INEN 4369/INEN 5369 - Engineering Management

Last Update: Jan. 16, 2008 at 2:45 PM

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Day

Date

Topics Planned for Spring 2008

1

M

Jan 14

Introduce Course, Engineering Vs. Management

2

W

Jan 16

Engineering Vs. Management,

3

M

Jan 21

MLK Holiday – No Class

4

W

Jan 23

Negotiation,

5

M

Jan 28

Negotiation, Strategizing_Framing_Planning

6

W

Jan 30

Distributive Bargaining, Integrative Negotiation,

7

M

Feb 4

Used Car Negotiation – Team exercise, “A Power Play For Howard" case Homework,

8

W

Feb 6

Universal Computer Negotiation - Team exercise, 7 Habits: Habit 1,

9

M

Feb 11

Ethics in Negotiation, Ethics team exercise, 7 Habits: Habit 2

10

W

Feb 13

Review for Test 1, 7 Habits: Habit 3

11

M

Feb 18

Intro to Project Management

12

W

Feb 20

Test 1,

13

M

Feb 25

Strategic Management and Project Selection, 7 Habits: Habit 4

14

W

Feb 27

Decision Making, 7 Habits: Habit 5

15

M

Mar 3

Weighted Decision Making – Technology example, 7 Habits: Habit 6

16

W

Mar 5

The Project Manager, 7 Habits: Habit 7

 

M

Mar 10

Spring Break

 

W

Mar 12

Spring Break, 

17

M

Mar 17

The Project Manager 7 Habits: Paradigms Of Interdependence

18

W

Mar 19

Project Organization

19

M

Mar 24

Organizational Structure, 7 Habits Review

20

W

Mar 26

Review for Test 2, Discuss Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, 7 Habits Review, 7 Habits Summary

21

M

Mar 31

Test 2

22

W

Apr 2

WBS, Team exercise developing a WBS for a fictional trip or goal

23

M

Apr 7

Project Budgeting

24

W

Apr 9

Project Scheduling

25

M

Apr 14

Technology Life Cycle,

26

W

Apr 16

Life Cycle Costing, LCC - Buildings, LCC – Refrigerator, LCC - Chemical, Team exercise: LCC of New car Vs. Used, New Car Vs. New Car Leased, Expensive Car Vs. Cheap Car

27

M

Apr 21

Earned Value Management,

28

W

Apr 23

Earned Value Management, Review for Test 3

29

M

Apr 28

Test 3

Syllabus Spring 2008

Instructor: Dr. Ryan Underdown

Office: 2202 Cherry Engineering, (409) 880 - 8815

E-mail: Ryan.Underdown@Lamar.edu

Office Hours: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Others by appointment.

Class Web site: WebCT

Catalog Information: ENGR 5369: Engineering Management. Transition from engineering to management, decision making responsibilities - a comparison; planning, organizing and staffing in a technical environment, technical project management, team leadership, appraising engineers.

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

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Understand the fundamentals of negotiation

2. Understand the fundamentals of ethics

3. Understand the fundamentals of project management

Teaching Assistant:

Teaching Assistant:

Office:

E-mail:

Office Hours:

Undergraduate / Graduate Grading:

22%    Test 1

22%    Test 2

22%    Test 3

10%    Quizzes

24%    Project(s) (Work in pairs)

100%  Total

Tests:

Tests will be open book given via WebCT over a weekend. Tests will have 50 true/false or multiple choice questions presented one at a time over a 50 minute period. Each answer must be saved to be counted. Once a question is answered, it cannot be revisited. A set of  50 questions will be randomly selected from a pool of approximately 100 questions, thus each student will have a different set of questions in a different order.

Quizzes

Quizzes will be given throughout the semester to encourage students to read the assigned material. Each quiz will cover information assigned to be read in the text or handouts.  Quizzes will be taken on WebCT. Quizzes will have 5 true/false or multiple choice questions. Quizzes will be 3 minutes in duration. Quizzes submitted after the 3 minute limit will not count. Once a question has been answered, save that answer. If the answer is not saved, it will not count. Once all questions have been saved, click the submit button. The grade for this quiz will appear under the “My Grades” icon a few days after the quiz expires. Your lowest quiz grade will be dropped. Bonus quizzes will be given without notice. Bonus quizzes are points added to your total and are voluntary. Missed quizzes and bonus quizzes cannot be made up.

Computer Usage – Students will use the following software in this class:

  • Microsoft Office Suite 2007 including: Word, Excel, and Powerpoint 
  • Microsoft Windows XP 
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 
  • Microsoft Project 2003

Cell phones, pagers and other communication devices:

Students are asked to have their communication devices on a silent mode during class.  These devices must be placed out of sight during an exam.

University Policies

Attendance and Drop Policy:

Students are required to read and be prepared to discuss the assigned textbook chapters workbook exercises before attending the class session in which they will be discussed.

Class attendance and lateness policies will be discussed during the first week of class. Those policies include by reference all provision for grade adjustment or drop policies included in the applicable Graduate or Undergraduate Catalog in effect at the start of the semester.

NO STUDENT WILL BE DROPPED FROM THE CLASS ROLLS

FOR NEVER ATTENDING OR EXCESSIVE ABSENCES.

A student dropping a course after the Census Date but on or before the appropriate final drop date will receive a grade of "W" only if at the time of dropping, the student is passing the course (has a grade of A, B, C, or D); otherwise an F will be received.

Absences Based on Religious Beliefs:

A student who misses an examination, work assignment, or other project due to the observance of a religious holy day will be given the opportunity to complete the work missed within 15 days following the due date of the assignment, test, or other project missed. To be eligible for such a make-up, the student must notify me in writing of classes scheduled on dates he or she will be absent to observe a religious holy day. Notification must be made within the first 15 (fifteen) class days through either a written correspondence, personal delivered, acknowledged and dated by me or written correspondence sent certified mail, return receipt requested to me. Failure to follow the rules provided above within the time frames listed will result in the absence being considered unexcused.

Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA):

Lamar University is on record as being committed to both the spirit and letter of the ADA to make reasonable adjustments in the classroom necessary to eliminate discrimination on the basis of disability. Students should meet with the Instructor during the first week of class to discuss their special needs and advise the instructor of any special needs, abilities or limitations and to discuss the instructor’s expectations in class participation, performance and work standards. Any disclosure by the students of their need for accommodations is recognized to be extremely sensitive and all conversations and other communications will be kept protected and confidential and disclosed on a need-to-know basis only.

Students are responsible for contacting and consulting with the University’s Office for Students with Disabilities prior to contacting the instructor about any disabilities. The student should provide the instructor with some form of written documentation of the disability from an acceptable, external sources (such as a doctor, psychiatrist, etc.) and from the Office for Students with Disabilities.

Academic Dishonesty:

All students are expected to pursue their scholastic careers with honesty and integrity.

It is the philosophy of this Department, this instructor and Lamar University that academic dishonesty is a completely unacceptable mode of conduct and will not be tolerated in any form. All persons involved in academic dishonesty will be disciplined in accordance with University regulations and procedures. Discipline may include suspension or expulsion from the University.

"Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, collusion, the submission of credit of any work or materials that are attributable in whole or in part to another person, taking an examination for another person, or any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student or the attempt to commit such acts."

Make Up Exams:

Final exam grade replaces missed exam grade. The test will be comprehensive covering the entire semester of material. Students who wish to use this option must inform me via e-mail 1 week prior to the final exam.

Attendance and Participation:

I encourage you to participate in class discussions and attend class regularly. The more you participate on a regular basis, the more you will gain from this course. Effective participation requires good preparation therefore I absolutely encourage you to read the material before class.