Unit Outline MGMT3000 Engineering Management Semester 2 2016 Bentley Campus INT (Published)

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Unit Outline
MGMT3000 Engineering Management

Semester 2, 2016
Unit study package code:
MGMT3000
Mode of study:
Internal
Tuition pattern summary:
This unit does not have a fieldwork component.
Credit Value:
25.0
Pre-requisite units:
Nil
Co-requisite units:
Nil
Anti-requisite units:
Nil
Result type:
Grade/Mark
Approved incidental fees:
Information about approved incidental fees can be obtained from our website.
Visit fees.curtin.edu.au/incidental_fees.cfm for details.
Unit coordinator:
Title:
Name:
Phone:
Email:
Location:
Mr
Rudy Agostini
92662131
Rudy.Agostini@curtin.edu.au
Building: 207 - Room: 102
Administrative contact:
Name:
Phone:
Email:
Location:
Michelle Cutinha
9266 7428
M.Cutinha@curtin.edu.au
Building: 314 - Room: 340
Learning Management System:
Blackboard (lms.curtin.edu.au)
Teaching Staff:
Acknowledgement of Country
We respectfully acknowledge the Indigenous Elders, custodians, their descendants and kin of this land past and
present.
Syllabus
Fundamentals of engineering economics; financial reporting and statements; cost behavior and cost drivers;
depreciation and taxes; time value of money, net present value (NPV) and international rate of return (IRR); money
management and inflation; cost of capital; sensitivity analysis and decision making; fundamentals of project
management; project planning, control, and life cycle; project selection criteria, work breakdown structure (WBS); time
management, Gantt charts, project evaluation and review technique, and scheduling techniques; critical path analysis;
resource and cost control; project termination and integration.

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CRICOS Provider Code 00301J
The only authoritative version of this Unit Outline is to be found online in OASIS

Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering
Introduction
The Engineering Management unit will give the student a working knowledge of the application of economic principles to
engineering projects.
The information presented in this unit will enable quantitative assessments to be carried out when deciding as to whether a project
is a financially viable proposition.
It is a social science study concentrating on project and contract mangagement, organizational behaviour, engineering economics
and an
introduction to accounting.
Students appreciate the full benefit of this unit when they join the workforce as practicing engineers.
It will give you an understanding on how organizations operate, what your position is, how projects are run, financed and handled.
You will learn about economic and financial principles and their application as they are an essential tool to the modern
engineering graduate in the work place .
Unit Learning Outcomes

All graduates of Curtin University achieve a set of nine graduate attributes during their course of study. These tell an
employer that, through your studies, you have acquired discipline knowledge and a range of other skills and
attributes which employers say would be useful in a professional setting. Each unit in your course addresses the
graduate attributes through a clearly identified set of learning outcomes. They form a vital part in the process
referred to as assurance of learning. The learning outcomes tell you what you are expected to know, understand or
be able to do in order to be successful in this unit. Each assessment for this unit is carefully designed to test your
achievement of one or more of the unit learning outcomes. On successfully completing all of the assessments you will
have achieved all of these learning outcomes.
Your course has been designed so that on graduating we can say you will have achieved all of Curtin's Graduate
Attributes through the assurance of learning process in each unit.
Graduate Attributes
addressed
On successful completion of this unit students can:

1 Apply principles of engineering management to the industrial environment
2 Solve engineering management problems when working within multicultural,
multinational and inter-disciplinary environments
3 Create and present effective professional documentations
4 Develop and demonstrate responsible attitudes towards engineering professions such
as listening skills, in multicultural and multinational settings
5 Demonstrate self-directed and group learning skills and ethical behaviour
Curtin's Graduate Attributes

Apply discipline knowledge
Thinking skills
Information skills
(use analytical skills to solve problems)
(confidence to investigate new ideas)
Communication skills
Technology skills
International perspective
Cultural understanding
(value the perspectives of others)
(value the perspectives of others)
Learning how to learn

(apply principles learnt to new situations)
(confidence to tackle unfamiliar problems)
Professional Skills
(work independently and as a team)
(plan own work)
Find out more about Curtin's Graduate attributes at the Office of Teaching & Learning website: ctl.curtin.edu.au
Learning Activities
All graduates of Curtin University achieve a set of nine graduate attributes during their course of study. These tell an
employer that,

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through your studies, you have acquired discipline knowledge and a range of other skills and attributes which
employers say would
be useful in a professional setting. Each unit in your course addresses the graduate attributes through a clearly
identified set of
learning outcomes. They form a vital part in the process referred to as assurance of learning. The learning outcomes
tell you what
you are expected to know, understand or be able to do in order to be successful in this unit. Each assessment for
this unit is carefully
designed to test your achievement of one or more of the unit learning outcomes. On successfully completing all of
the assessments
you will have achieved all of these learning outcomes.
Your course has been designed so that on graduating we can say you will have achieved all of Curtin's Graduate
Attributes through
the assurance of learning process in each unit.
Learning Resources
Other resources
Learning Resources
Recommended texts
You do not have to purchase the following textbooks but you may like to refer to them.
Textbook
No textbook recommended for this unit.
References
There are many books in the library that can be used as reference. Some examples are:
Park, C.S. Fundamentals of Engineering Economics, Prentice-Hall, 2004.
Samson, Management for Engineers, 3rd edition, 2001, Prentice Hall, 2001.
Meredith and Mantel, Project Management- A Managerial Approach, 4th edition, Wiley, 2000.

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Assessment
Assessment schedule
Task
Value %
Date Due
Unit Learning
Outcome(s)
Assessed
Group Assignment
20 percent
Week: Week 8
Day: Friday 23rd
September 2016
Time: 4:00pm
Mid-semester Exam
20 percent
Week: Week 8
1,2,5
Day: Wednesday
21rd September 2016
Time: 4:00pm
Tutorial Quiz
10 percent
Week: Week 12
Day: Wednesday
19th october 2016
Time: 4:00pm
2,3,4
Final Examination
50 percent
Week: Weeks 16 or
Week 17
Day: TBD
Time: TBD
1,2,5
2,3,4
Detailed information on assessment tasks

1. The assignment will be due at COB at 4:00pm on Friday 23rd September 2016 to the assignment office.
You will be working in groups of three to discuss and resolve issues, to provide answers and draw conclusions as a
group. Even though it is a group assignment, each student is required to submit their own complete assignment document.
The assignment carries 20% of the overall marks.
If you miss this assignment there will be no supplementary or make up assignment.
Dispute resolution can be achieved only by the formal application of the student.
2. The mid semester test will be for 1 hour 30 minutes in lecture theatre 210:101 LT on Wednesday 21st September 2016.
Time of themid semester exam starts at 4:00pm till 6:00pm
You can expect questions from all the material covered up to and includinglectures 9 and 10.
and Tutorials Sets 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Students will be provided with a printed version of the formula sheet.
Only the non-programmable calculators approved by the University will be permitted.
The mid semester test carries 20% of overall marks.
3. The Tutorial Quiz will be for1 hour in lecture theatre 210:101 LT on Wednesday 19thoctober 2016.
Time of theTutorial Quiz starts at 4:00pm till 5:00pm
You can expect short questions from all the material covered up to and includinglectures15 and 16
and Tutorial Sets 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.
Students will be provided with a printed version of the formula sheet.
Only the non-programmable calculators approved by the University will be permitted.
The Tutorial Quiz carries 10% of overall marks.
Dispute resolution can be achieved only by the formal application of the student.
4. The final end of semester examination will carry 50% of overall marks and will be a closed book exam.
The final examination will be two hour exam. You will be requested to answer 5 questions out of 6.
You can expect questions from all the material covered in the lectures and tutorials.
In the final examination, a formula sheet will be provided by the university.
Only the calculators approved by the University will be permitted.

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Pass requirements
To pass this unit, you must achieve an overall grade/mark that is greater than or equal to
50, and score at least 50% in
the final exam (End of Semester Exam).
Fair assessment through moderation
Moderation describes a quality assurance process to ensure that assessments are appropriate to the learning
outcomes, and that student work is evaluated consistently by assessors. Minimum standards for the moderation of
assessment are described in the Assessment and Student Progression Manual, available from
policies.curtin.edu.au/policies/teachingandlearning.cfm
Late assessment policy

This ensures that the requirements for submission of assignments and other work to be assessed are fair,
transparent, equitable, and that penalties are consistently applied.
1.
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All assessments students are required to submit will have a due date and time specified on this Unit Outline.
Students will be penalised by a deduction of ten percent per calendar day for a late assessment submission
(eg a mark equivalent to 10% of the total allocated for the assessment will be deducted from the marked
value for every day that the assessment is late). This means that an assessment worth 20 marks will have two
marks deducted per calendar day late. Hence if it was handed in three calendar days late and given a mark of
16/20, the student would receive 10/20. An assessment more than seven calendar days overdue will not be
marked and will receive a mark of 0.
Assessment extension
A student unable to complete an assessment task by/on the original published date/time (eg examinations, tests) or
due date/time (eg assignments) must apply for an assessment extension using the Assessment Extension form
(available from the Forms page at students.curtin.edu.au/administration/) as prescribed by the Academic Registrar. It
is the responsibility of the student to demonstrate and provide evidence for exceptional circumstances beyond the
student's control that prevent them from completing/submitting the assessment task.
The student will be expected to lodge the form and supporting documentation with the unit coordinator before the
assessment date/time or due date/time. An application may be accepted up to five working days after the date or
due date of the assessment task where the student is able to provide an acceptable explanation as to why he or she
was not able to submit the application prior to the assessment date. An application for an assessment extension will
not be accepted after the date of the Board of Examiners' meeting.
Deferred assessments
If your results show that you have been granted a deferred assessment you should immediately check OASIS for
details.
Deferred examinations/tests will be held from 07/02/2016 to 17/02/2017 . Notification to students will be made after
the Board of Examiners meeting via the Official Communications Channel (OCC) in OASIS.
Supplementary assessments
Supplementary assessments, if granted by the Board of Examiners, will have a due date or be held between
07/02/2016 and 17/02/2016 . Notification to students will be made after the Board of Examiners meeting via the
Official Communications Channel (OCC) in OASIS.
It is the responsibility of students to be available to complete the requirements of a supplementary assessment. If
your results show that you have been granted a supplementary assessment you should immediately check OASIS for
details.

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Reasonable adjustments for students with disabilities/health circumstances likely to impact on

studies
A Curtin Access Plan (CAP) is a document that outlines the type and level of support required by a student with a
disability or health condition to have equitable access to their studies at Curtin. This support can include alternative
exam or test arrangements, study materials in accessible formats, access to Curtins facilities and services or other
support as discussed with an advisor from Disability Services (disability.curtin.edu.au). Documentation is required
from your treating Health Professional to confirm your health circumstances.
If you think you may be eligible for a CAP, please contact Disability Services. If you already have a CAP please provide
it to the Unit Coordinator at the beginning of each semester.
Referencing style
The referencing style for this unit is IEEE.
More information on this referencing style can be obtained at http://www.ieee.org/documents/ieeecitationref.pdf.
Copyright
Curtin University. The course material for this unit is provided to you for your own research and study only. It is
subject to copyright. It is a copyright infringement to make this material available on third party websites.
Academic Integrity (including plagiarism and cheating)

Any conduct by a student that is dishonest or unfair in connection with any academic work is considered to be
academic misconduct. Plagiarism and cheating are serious offences that will be investigated and may result in
penalties such as reduced or zero grades, annulled units or even termination from the course.
Plagiarism occurs when work or property of another person is presented as one's own, without appropriate
acknowledgement or referencing. Submitting work which has been produced by someone else (e.g. allowing or
contracting another person to do the work for which you claim authorship) is also plagiarism. Submitted work is
subjected to a plagiarism detection process, which may include the use of text matching systems or interviews with
students to determine authorship.
Cheating includes (but is not limited to) asking or paying someone to complete an assessment task for you or any
use of unauthorised materials or assistance during an examination or test.
From Semester 1, 2016, all incoming coursework students are required to complete Curtins Academic Integrity
Program (AIP). If a student does not pass the program by the end of their first study period of enrolment at Curtin,
their marks will be withheld until they pass. More information about the AIP can be found at:
https://academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au/students/AIP.cfm
Refer to the Academic Integrity tab in Blackboard or academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au for more information, including
student guidelines for avoiding plagiarism.
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Expectations

Curtin students are expected to have reliable internet access in order to connect to OASIS email and learning systems
such as Blackboard and Library Services.
You may also require a computer or mobile device for preparing and submitting your work.
For general ICT assistance, in the first instance please contact OASIS Student Support:
oasisapps.curtin.edu.au/help/general/support.cfm
For specific assistance with any of the items listed below, please contact The Learning Centre:
life.curtin.edu.au/learning-support/learning_centre.htm
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Using Blackboard, the I Drive and Back-Up files

Introduction to PowerPoint, Word and Excel

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Additional information
Enrolment
It is your responsibility to ensure that your enrolment is correct - you can check your enrolment through the eStudent
option on OASIS, where you can also print an Enrolment Advice.
Student Rights and Responsibilities

It is the responsibility of every student to be aware of all relevant legislation, policies and procedures relating to their
rights and responsibilities as a student. These include:
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the Student Charter

the University's Guiding Ethical Principles
the University's policy and statements on plagiarism and academic integrity
copyright principles and responsibilities
the University's policies on appropriate use of software and computer facilities
Information on all these things is available through the University's "Student Rights and Responsibilities" website at:
students.curtin.edu.au/rights.
Student Equity
There are a number of factors that might disadvantage some students from participating in their studies or
assessments to the best of their ability, under standard conditions. These factors may include a disability or medical
condition (e.g. mental illness, chronic illness, physical or sensory disability, learning disability), significant family
responsibilities, pregnancy, religious practices, living in a remote location or another reason. If you believe you may
be unfairly disadvantaged on these or other grounds please contact Student Equity at eesj@curtin.edu.au or go to
http://eesj.curtin.edu.au/student_equity/index.cfm for more information
You can also contact Counselling and Disability services: http://www.disability.curtin.edu.au or the Multi-faith services:
http://life.curtin.edu.au/health-and-wellbeing/about_multifaith_services.htm for further information.
It is important to note that the staff of the university may not be able to meet your needs if they are not informed of
your individual circumstances so please get in touch with the appropriate service if you require assistance. For
general wellbeing concerns or advice please contact Curtin's Student Wellbeing Advisory Service at:
http://life.curtin.edu.au/health-and-wellbeing/student_wellbeing_service.htm
Recent unit changes

Students are encouraged to provide unit feedback through eVALUate, Curtin's online student feedback system. For
more information about eVALUate, please refer to evaluate.curtin.edu.au/info/.
To view previous student feedback about this unit, search for the Unit Summary Report at
https://evaluate.curtin.edu.au/student/unit_search.cfm. See
https://evaluate.curtin.edu.au/info/dates.cfm to find out when you can eVALUate this unit.
Recent changes to this unit include:
The lecture notes have been enhanced are more tutorial examples have been added into the course.

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Program calendar
Semester Week
Date
The 2016 Lecture and Tutorial Schedule for
Engineering Management MGMT 3000
WEEK 1
W1 1st August 2016
W1 2 nd August 2016
W1 3 rd August 2016
Unit Outline and Introduction to Engineering Management
L1 Principles of Management - (4:00pm 6:00 pm) 210.101 LT
W1 4 th August 2016
Tutorial Group Workshop (10:00pm 11:00pm) 210.101 LT
L2 Principles of Management . Continued.
W1 5 th August 2016
Tutorial class no. 1 (Group 1) (12:00pm 1:00pm) 408.1019 LT
+
WEEK 2
W2 8 th August 2016
W2 9 th August 2016
W2 10 th August 2016
L3 & L4 Engineering Economics & Break Even Analysis (4:00pm 6:00 pm) 210.101 LT
+
WEEK 3
L5 & L6 Fundamentals of Project Management & Time Value of Money - (4:00pm 6:00 pm) 210.101 LT
+
WEEK 4
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W4 22 nd August 2016
W4 23 rd August 2016
L7 & L8 Project Scope Management & Time Management -(4:00pm 6:00 pm) 210.101 LT
EM3000 Assignment to be handed out Due on 23/9/2016

+
WEEK 5
W5 29 th August 2016 to 2nd September 2016
Tuition Free Week
WEEK 6
W6 5 th September 2016
L9 & 10 Financial Statements & Financial Ratios Analysis - (4:00pm 6:00 pm) 210.101 LT
Guest Speaker
+
WEEK 7
L11 & 12 Net Present Value Analysis & Annual Worth Analysis - (4:00pm 6:00 pm) 210.101 LT
Guest Speaker
+
WEEK 8
W8 21 st September 2016

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Mid Semester Exam (4:00pm 6:30 pm) 210.101 LT

(Based on tutorials 1,2,3,4,5 and Lecture material up to and including L9 & L10)
W8 22 nd September 2016
L13 & L14 Quality Management & Procurement Management
W8 23 rd September 2016
+
Tutorial class no. (Group 2) (1:00pm 2:00pm) 408.1019 LT
EM3000 Assignment to be handed in by COB today

WEEK 9
W9 26 th September 2016 to 30 th September 2016
Tuition Free Week
WEEK 10
W10 3 rd October 2016
W10 4 th October 2016
L15 & L16 Interest Rates, Compounding Effects & Depreciation (4:00pm 6:00 pm) 210.101 LT
W10
7 th
Guest Speaker
October 2016

+
WEEK 11
L17 & L18 Contracts & Engineering Contracts (4:00pm 6:00 pm) 210.101 LT
W11
14 th
Guest Speaker
October 2016

+
WEEK 12
Tutorial Quiz (4:00pm 6:00 pm) 210.101 LT

(Based on tutorials 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and Lecture material up to and including L15 & L16)

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L19 & L20 Project Risk Management
W12 21 st October 2016
+
WEEK 13
L21 & L22 Cost of Capital, Debt, Equity and WACC (4:00pm 6:00 pm) 210.101 LT
Guest Speaker

+
WEEK 14
W14 31st October 2016
W14 1st November 2016
W14 2 nd November 2016
L23 & L24 Project Termination and Project Management (4:00pm 6:00 pm) 210.101 LT
W14 3 rd
November 2016
End of Semester Exam Revision

W14 4 th
November 2016

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WEEK 15 7 th
November 2016
Study Week

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Faculty of Science and Engineering

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

MGMT3000 Engineering Management

Unit study package code:

Tuition pattern summary:

This unit does not have a fieldwork component.

Approved incidental fees:

Learning Management System:

MGMT3000 Engineering Management

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Unit Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit students can:

Curtin's Graduate Attributes

(use analytical skills to solve problems)

(confidence to investigate new ideas)

(value the perspectives of others)

(value the perspectives of others)

Learning how to learn

MGMT3000 Engineering Management

Faculty of Science and Engineering

MGMT3000 Engineering Management

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Detailed information on assessment tasks

MGMT3000 Engineering Management

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Late assessment policy

MGMT3000 Engineering Management

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Reasonable adjustments for students with disabilities/health circumstances likely to impact on

Academic Integrity (including plagiarism and cheating)

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Expectations

Using Blackboard, the I Drive and Back-Up files

MGMT3000 Engineering Management

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Student Rights and Responsibilities

the Student Charter

Recent unit changes

MGMT3000 Engineering Management

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Faculty of Science and Engineering

EM3000 Assignment to be handed out Due on 23/9/2016

Tuition Free Week

MGMT3000 Engineering Management

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Mid Semester Exam (4:00pm 6:30 pm) 210.101 LT

EM3000 Assignment to be handed in by COB today

Tuition Free Week

Tutorial class no. 8 (Group 1) (12:00pm 1:00pm) 408.1019 LT

Tutorial class no. 9 (Group 1) (12:00pm 1:00pm) 408.1019 LT

Tutorial Quiz (4:00pm 6:00 pm) 210.101 LT

MGMT3000 Engineering Management

Faculty of Science and Engineering

W12 20 th October 2016

W13 28 th October 2016

Tutorial Group Workshop (10:00pm 11:00pm) 210.101 LT

End of Semester Exam Revision

Tutorial class no. 12 (Group 1) (12:00pm 1:00pm) 408.1019 LT

MGMT3000 Engineering Management

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