EF530: Engineering Management

To introduce managerial aspects needed for engineering graduates to perform a multitasking role as Engineering/General Managers in the industrial society, to enable the undergraduates to understand legal, economical, financial, social, environmental and ethical aspects in performing the managerial role of an organization and to facilitate the undergraduates with current practicing tools for the task of management.

NO. OF CREDITS: 3
COMPULSORY/OPTIONAL: COMPULSORY/OPTIONAL
PREREQUISITES: NONE

MAIN TOPICS AND INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

TOPICS

Multitasking Role of an Engineering Manager

Introduction to Management Approaches

Organizational Aspects

Legal aspects of management and commercial law

Social aspects of management

Economic/Financial aspects of management

Principles of Project Management

Ethical aspects and Professional Responsibility

Group Project

Student will be able to,

ILO1: Form a team and plan and organize for an engineering project; divide multitasking roles among members of the team.

ILO2:Identify and present a general and a risk management approach for managing the selected engineering project as a team.

ILO3: Identify and function as different task managers in the project team on legal, human resource, financial and economic considerations and produce one’s own description of work involvement.

ILO4: Produce outcomes of NPV, critical path, financial statement, Gantt chart for the selected engineering project as a team.

ILO5: Produce an ethical framework for the selected engineering project as a team.

ILO6: Present the team activity related to the engineering project orally and in writing; Report.

NO	RECOMMENDED TEXT
1	Hicks, P. E., Industrial engineering and management: a new perspective. 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1994
2	Maylor, H., Project Management. 4th ed. Pearson, 2010
3	Project Management Body of Knowledge, 5th Edition. USA, Project Management Institute, 2013
4	DeCenzo, D. A., and Robbins S. P., Fundamentals of Human Resource Management. 10th ed., Wiley, 2009

TIME ALLOCATION	HOURS
Lectures	36
Tutorials	4
Assignments	10
Laboratories	0

ASSESMENT	PERCENTAGE
Assignments	30
Project Report	10
Project Presentation	10
END Semester Exam	50