ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT Prologue Primed By: Michael Angelo A. Soliven
ENGINEERING
MANAGEMENT
Prologue
Primed By: Michael Angelo A. Soliven
What in it?
Engineering Management
Functions of the Engineer
Engineer in various types of organization
Process of Management
Requirements for the Engineer Manger’s Job
Engineering Management Organizations
“Successful Engineer Manager”
Required Skills and Disciplines
Engineering
Is the discipline, art and profession of
acquiring and applying technical, scientific,
and mathematical knowledge to design and
implement materials, structures, machines,
devices, systems, and processes that safely
realize a desired objective or invention.
Engineer
Management is defined
Management in all business areas
and organizational activities are the acts
of getting people together to accomplish
desired goals and objectives.
Management comprises planning,
organizing, staffing, leading or directing,
and controlling an organization (a group
of one or more people or entities) or
effort for the purpose of accomplishing a
goal.
Engineering Management
Is the field concerned with the
application of engineering principles to the
planning and operational management of
industrial and manufacturing operations
Is a term that is used to describe a
specialized form of management that is
required to successfully
lead engineering personnel and projects
Is a unique discipline that uses
engineering skills and knowledge in
managing large scale projects. It links all
other types of engineers from civil and
mechanical to chemical and electrical in
accomplishing organizational results
through the leadership of knowledge-
workers and the appropriate application of
technology.
Functions of the Engineer
The production of more food for a fast growing
world population
The elimination of air and water pollution
Solid waste disposal and materials recycling
The reduction of noise in various forms
Engineers are responsible for:
Functions of the Engineer
Supplying the increasing demand for energy
Supplying the increasing demand for mobility
Preventing and solving crimes; and
Meeting the increasing demand for
communication facilities
Engineers are responsible for:
Functions of the Engineer
Research - where the engineer is engaged in the process of learning about nature and codifying this knowledge into usable theories.
Design and development - where the engineer undertakes the activity of turning a
product concept to a finished physical item.
Testing – where the engineer works in a unit where new products or parts are tested for workability.
Areas where functions of engineering encompass
Functions of the Engineer
Manufacturing – where the engineer is directly in charge of production personnel or assumes responsibility for the product.
Sales – where the engineer assists the company’s costumer to meet their needs,
especially those that require technical expertise.
Construction – this is where the construction engineer (civil engineer) is either directly incharge of the construction personnel or may have responsibility for the quality of the construction process.
Areas where functions of engineering encompass
Consulting – where the engineer works as consultant of any individual or organization requiring his/her services.
Government – where the engineer may find employment in the government performing any of the various tasks in regulating, monitoring, and controlling the activities of various institutions, public or private.
Teaching – where the engineer gets employment in a school and is assigned as a teacher of engineering courses. Some of them later become deans, vice president, and presidents.
Management – where the engineer is assigned to manage groups of people performing specific tasks.
Engineer in various types of organization
1. Level One – those with minimal engineering jobs like retailing firms
2. Level Two – those with a moderate degree of engineering jobs like transportation companies.
3. Level Three – those with a high degree of engineering jobs like construction firms.
Degree of engineering jobs
Process of Management
Must seek to find out the objectives of
the organization
Think of ways on how to achieve them
Decide on the ways to be adapted and
the material resources to be used
Process of Management
Determine the human requirements of
the total job
Assign specific tasks to specific persons
Motivate those persons and
Provide means to make sure that the
activities are in the right direction.
Requirements for the Engineer Manger’s Job
A bachelor’s degree in engineering from a reputable school: In some cases, a master’s degree in engineering or business management is required;
A few years experience in a pure engineering job
Training in supervision Special training in engineering
management
Engineering Management Organizations
There are a number of societies and
organizations dedicated to the field of
engineering management
American Society of Engineering
Management founded in 1979 by a group
of 20 engineering managers from industry
The Master of Engineering
Management Programs Consortium- is
a newly formed consortium of prominent
universities intended to raise the value and
visibility of the MEM degree
The Engineering Management
Certification International- is a part of
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, provides a very
comprehensive guide on Engineering
Management, known as EMC-BOK Guide
“Successf
ul
Engineer
Manager”
How?
Ability
Motivation to manage
Opportunity
Managerial ability refers to the capacity of an
engineer manager to achieve organizational
objectives effectively and efficiently.
Ability
Effectiveness, according to Higgins refers to a description of “whether objectives are accomplished”
Effectiveness
Efficiency is a description of the relative amount of resources used in obtaining effectiveness
Efficiency
The test is anchored to the following dimensions:
1. Favorable attitude toward those in positions of authority, such as superiors.
2. Desire to engage in games or sport competition with peers
3. Desire to engage in occupational or work-related competition with peers
Motivation to Manage
John B. Miner: a management researcher that developed a psychometric instrument to measure objectively an individual’s motivation to manage
4. Desire to assert oneself and take charge
5. Desire to exercise power and authority
over others
6. Desire to behave in a distinctive way,
which includes standing out from the crowd
7. Sense of responsibility in carrying out the
routine duties associated with managerial
work.
Successful manager become possible only if those having the ability and motivation are given the opportunity to mange. The opportunity for successful management has two requirements:
Obtaining a suitable managerial job and
Finding a supportive climate once on the job.
Opportunity
Required Skills and Disciplines
Successful engineering managers
typically require training and experience in
both general management (which may
include business administration) and the
specific engineering disciplines that will be
used by the engineering team to be managed.
But additionally, the successful
engineering manager must understand
that the factors that cause certain
individuals to pursue careers in
engineering are often quite different than
those for individuals who are driven by
purely entrepreneurial thinking.
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