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Engineering Management is concerned with the design,

installation, and improvement of integrated systems of
people, material, information, equipment, and energy by

Engineering Management drawing upon specialized knowledge and skills in the

mathematical, physical, and social sciences, together with the
principles and methods of engineering analysis and design to
specify, predict, and evaluate the results to be obtained from
such systems.

Engineering management is the fusion of business and

engineering principles.
By having knowledge of economics and management they can
forecast or can predict the utility, advantages, disadvantages
of the product, also get to know the scope of the product and
its contribution in growth.
Specialized form of management that is concerned with the
application of engineering principles to business practice.
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.

Engineering Management Domain: Example areas of engineering management are:

• Product development
1. Manufacturing system engineering • Manufacturing
2. Project management • Construction
3. Human resource
• Design engineering
4. Operations research
• Industrial engineering
• Technology
• Production

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Successful engineering managers typically require

training and experience in business and engineering to: Managers within the field of engineering are trained to
understand Human resource management, finances, industrial
• Operating effectiveness and efficiency
psychology, quality control, operations research and
• Problem solving and operations improvement
environmental management.

Engineering
The profession in which a
knowledge of the mathematical
and natural science gained by
study, experience, and practice
is applied with judgment to
develop ways to utilize,
economically, the materials and
forces of nature for the benefit
of mankind
Management
A set of activities (including Management is getting things through others,
planning and decision making, Management needs:
organizing, leading and control) • Objective
directed at an organization’s
resources (human, financial, • Resources,
physical and informational) with • Methods,
the aim of achieving
organizational goals in an • Organization setting,
efficient and effective manner. • People

Planning
Function of Manager • Manager should have objective in mind
• Planning • Planning help manager to do the right things
• Organizing • Well planning needs the following
• Directing • Defining objectives,
• Deciding what/when/how/who
• Controlling
What is to be done,
When it is to be done,
How it is to be done,
Who is to do it,

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Organizing Directing
• Gathering and allocating resources, • Redirecting human behavior to achieve objectives
• Motivating others to produce,
• Coordinating the work of the organization,
• Influencing subordinates
• Deliberate creation a configuration that defines the
followings:
Controlling
How authority is structured,
• Keeping things on track,
How communication flows,
• Steering performance towards desired goal,
How tasks are accomplished • Coordinating monitoring and adjusting performance

Managerial Skills Contrast between American and Japanese Organization

AMERICAN JAPANESE
FOCUS BY LEVEL SKILLS NEEDED
MOBILE EMPLOYEES LIFETIM EMPLOYMENT
TOP MANAGEMENT CONCEPTUAL – ability to solve long term
problems and view the total organization PERSONAL DECISION MAKING COLLECTIVE DECISION MAKING
as an interactive system
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY GROUP RESPONSIBILITY
MIDDLE MANAGEMENT HUMAN RELATION – ability to work
effectively, lead and assure harmonious RAPID ADVANCEMENT SLOW AND SYSTEMATIC ADVANCEMENT
interpersonal relations SPECIALIZATION IN CAREERS GENERAL CAREER PERSPECTIVE
SUPERVISORY MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL – ability to use tools, apply
EXPLICIT CONTROL MECHANISMS IMPLICIT CONTROL SYSTEMS
specialized knowledge and manage
processes and techniques FOCUSED CONCERN FOR EMPLOYEES HOLISTIC CONSCERN FOR EMPLOYEES

Difference between boss and leader

BOSS LEADER
DRIVES EMPLOYEES COACHES THEM
DEPENDS ON AUTHORITY ON GOODWILL
INSPIRES FEAR GENERATES ENTHUSIASM
SAYS “I” SAYS “WE”
PLACES BLAME FOR THE BREAKDOWN FIXES THE BREAKDOWN
KNOWS HOW IT IS DONE SHOWS HOW IT IS DONE
USES PEOPLE DEVELOPS PEOPLE
TAKES CREDIT GIVES CREDIT
COMMANDS ASKS
SAYS “ GO” SAYS “LETS’S GO”