MANAGEMENT

AND
ENGINEERING CONCEPTS
EMGT101 LECTURE 1
 AT THE END OF THIS LECTURE,
WE WILL BE ABLE TO

Define Engineering Management

Know the Functions and Levels of Management

State the Roles of Engineers and Managers

Describe the History and Evolution of Management

Engineering Management

Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of

acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic,
social, and practical knowledge to design and build
structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and
processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of
people.
Engineering Management

Management in all business and organizational

activities is the act of getting people together to
accomplish desired goals and objectives using
available resources efficiently and effectively.
Engineering Management

..is a specialized form of

management that is
concerned with the
application of engineering
principles to actual
business practices.
Engineering Management

..is a specialized form of

management that is
required to successfully
lead engineering or
technical personnel and
projects.
 WHY DO WE STUDY ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT?

Engineering Management empowers

engineering managers with knowledge,
and skills needed to lead technical
individuals, organizations, or processes to
success.
ENGINEERING MANAGERS

They manage engineers who are driven by non-

commercial thinking, thus require the necessary people
skills to coach, guide and motivate technical professionals.
MANAGEMENT
The efficient utilization and direction of resources to
achieve objectives.

The process of Planning, Organizing, Directing/Leading,

Communicating, Motivating and Controlling the efforts of
the organizational members and resources in order to
achieve organizational goals.
FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT
Management for Engineers Is

Efficiency
Getting work
done through
others
Effectiveness
EFFICIENCY VS. EFFECTIVENESS
PRODUCTIVITY

Productivity is a measure of the effective use of

resources, usually expressed as the ratio of output
to input.
 LEVELS OF MANAGEMENT

President, Chairman of the

Board, Vice-Presidents
(Strategic)

Department Head,
Branch Manager
(Tactical)

Supervisors
(Operational)
 Role of Engineers

Informational Roles

Analyst Engineers break things down into classes and

categories, in order to understand them.

Architect Engineers make design based on technical

feasibility and standards and what the client
wants (and sometimes sthetic fashion)
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 Role of Engineers

Informational Roles

Engineers implement the design based on

Craftsman
craftsmanship and based on scientific and
technical knowledge

Automator or Engineers initiate creation of different

Tool Maker tools to enhance productivity
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 Role of Engineers

Informational Roles

Designer Engineers makes the prototype for a craftwork

or who makes scale drawings for a machine.

Engineer Engineers must be concerned with the

application of technology in a systems
context, must be pragmatic, must coordinate
those things that must work or fit together.
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MANAGERIAL ROLES

Interpersonal Roles

Figurehead Managers perform ceremonial duties

Leader Managers motivate and encourage

workers to accomplish objectives

Liaison Managers deal with people outside

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 MANAGERIAL ROLES

Informational Roles

Managers scan their environment

Monitor
for information

Managers share information

Disseminator
with others in their company

Managers share information with others

Spokesperson
outside their departments or companies
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 MANAGERIAL ROLES

Decisional Roles

Entrepreneur
Managers adapt to incremental change
Disturbance
Managers respond to problems that demand
Handler
immediate action
Resource
Managers decide who gets what resources
Allocator
Managers negotiate schedules, projects, goals,
Negotiator
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