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Engineering Management
- Engineering Management is a specialized form of management that is required to
successfully lead engineering or technical personnel and projects.
- It connects the technological problem-solving knowledge of engineering and the
organizational, administrative, and planning abilities of management in order to
administer the operational performance of complex engineering driven businesses.

 Engineering managers typically require training and experience in both general

management and the specific engineering disciplines that will be used by the
engineering team to be managed.
5 M’s of Engineering Management
1. Manpower - human resources, they are the people on the workplace in an
organization
2. Machine – apparatus used to ease the work
3. Material – raw ingredient of a product.
4. Method – the process used for production
5. Money – main resource of a project or construction
Areas of Engineering Management
1. Product development – product management; The overall process of strategy,
organization, concept generation, product and marketing plan creation and
evaluation, and commercialization of a new product.
2. Manufacturing – production of merchandise
3. Construction – process of constructing Infrastructure
4. design engineering - It's a discipline which draws on knowledge of manufacturing
techniques, product development, technical design and rapid prototyping to
bring new innovations to market.
5. Industrial engineering- helps to reduce production costs, increasing efficiency,
improving the quality of products and services, ensuring worker health and
safety,
6. Technology
7. production
Function of Engineering Management

 Planning - involves setting objective and determining course of action for achieving
those objectives
Types of planning
1. Strategic-specified techniques to be used to achieve the desired
objectives
2. Intermediate-short ranged planning
3. Operational – detailed plan used to provide a clear picture how a
team contribute for the accomplishment of the objectives
 Organizing - involves developing of organization and allocating human resources for the
accomplishment of the objective
 Organization chart – graphical representation of the chain of commands within
an organization

 Leading - involves the social and formal sources of influence that is used to inspire
action taken by others.

Leadership traits
1. High level of personal drive- ideas to action, going on challenging
times, seeking for others in the org, bounce back from
disappointment or setback.
2. Desire to lead-sense of responsibility
3. Personal integrity – honest and strong moral principle
4. Self-confidence – self-esteem, optimistic
5. Analytical ability-communicate, creative, critical thinking, data
analysis, research
6. Knowledge of the company- knowledge in the organization, know
how to handle difficult situation and proper decision-making
7. Charisma-inspire people, committed to one central mission,
learning from mistakes
8. Creativity- imaginative
9. Flexibility – change of plan to match the reality situation,
adaptable

 Controlling - consists of verifying whether everything occurs in conformities with the

plans adopted, instructions issued and principles established.
Steps of control process
1. Set standards
2. Measure performance
3. Compare performance
4. Take corrective action
Main Functional Areas of Engineering Management
1. Production management - involves in product planning and development, plant
location, lay-out and maintenance, production systems and machines
2. Marketing - is the planning, analysis, implementation and control of programs
designed to bring desired exchanges with target market for the purpose of
achieving organizational objectives.
3. Finance - It can be look upon the study of relationship between the raising of
funds and deployment of funds.
Main Decision in Financial Management
1. Investment policies – framework for investment
2. Method of financing-
3. Dividend decision - the policy that the management formulates in regard to
earnings for distribution as dividends among shareholders