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CE 595 - Managing Engineering and Technology

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Civil Engineering — Managing Engineering and Technology (3)(3,0) (CE 595)

Summer Semester 2002

2001-03 Catalog Data:

 595 - 3 Managing Engineering and Technology(Same as IME 430). 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):

Graduate student in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or consent of instructor.

Textbook(s):

 Managing Engineering and Technology by Daniel L. Babcock, Prentice Hall, 1996, second edition.

Coordinator:

 Jacob H. Van Roekel, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering

Objectives:

 Introduces the management functions of planning, organizing, motivating, and controlling. Analyzes the application of these functions in research, design, production, technical marketing, and project management. Studies evolution of the engineering career and the transition to engineering management.

The course objectives are:

  1. To develop an understanding of the nature and role of technology.
  2. To develop an understanding of the nature and role of engineering management.
  3. To have a significant understanding of the functions of technology management.
  4. To develop an appreciation for the different technology management roles throughout the product life cycle.
  5. To understand some of the fundamentals of managing technology projects.
  6. To understand some of considerations that impinge upon managing your engineering career.

Topics and Schedule:
  1. First Class Period
    • Course Introduction
    • Nature and Roles of Engineering and Management - Chap. 1
  2. Second Class Period
    • Historical Development of Engineering Management - Chap. 2
  3. Third Class Period
    • Planning and Forecasting - Chap. 3
    • Decision Making - Chap. 4
  4. Fourth Class Period
    • Organizing - Chap. 5
    • Some Human Aspects of Organizing - Chap. 6
  5. Fifth Class Period
    • Motivating and Leading Technical People - Chap. 7
    • Controlling - Chap. 8
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  6. Sixth Class Period
    • Managing the Research Function - Chap. 9
    • Review
  7. Seventh Class Period
    • Guest Lecturer: Leadership in The New Millennium.
    • Mid Term Exam (Chapters 1 - 9)
    • Assignment due: 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 (One type written double spaced page is sufficient for this assignment).
    • Term paper topic due: You need to have decided on what your term paper topic will be by this time. I will want to see what you will be writing about.
  8. Eighth Class Period
    • Managing Engineering Design - Chap. 10
  9. Ninth Class Period
    • Planning Production Activity - Chap. 11
  10. Tenth Class Period
    • Managing Production Operations - Chap. 12
  11. Eleventh Class Period
    • Engineers in Marketing and Service Activities - Chap. 13
  12. Twelfth Class Period
    • Project Planning and Acquisition - Chap. 14
  13. Thirteenth Class Period
    • Project Organization, Leadership, and Control - Chap. 15
  14. Fourteenth Class Period
    • Achieving Effectiveness as an Engineer - Chap. 16
    • Managerial and International Opportunities for Engineering - Chap. 17
  15. Fifteenth Class Period
    • Special Topics in Engineering Management - Chap. 18
    • Review.
  16. Sixteenth Class Period
    • Final exam
    • Term paper due

Prepared by:

 Jacob H. Van Roekel, Associate Professor in Industrial Engineering

Date:

August 15, 2001

 

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