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Engineering management:
Management of an organization is the process of establishing objectives and goals of the
organization periodically, designing the work system and the organization structure, and
maintaining an environment in which individuals, working together in groups, accomplish their
aims and objectives and goals of the organization effectively and efficiently (Narayana Rao).
(3rd December 2008).
Engineering Management is a specialized form of management that is concerned with the
application of engineering principles to business practice. Engineering management is a career
that brings together the technological problem-solving savvy of engineering and the
organizational, administrative, and planning abilities of management in order to oversee
complex enterprises from conception to completion. A Master of Science in Engineering
Management (MSEM, or MS in Engineering Management) is sometimes compared to a Master
of Business Administration (MBA) for professionals seeking a graduate degree as a qualifying
credential for a career in engineering management.
Example areas of engineering are product development, manufacturing, construction, design
engineering, industrial engineering, technology, production, or any other field that employs
personnel who perform an engineering function.
Successful engineering managers typically require training and experience in business and
engineering. Technically inept managers tend to be deprived of support by their technical team,
and non-commercial managers tend to lack commercial acumen to deliver in a market
economy. Largely, engineering managers manage engineers who are driven by nonentrepreneurial thinking, and thus require the necessary people skills to coach, mentor and
motivate technical professionals. Engineering professionals joining manufacturing companies
sometimes become engineering managers by default after a period of time. They are required
to learn how to manage once they are on the job, though this is usually an ineffective way to
develop managerial abilities.
Marketing: Students in this course are exposed to the business and retail aspects of
engineering management. They learn how common business practices and
communication skills apply to the engineering field.
Materials handling and Plant Layout: Students gain firsthand knowledge of the
system that transports and process products during a typical workday, and how each
area of the plant contributes to the overall success of the operation.
Physics and Chemistry: These courses are integral to a proper understanding of how
engineering works and how the theories are applied to daily tasks.
Systems Engineering: This course allows students to study in depth the various
processes and systems that allow the mechanisms of engineering to function daily.
The following functions or departments are natural choices for engineering management.
Design department
Production departments
Maintenance departments
Utilities departments
Project Construction
At organizational levels the following are natural choices for Engineering Management.
Engineering companies
Manufacturing companies
Power Plants
Telecommunications services
Software companies
Transport companies
The EMGT program integrates management with technology by focusing on three dimensions.
CONCEPTUAL: the ability to apply analytical thought to the management process and to
enterprise as a total system.