Construction Company might reduce.
Inflation
Inflation has become the matter of the country; everyone is suffering by that.
Particularly talking about this company; rates of the construction is stuff rising quickly so this
increases the cost of the company and ultimately it decreases the profit.
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Chapter 4: Recommendations and Conclusion
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Recommendations and Suggestions
According to my limited knowledge and observation in the six weeks of internship in
Abdul Latif Nizamani Construction Company; I have the following suggestions for the
company;
1. Their lower staff is not qualified enough to tackle the problems critically, run day to day
operations in a way which is good for the company without getting suggestions from the
director so I think if they hire a good qualified engineer pay them good then he can help
them running companys operations efficiently.
2. Companys management does not ke ep back up of its records. All record of all the
contracts is in their office computer. So I even suggested them there that they should keep
at least one copy of all the record as a back up because they cannot rely all upon
technology.
3. The upper level management has centralized decision making power to itself so I suggest
they should delegate authority to lower staff also because if lower staff will have the
authority then they will realize their worth in the organization and loyalty to company
will increase and ultimately they will work in the benefit of the organization.
4. Company and management have potential to take the company beyond its current limits.
They have different options they can do to further expand the business which include get
license of IATA which will help them to further expand their business and even do
ticketing sitting in their office in far flung area and company even meets a lot of
conditions of IATA.
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5. They should start work of Umrah also because they have market. During year number of
customers come to their office just to ask whether they also provide Umrah services but
unfortunately they have to send customers back with a negative answer.
Conclusion
The overall experience with Abdul Latif Nizamani Construction Company was a great
source of learning with a great source of memorable experience with all the upper and lower
staff; everyone was so much cooperative, helping and friendly that all six weeks passed
really good. Overall the performance of the company is very good. After listening to the
comments of their customers which already have been to Hajj with them and seeing the
profits their generating it is very clear that they believe in customer satisfaction and for that
they are very determined, passionate and steady that they put all their energies to satisfy their
customers. They want that when customer comes back from Hajj then he should not only
give satisfactory comments but also recommend others to join Abdul Latif Nizamani
Construction Company.