INTRO TO ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT.pptx(1)

• Engineering is a profession in which knowledge of math, and natural science
• Engineer is a person who applies his/her knowledge of mathematics and science properly for mankind
• Teaching is where the engineer gets a job as a professor
• Consulting is where the engineer works as a consultant
• Management is where the engineer is assigned to manage groups of people
• Government is where the engineer may find employment in government
• Construction is where the construction engineer is either directly in charge of the construction personnel
• Sales is where the engineer assists the company's customers to meet their needs
• Manufacturing is where the engineer is directly in charge of production personnel
• Design and Development is where the engineer undertakes the activity of turning a product concept to a finished physical item
• Testing is where the engineer works in a unit that new product or parts are tested for workability
• Research is where the engineer is engaged in the process of learning about nature and codifying the knowledge into usable theories
• Management is a process consisting of planning, leading, organizing, and controlling
• Manager is a person in charge of running or managing all or part of a corporation or related organization
• Class Management is the most widely use and the oldest managerial thought
• Two Fundamental Thrust in the Classical Management Principle: Scientific Management and General Administrative
• Scientific Management is more focused on the methods to develop an improvement in productive management
• General Administrative Management tests the organizations as total entities and gives emphasis to the ways to make them more efficient and effective
• Behavioral Management Principle is a management approach that focuses on human cognition, motivation, and leadership
• Human Relations Management Theory started in the early 1920s, which professor Elton Mayo(Hawthorne Study) prove people's value to productivity and not on machines
• Requirements for the Engineer Manager's Job: A bachelor's degree, a few years experience in a pure engineering job, and training in supervision
• Two Managers Roles Which are Common: Project Manager and Engineering Manager
• Ability refers to the capacity of an engineer manager to achieve organizational objectives effectively and efficiently
• Motivation to Manage is where many people have the desire to work and finish a specific tasks assigned by superiors, but not many are motivated to manage other people so that they may contribute to the realization of the organization's objective
• Opportunity where successful managers become possible only if they have the ability and motivation to manage
• Manage Resource Well is where the engineering manager should make the most of the strength already in place
• Cultivate Professionalism and Trust is where a teamwork specialist Patrick Lencioni stresses the value of trust, since lack of confidence, he says, creates a basic "dysfunction" that hinders most teams
• Soft Skill Investment is where a technical professionals need a combination of technical knowledge, business competencies, and interpersonal competences
• Established Realistic Expectations is the practical predictions of experts are being challenged by impatient executive who want things done faster
• Provide Benefits Other Than Pay is where recognition is valuable when results are expressed in terms of bottom-line contributions
• Decision Making is the process of identifying and choosing alternative courses of action in a manner appropriate to the demands of the situation
• Levels of an Internal Organization(IO): By Function, By Product, By Process, and By Geographical Area