Engineering Management is designed to help you to learn how to manage the operations in organizations and also to build a business or commercial case for making engineering related decisions, such as investment in plant, equipment and processes. Although the main emphasis will be on product and process, consideration will also be given to designing engineering services. The course offers a broad managerial perspective emphasizing the strategic impact of operations decisions and the interfaces between operations and the other functional areas of organizations, including of course, finance.
The course presents four subject areas, considered to be critical in terms of managing and leading engineering operations. They are:
- Issue analysis and decision making
- Investment analysis and engineering economy
- Costing and operations analysis
- Quality management, including design
Within each subject area the course will cover many conceptual and analytical techniques, all supporting fact- and data-based analysis and decision making with the aim of improved product and process performance, economy and sustainability.
