Engineering Management

Marietta L. Espiña

Lecture 1. Introduction to Engineering Management

Outline
●Definition
● Engineering Management Domain
● Areas of Engineering Management
● Functions of Management
● Functions of a Manager
● Managerial Skills
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Definition
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
planning and decision making,
organizing, leading and control)
directed at an organization’s
resources (human, financial,
physical and informational) with
the aim of achieving organizational
goals in an efficient and effective
manner.
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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
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.
● Scientific discipline, which designs, implements and/or develops models, processes
and systems by taking into account the engineering relationships between the
management tasks of planning, organizing, leading and controlling and the human
element in production, research, marketing, finance and other services.
● A specialized form of management that is concerned with the application of
engineering principles to business practice.
● It is a fusion of business and engineering principles.
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Engineering Management Domain

Mathematics Operations Research Statistics

Manufacturing
Engineering Human
System
Management Resources
Engineering

Accounting Project Management Psychology

Economics
Strategy
Organizational Model
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Areas of Engineering Management

● Product development
● Manufacturing
● Construction
● Design Engineering
● Industrial Engineering
● Technology
● Production
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Management is getting things through others, hence

management needs:
●Objective Objective

●Resources
●Methods People Resources
Mgmt
●Organizational setting
● People Organizational
Methods
Setting
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Functions of Management
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Functions of a Manager

● Planning
● Organizing
● Directing
● Controlling
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Planning
A manager should have an objective in mind
Planning help manager to do the right things
Well planning needs the following
Defining objectives
Deciding what/when/how/who
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
Gathering and allocating resources
Coordinating the work of organization
Deliberate creation a configuration that defines the following:
How authority is structured
How communication flows
How tasks are accomplished
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Directing
Redirecting human behavior to achieve objectives
Motivating others to produce
Influencing subordinates
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Controlling
Keeping things on track
Steering performance towards desired goals
Coordinating monitoring and adjusting
performance
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Managerial Skills
Level Skills Needed
Top Management Conceptual (ability to solve long-term
problems and view the total organization as
an interactive system)
Middle Management Human Relation ( ability to work affectively,
lead and assure harmonious interpersonal
relations)
Supervisory Management Technical (ability to use tools, apply
specialized knowledge and manage
processes and techniques)
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Difference Between a 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, “Let’s go”
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