INEN 5369 - Engineering Management

INEN 5369 Spring 2008 Syllabus

Catalog Information: 2002

ENGR 5369: Engineering Management. Prepares students for a transition from engineering to management. Topics include:  proposal writing, project negotiations, ethics, project management, teams and culture.

 

 

Textbooks: 

Meredith, Jack R. and Mantel, Samuel J., Project Management: A Managerial Approach, 6th Ed., Wiley, New York, 2006, ISBN: 13 978-0471-715375

 

Lewicki, Roy J. , Barry, Bruce. and Saunders, David M., Essentials of Negotiation, 4th  Edition, McGraw-Hill Irwin, New York, 2007, ISBN-13: 978-0-07-310276-4, and ISBN-10:0-07-310276-8

 

Covey, Stephen R., The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Simon Schuster, New York, 1989

 

 

References:

 

 

 

Coordinator: 

Dr. Ryan Underdown, Associate Professor, Dept. of Industrial Engineering.

 

 

Goals: 

To assist technical personnel to become effective managers. 

 

 

Prerequisites:

Graduate standing 

Topics:

Topic Number

Topics - Actual

1

Engineering Vs. Management (1.5 weeks)

2

Negotiation (2 weeks)

3

Ethics (1 week)

4

Project Management, MS Project 2003 (5 weeks)

5

Life Cycle Costing (1/2 week)

6

Earned value management (1 week)

7

Life Cycles of Technology (1/2 week)

8

7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1/2 week)

9

Tests (1 week)

Computer Usage: Microsoft: Word 2003, Excel 2003, and Powerpoint 2003, Project 2003, Internet Explorer 7, Windows XP

Prepared by: Dr. Ryan Underdown

Last Update: 02/07/07