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Engineering management studies as part of continuing engineering education

1999

Abstract: Engineering management is an important area of undergraduate preparation. With the introduction of engineering and technology degrees via flexible delivery, there are a growing number of mature-age engineering students returning to study to upgrade their qualifications. These students offer a new and unique perspective on engineering management-they may have had significant practical experience as a manager&# 47; supervisor in an engineering environment.

Management studies in engineering courses

2012

This book is intended to have present value and future purpose. We report on the state of engineering as a profession at the end of the 20th Century in Australia. We examine where Australian engineering work force and its education have been, in order to judge where the profession is now. We then speculate a little about whither engineering might be tending, and make some tentative judgements about what to do and how to do it. We provide some foundations for questions of future policy.

Framework for Undergraduate Engineering Management Studies

Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 2003

[Follow URL link above to find paper] The importance of management to the long-term careers of practicing professional engineers has long been recognized. Undergraduate engineering education should therefore provide an exposure to the management skills required by engineers in professional practice. For the rational and effective design of undergraduate engineering management studies, it is essential to understand the nature of engineering management and to identify those management skills identified as important by practicing professional engineers. Through an investigation of the recent literature, the management skills considered important by engineering stakeholder groups are identified and ranked. This information is supplemented by recent surveys conducted by the author of stakeholders in Australia, including academic staff, mature age undergraduate students, and recent graduates of the engineering programs at Deakin University in Australia. Based on an examination of the literature and original research, a framework of ranked classified management skills is proposed. Broadly, the ranking framework is generic professional skills first, followed by general management skills and technical discipline specific management skills, followed by other professional discipline skills and theoretical skills.

Engineering Management 54(4): 2004

IEEE Engineering Management Newsletter, 2004

Malkinson, T.J. Editor-in-Chief, Engineering Management. 54(4) 16-pages, 2004. The IEEE Engineering Management Society was founded in 1951 and in 2015 was transitioned to the Technology and Engineering Management Society (TEMS). < www.ieee-tems.org >. TEMS mission is to support excellence in the leadership and stewardship of transformational technologies and organizations. TEMS encompasses best practices for defining, implementing, and managing engineering, as well as the advancement of technology management as a professional discipline. TEMS is one of over 39 IEEE technical societies and has a membership of over 4,000 people worldwide. This series of twenty posts comprise the 16-page Engineering Management Quarterly Newsletters for volumes 53-57 (2003-2007) as edited by Terrance Malkinson. It is provided as a tribute and expression of appreciation to the many TEMS members who contributed to the newsletters over the four years of my editorship. This archival issue of Engineering Management provides information on EMS Awards, IEMC 2004 Conference Report, a feature article by R.K. Vir “Enhancing the Role of Industry in IEEE”, Chapter Reports, and a feature article by Terrance Malkinson “Global Water Policy”.

Experiences in Implementing a Postgraduate Engineering Management Program

The majority of practising engineers are expected to possess managerial skills as well as specific technical skills. While many engineering graduates undertake a Master of Business Administration to gain the necessary knowledge to undertake their managerial tasks, there is also a demand for the development of managerial skills more closely related to engineering practice. These skills are likely to be more relevant to engineers if they are related to engineering tasks. Examples of such knowledge would include the impact of technology on society, sustainability, risk management, asset management and innovation management. The Master of Engineering Management program was developed by the University of Southern Queensland to provide these skills. While the courses in this program were initially developed for distance education only, several are also now delivered on-campus. This paper discusses the experiences of two of the academics involved with the development and delivery of course...

Development of Undergraduate Engineering Management Stream of Studies

The 8th Australasian Conference of Engineering Management Educators, Wollongong, Australia, 12-13 July, pp 15-20, 2001

A Bachelor of Engineering program revision was conducted during 2000 with a view to improving the program with respect to pedagogical form and the value of graduates to the electrical and electronics related industries in South Australia. The program redevelopment included a complete reconstruction of the engineering management stream of studies to offer a perspective specifically related to the needs of the information technology related industries, as distinct from engineering in general. The reorganisation of the Systems Engineering stream was also explicitly linked to development of the Graduate Qualities of the University of South Australia. The Graduate Qualities framework was used to ensure that the method of learning and content are linked as part of the system for developing engineers in the framework of the whole program. This paper discusses the issues in this part of the program revision.

Developing curriculum for the engineering management study module: Case study

Serbian Journal of Management, 2008

This paper presents developing of the curriculum for the engineering management study module, in the transition environment. The study module was realized during past six years at the Technical faculty in Bor, which is the part of the University in Belgrade (Serbia) and authors of this text believe that it is the right time to perform a critical evaluation and comparasion with foreign practice of management studies in the USA and EU academic environment. Considering the worlds best practice in this field of education, characteristics of the transition economy surroundings and the available resources of our school, where this program is realized, MSc, BSc and PhD level curriculum can be defined including the courses model based on the graduated students competences.