ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

College of Engineering

First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities

What is Engineering Management?

What is Engineering?

What is Management?

Why Engineering Management?

What is Engineering?

The profession in which a knowledge of the mathematical and natural science gained by study, experience, and practice is applied with judgement to develop ways to utilize, economically, the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind

(1979, US. Engineering societies).

What is Management?

A set of activities (including planning and decision making, organising, leading and control) directed at an organisation’s resources (human, financial, physical and informational) with the aim of achieving organisational goals in an efficient and effective manner.

(Griffin)

What is Engineering Management?

Direct supervision of engineers and/or the engineering function?

Application of quantitative methods and engineering techniques to the practice of management?

What engineering managers do!

Management of technical functions

Management of (other) functions in a high-technology enterprise

“Typical” Engineering Management Textbook

Historical Development of Engineering Management.

FUNCTIONS OF TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT. Planning and Forecasting.

Decision Making.

Human Aspects of Organization.

Controlling.

MANAGING TECHNOLOGY THROUGH THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE.

Managing the Research Function.

Managing Engineering Design.

Planning and Managing Production Operations.

Engineers in Marketing and Service Activities.

MANAGING PROJECTS.

What is Engineering ManagementEngineering Management is an art and

science of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling work activities to attain and achieve common goals and objective.

It is the field concerned with the application of engineering principles to the planning and operational management of industrial and manufacturing operations.

It is principally deals with the efficient and effective use of the five human resources namely, manpower, money, machines, materials, and time as well as the proper, efficient and effective utilization of these resources with minimal cost and short period of time. If the cost is more and the time is long in doing work activities, it is not Engineering Management but rather Mismanagement.

Basic Elements of Engineering Management

There are four basic elements of Engineering Management

1. To forecast and plan

2. To organize

3. To command

4. To coordinate

5. To control

When the five management functions are applied to work activities of a project, we have Project Management.

Project Management is therefore, defined an as art of science of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling work activities of an engineering project.

Fundamentals of Project Management Cycle

In doing work activities of a project, we deal with the five fundamentals of Project Management Cycle. These are:

1. Project predevelopment and screening

2. Project development and design

3. Project Appraisal, Negotiation, and Approval

4. Project Implementation

5. Project Evaluation and Recycling

Personalities in Engineering Management There are personalities in Management in

general, but only four personalities are mentioned whom have contributed their best ideas in relation to Engineering Management. The four persons referred to are:

1. Frederick Winslow Taylor (March 20, 1856–March 21, 1915), widely known as F. W. Taylor, was an American mechanical engineer who sought to improve industrial efficiency. He is regarded as the father of scientific management and was one of the first management consultants.

In 1911, Frederick Winslow Taylor published his work, The Principles of Scientific Management, in which he described how the application of the scientific method to the management of workers greatly could improve productivity. Scientific management methods called for optimizing the way that tasks were performed and simplifying the jobs enough so that workers could be trained to perform their specialized sequence of motions in the one "best" way.

2. Henri Fayol (Istanbul, 29 July 1841–Paris, 19 November 1925) was a French mining engineer, director of mines, and management theorist, who developed independent of the theory of Scientific Management, a general theory of business administration also known as Fayolism. He was one of the most influential contributors to modern concepts of management.

14 Principles of Management as developed by Henri Fayol

1. Division of work: Reduces the span of attention or effort for any one person or group. Develops practice or routine and familiarity.

2. Authority: "The right to give orders. Should not be considered without reference to responsibility.“

3. Discipline: "Outward marks of respect in accordance with formal or informal agreements between a firm and it's employees."

4. Unity of command: "One man one superior!"

5. Unity of direction: "One head and One plan for a group of activities with the same objective."

6. Subordination of Individual Interests to the Common Interest: "The interests of one individual or group should not prevail over the general or common good." – igalang ung objective ng isang group.

7. Remuneration of personnel: "Pay should be fair to both the worker as well as the organization.“profit sharing, reward

8. Centralization: "Is always present to a greater or lesser extent, depending on the size of the company and the quality of its managers." – level ang organization..wag utusan ung d aman ka level.

9. Scalar chain: "The line of authority from top to bottom of the organization."

10. Order: "A place for everything and everything in its right place; ie. the right man in the right place."

11. Equity: "A combination of kindness and justice towards employees." equality

12. Stability of personnel tenure: "Employees need to be given time to settle in to their jobs, even though this may be a lengthy period in the case of some managers." regularization

13. Initiative: "Within the limits of authority and discipline, all levels of staff should be encouraged to show initiative."

14. Esprit de corps (Union is strength): "Harmony is a great strength to an organization; teamwork should be encouraged."the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed

3. Henry Laurence Gantt, A.B., M.E. (1861 - 23 November 1919) was an American mechanical engineer and management consultant who is most famous for developing the Gantt chart in the 1910s.

These Gantt charts were employed on major infrastructure projects Interstate highway system and continue to be an important tool in project management.

Henry Gantt worked as a teacher and draughtsman before becoming a mechanical engineer. In 1887, he joined Frederick W. Taylor in applying scientific management principles to their work at Midvale Steel and Bethlehem Steel—working there with Taylor until 1893. In his later career as a management consultant—following the invention of the Gantt chart—he also designed the 'task and bonus' system of wage payment and additional measurement methods worker efficiency and productivity.

A Typical Example of Gantt Chart

4. Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr. (July 7, 1868 - June 14, 1924) was an early advocate of scientific management and a pioneer of motion study, but is perhaps best known as the father and central figure of Cheaper by the Dozen.

He was a bricklayer, a building contractor, and a management engineer. He was a member of the ASME, the Taylor Society, and a lecturer at Purdue University. Frank died on June 14, 1924.

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