MANAGEMENT FOR

ENGINEERS
HUGH CARGILL
LECTURER
MANAGEMENT FOR ENGINEERS

• Welcome to Management for Engineers!

• ENG4016
• Lecturer: Hugh Cargill MSc. Eng. CMftg
• Email: hugh.cargill@utech.edu.jm
MANAGEMENT FOR ENGINEERS

• Course Assessment
• Class Test 15%
• Homework 10%
• Group Assignment 15%
• Final Examination 60%
MANAGEMENT FOR ENGINEERS

Texts
1. Managing Engineering and Technology by Lucy Morse and Daniel Babcock (5th Ed.,
2010, Prentice Hall - ISBN-10 0-13-609809-6)
2. Cost Analysis: Managerial and Cost Accounting by Christopher J. Skousen and
Larry M. Walther (2010, bookboon.com – ISBN – 978-87-7681-586-8)
3. Project Management for Entrepreneurs by Harold Taylor (2014, bookboon.com
– ISBN-978-87-403-0746-7)
MANAGER
MANAGEMENT DEFINITIONS

• Management is about facilitating or directing

people to attain an objective.
CALM SEAS CASE

• Let us read the case together

• Who is it about?
• What is happening?
FUNCTIONS OF MANAGERS
- HENRI FAYOL (MINING ENGINEER) 29 JULY 1841 - 19 NOV.
1925

• Plan – select mission and objectives and actions to achieve them

• Organize – Determine people’s roles
• Command – Supervise others
• Coordinate – Guide operations
• Control – Measure and correct subordinates
MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS
WE WILL STUDY
• Plan – deciding what you want to accomplish and laying out the steps to
get there
• Organize – deciding how many people are needed and how they will
work together
• Lead – guiding, supervising, motivating, coaching
• Control – monitoring what is happening and taking corrective action as
necessary
MANAGEMENT SKILLS
– ROBERT KATZ, HBR, 1974

• Technical – specific knowledge of the field you are in.

• Conceptual Skills – deep understanding of the situation.
Abstract knowledge. Seeing the company operations as a
whole. See how changes in one area of the company affects
other areas
• Human – able to work well with others
MANAGERIAL ROLES

• According to Mintzberg
MANAGERIAL ROLES - HENRY MINTZBERG
(CANADIAN, BSC. MECH ENG, PHD MGT.)

• Interpersonal
• Informational
• Decisional
MANAGERIAL ROLES - HENRY MINTZBERG
(CANADIAN, BSC. MECH ENG, PHD MGT.)
• Interpersonal
• Figurehead (perform ceremonial duties inside the
organization)
• Leader (coach, encourage, direct, influence employees )
• Liaison (in-between person for the flow of information
in and out of the organization. networking with peers in
the organization and outside the organization )
• Informational
• Monitor (seek information about internal operations
and outside events)
• Disseminator (communicate useful information to your
colleagues and team)
• Spokesperson (outward focus – speak to outside
interests about the organization or department)
 MANAGERIAL ROLES - MINTZBERG, CONT.

• Decisional
• Entrepreneurial (initiate change)
• Disturbance Handler (resolve crises, resolve conflicts)
• Resource Allocator (decides who get resources, budget time and
money)
• Negotiator (bargain with suppliers, customers, peers, subordinates on
behalf of department or organization)
MANAGEMENT FOR ENGINEERS

• Course Outline:
• Manager’s Roles and Functions
• Manager’s Skills
• Planning
• Organising
• Leading
• Controlling
• Costing
• Marketing Management
• Project Planning
HW

1. Review the management functions, roles and skills and explain which ones can apply to
Tasneem at Calm Seas.
2. Identify a local example of each managerial functions, roles and skills and give a brief
justification for each.