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INTRODUCTION TO
ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

EM 101
ENGINEERING
MANAGEMENT
BY:
MS. GLENDA GUANZON
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

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TOPICS COVERED:

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Define Management
Define Engineering Management
Functions of Engineering Management
Areas of Engineering
Define Project Management
How to become successful engineer
manager
Challenges of the New Millennium

Management is

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creative problem solving-process of planning,

organizing, leading, and controlling an
organizations resources to achieve its mission and
objectives (Medina, 1999)

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Engineering Management or Management Engineering
(Nicholas and Steyn, 2007)
It is a specialized form of management and engineering that is
concerned with the application of engineering principles to business
practice in order to carry the following:

Engineering Management
refers to the activity combining
technical knowledge with the ability to organize
and coordinate worker power, materials,
machinery, and money. (Medina, 1999)
The management group of the company has
overall responsibility of achieving the companys
objectives and meeting the diverse expectation of
the its stakeholders. (Chang, 2012)

Planning, Organizing, Directing/Leading, Communicating,

Motivating and Controlling the efforts of the organizational
members and resources in order to achieve organizational goals.
Coordinated activities to direct and control an organization
(ISO 9000/2000).

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The efficient utilization and direction of resources to achieve

objectives.

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is an attainment of organizational goals in an

efficient and effective manner through planning,
organizing, leading, and controlling
organizational resources. (Daft, 2010)

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Example areas of engineering are:

Functions of engineering management

1. Planning
2. Organizing
3. Coordinating/Directing
4. Communicating
5. Leading and Motivating
6. Controlling

Product Development, Manufacturing, Construction,

Design Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Technology,
Production, or any other field that employs personnel
who perform an
engineering function.
Engineering
managers
They manage engineers who are driven by non-entrepreneurial
thinking, thus require the necessary people skills to coach,
mentor and motivate technical professionals.

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One of most important area is Project management

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1. WHAT IS PLANNING?
identifying goals for future organizational performance and

Planning can be viewed from following points:

deciding on the task and the resources needed to attain them.

the process of setting goals, developing strategies, and
outlining tasks and schedules to accomplish the goals.
(http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/controlling.html)

Subject
Subject:- Financial Planning, Time Planning, Quality
Planning, Organizational Planning, .

The process is sequence of interdependent and linked

Time
Time:- Long
Long--Range
Range. Planning, Short
Short--Range Planning,
Weekly Planning, .

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procedures which consume one or more resources to convert

inputs into outputs. These outputs then serve as inputs for the
next stage until a known goal or end result is reached.

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2. WHAT IS ORGANIZING?

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Organization
Organization:- Corporate Planning, Project
Planning,.

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3. WHAT IS COORDINATING?
the synchronization and integration of activities,
responsibilities, and command

involves assigning tasks, grouping tasks into

departments, delegating authority, and allocating
resources across the organization.
assembling required resources to attain
organizational objectives.

control structures to ensure that the resources of

an organization are used most efficiently in
pursuit of the specified objectives

process of determining the responsibilities and

scope of authority of each position in the company
structure and defining how each company segment
interrelates with the others

Along with organizing, monitoring, and

controlling, coordinating is one of the key
functions of management.
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http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/coordination.html
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WHAT IS COMMUNICATING?

WHAT IS MOTIVATING?
Internal and external factors that stimulate desire and energy
in people to be continually interested in and committed to a
job, role, or subject, and to exert persistent effort in attaining
a goal

Business Communication - used to promote a product,

service, or organization; relay information within the
business; or deal with legal and similar issues. It is also a
means of relaying between a supply chain, for example the
consumer and manufacturer.

Motivation results from the interactions among conscious

and unconscious factors

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_communication

2) incentive or reward value of the goal

3) expectations of the individual and of his or her
significant others
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http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/motivation.html

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WHAT IS LEADING?

WHAT IS CONTROLLING?

is the use of influence to motivate

employees to achieve organizational
goals. (Daft, 2010)

1) establishing benchmarks or standards,

2) comparing actual performance against them, and
3) taking corrective action, if required

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http://www.marinetech.org/rov_competition/2008/2008_ENGINEERING_COMMUNICATION_FINAL.pdf

1) intensity of desire or need,

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Engineering Communication - The ability to effectively

communicate information about the design and engineering
process. The competition requires teams to submit technical
reports, prepare and deliver engineering presentations, and
create
poster displays.
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http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/controlling.html

Control function can be viewed as:

involves making sure that the results achieved are in line
with the planned results.
action to correct performance deviations and to insure
that expected results are forthcoming.

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Planning

Human
Financial
Raw
Material
Technological

Information

Select goals and

ways to attain
them

Controlling

Performance

Organizing

Assign
responsibility
for tasks
accomplishment

Monitor activities
and make
corrections

Leading

Use influence to
motivate
employees

Attain
goals
Products
Services
Efficiency
Effectiveness

the discipline of planning, organizing,

securing and managing resources to bring
about the successful completion of specific
project goals and objectives
the coordinated activities to direct and
control a project organization to realize a
set of defined deliverables up to quality
standards and requirements.
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Control = Monitor + Compare + Analysis + Action

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WHAT IS A PROJECT?

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According to ICB 2006

He is the professional specialist who plans and
controls a project.
He is the person who acts in a transparent manner for
the sake of the whole project to satisfy the
expectations of the customers, the partners
delivering goods and services for the project and
the other interested parties.

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According to ISO 9000

9000//2000
A project is a unique process, consisting of
a set of coordinated and controlled activities
with start and finish dates, undertaken to
achieve an objective conforming to specific
requirements, including the constraints of
time, cost and resources.

Who is the project manager?

EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS

WHAT IS A PROJECT?

The outcome of a project may be one or

several units of product.
A product is the result of a process.

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EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS

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EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS

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A process is a set of interrelated or

interacting activities which transforms
inputs to outputs.

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THE ACTIVITIES FOR MANAGING A

PROJECT

Managing project

Output/
Project
deliveries

control of resources

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Controlling
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HOW TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL

ENGINEER MANAGER

MOTIVATION TO MANAGE

Three factors are:

1. Favorable attitude towards those in position of authority

1. Ability- Managerial ability refers to the capacity

to achieve organizational objectives effectively
and efficiently.

2. Desire to engage in games and sports competition with peers

2. Motivation to manage

4. Desire to assert oneself and take charge

3. Opportunity - 2 requirements are

5. Desire to exercise power and authority over others

3. Desire to engage in occupational or work related

competitions with peers

6. Desire to behave in a distinctive way, which includes

standing out from the crowd.

Obtaining a suitable managerial job

Finding a supportive climate once on the job

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7. Sense of responsibility in carrying out the routine duties

associated with managerial work.
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CHALLENGES IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM

Challenges for engineers and engineering

managers on the:

Challenges for engineers and engineering

managers on the:

Inside practice the basic management

functions

Present focus on keeping the company

operating smoothly by doing things right

Outside keep abreast of emerging

technologies and screen new technologies
that affect the company products

Future seek e-transformation

opportunities to generate company
profitability in the long term
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Planning/
Scheduling

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Input/
work
resources

1) The time constraint is the amount of

time available to complete a project.
This may be the most difficult
constraint to manage.
2) The cost constraint is the budgeted
amount available for the project.
Cost translates to resources (people,
equipment, and materials).
3) The scope constraint is what must
be done to produce the project's end
result the system you need
meeting your requirements!

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Organizing

Project Manager Focus On PM Triple Constraints

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CHALLENGES IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM

TEXTBOOK(S) AND/OR OTHER

REQUIRED MATERIAL

Challenges for engineers and engineering

managers on the:

1) Chang, C.M., Engineering Management Challenges in the

New Millennium, 2012, Dorling Kindersley India Pvt. Ltd.
Licenses of Pearson Education in South Asia.

Local seek the best way to utilize the

available resources to achieve company
resources

2) Medina, Robert, G. Engineering Management, 1999,

Rex Printing Company , Inc.

Global effectuate the optimal use of locationbased resources to realize global economies of
scale and scope and to derive cost and
technology advantages for their employers

4) Nicholas, John M., and Steyn, Herman Project

Management for Business, Engineering, and Technology
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,2007, Elsevier Ltd (E-book)

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3) Daft, Richard, New Era of Management: Concepts and

Applications, 2010, Cengage Learning Asia Pte. Ltd.