ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

Instructor:
PAKEEZA BUKHARI
MS-Design and Manufacturing Engineering
Pakeeza.bukhari@ist.edu.pk

Institute of Space Technology-Islamabad

Class Rules
Come in Time- After 10 min- Absent will be marked
Keep an open mind
Be an active listener
One speaker at a time
Everyone participates
Focus on "what" and not "who"
No one dominates discussions
Stay on track/topic

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able
to:
Describe management functions and explain the role and issues
of engineers working in management positions
Define project in the form of a network diagram and
perform/carry out network analysis of simple problems
Apply quantitative and qualitative tools & principles in
managing engineering operations
Demonstrate analysis of a manufacturing system from
management perspective

Textbooks
Managing Engineering and Technology, 4th Edition
by Daniel L. Babcock and Lucy C. Morse
AND
Management by Stephen P. Robbins, 10th Edition

Evaluation
Quizzes

5-10%
Assignments
10-15%
Project
15%
OHTs
25-30%
Final Exam
45-50%

Learning Outcomes
After studying this lecture, you should be able to:
Define engineering, management, system, and organization
Describe functions of management
Differentiate between efficiency and effectiveness

WHAT IS AN ENGINEER?

Talent, natural capacity or clever invention

What is Engineering?
The first issue (1866) of the English
Journal Engineering
The art of directing the great sources of
power in nature, for the use and
convenience of man.

Modern Definition of Engineering

By ABET (Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology)

The profession in which a knowledge of the mathematical and natural
sciences gained by study, experience, and practice is applied with judgment
to develop ways to utilize economically the materials and forces of the
nature for the benefit of mankind.
Engineer: A person applying his mathematical and science knowledge
properly for mankind

What is a System?

Interrelated components which come together for some

purposes.
interface

Interrelations
inputs

Purpose

Components

Outputs
Boundary

constraints

Environment

System in Manufacturing Environment

What is Organization?

People working together, coordinating their actions to

achieve specific goals.

What is Management?

Directing the actions of a group to achieve a goal in most

efficient manner
Getting things done through people
Process of achieving organizational goals by working with and
through people and organizational resources

What is Management? (Continued)

Management is the art of getting things done through and with
the people in formally organized groups.
_ Koontz H.
Management is the process of Planning, Organizing, Staffing,
Directing and Controlling to accomplish organizational
objectives through the coordinated use of human and material
resources.

What is Management? (Continued)

Management (continued)

Elements of definition (continued)

Efficiency - getting the most output from the least amount
of inputs
doing things rightly
concerned with means
Effectiveness - completing activities so that organizational
goals are attained
doing the right things
concerned with ends

Efficiency and Effectiveness in Management

Efficiency (Means)

Effectiveness (Ends)

Resource
Usage

Goal
Attainment

Low Waste

High Attainment

Management Strives For:

Low resource waste (high efficiency)
High goal attainment (high effectiveness)

Manager
Someone who coordinates and oversees the work of
other people so that organizational goals are achieved

What Do Managers Do?

Management Functions
Planning - defining goals, establishing strategies for
achieving those goals, and developing plans to
integrate and coordinate activities
Organizing - determining what tasks are to be done,
who is to do them, how the tasks are to be grouped,
who reports to whom, and where decisions are to be
made
Leading - motivating subordinates and influencing
individuals or teams
Controlling - monitoring actual performance against
goals