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IME 430 - Managing Engineering and Technology

	COURSE DESCRIPTION Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering — Managing Engineering and Technology (3) (3,0) IME 430 Elective Course Summer Semester 2008
	2007-2008 Catalog Data:	430 - 3 Managing Engineering and Technology. (Same as CE 595) Management functions of planning, organizing, motivating and controlling, and analysis of application of these functions in engineering research, design, production, technical marketing, and project management.
	Prerequisite(s):	Upper-Division student in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or consent of instructor.
	Textbook(s):	Managing Engineering and Technology by Daniel L. Babcock, Prentice Hall, 2002, third edition.
	Coordinator:	Jacob H. Van Roekel, Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
	Topics and Schedule:	1. Nature and Roles of Engineering and Management 2. Historical Development of Engineering Management 3. Planning, Forecasting, and Decision Making 4. Organizing and Some Human Aspects of Organizing 5. Motivating and Leading Technical People 6. Controlling and Managing the Research Function 7. Guest Lecturer: “Leadership in the New Millennium”. 8. Mid Term Exam (Chapters 1 - 9) 9. Assignment - Find a current journal article relating to the implementation of some new technology and write a short report on how the implementation is being managed. Term paper topic is also due. 10. Managing Engineering Design 11. Planning and Managing Production Operations 12. Engineers in Marketing and Service Activities 13. Project Planning and Acquisition 14. Project Organization, Leadership, and Control 15. Achieving Effectiveness as an Engineer 16. Managerial and International Opportunities for Engineering 17. Special Topics in Engineering Management 18. Final exam & Term paper due
	Professional Component:	This course introduces management concepts to senior-level industrial and manufacturing engineering students. The course is an engineering topics course with significant management design content.
	Course Outcomes	On completion of this course students will: 1. Have an understanding of six general management principles of planning/forecasting, decision making, organizing, staffing, leading/motivating, and controlling. 2. Have an understanding of the differences in managing technology, project organizations, and technical people 3. Have an understanding of ethical and societal concerns in the engineering profession. 4. Have an understanding of how to manage their careers including life-long learning
	Prepared by:	Jacob H. Van Roekel, Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
	Date:	May 10, 2008
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