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ENGINEERING &
MANAGEMENT
by: Engr. Jelenny Pineda-Navarro,MEM,ME-1
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INTRODUCTION
Engineers are expected to perform a variety of tasks
based on their specialization and job level. Managing is one
of the most important tasks of an engineer. Managing has
become essential to ensure the coordination of individual
efforts. Management applies to all kinds of organizations and
to managers at all organizational levels. It is important that
engineers must be trained for management responsibilities to
be able to perform their job effectively and efficiently. For an
engineer manager to do the job well, some exposure to
engineering management activities becomes essential.
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§ Engineering management - refers to the activity
combining technical knowledge with the ability to
organize and coordinate worker power, materials,
machinery, and money. It is a specialized form of
management concerned with the application in
engineering, as a result of the unique personalities
and technical nature of engineering.
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§ Management - may be defined as the creative
problem solving process of planning,
organizing, leading, and controlling an
organization’s resources to achieve its mission
and objectives.
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FUNCTIONS Engineers are expected to provide
solutions to many of the difficulties
faced by mankind. Their outputs, new
OF or improvements are very much
needed in the following specific
ENGINEERS problem concerns:
§ 1. The production of more food for a
fast-growing world population;
§ 2. The elimination of air and water
pollution;
§ 3. Solid waste disposal and materials
recycling;
§ 4. The reduction of noise in various
forms;.
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FUNCTIONS § 5. Supplying the
demand for energy;
increasing
OF § 6. Supplying the increasing
ENGINEERS demand for mobility;
§ 7. Preventing the solving crimes;
and
§ 8. Meeting the increasing demand
for communications facilities.
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Specifically, the functions of engineering
encompass the following areas:
§ 1. Research – Where the engineer is engaged in the process of
learning about nature and codifying this knowledge into usable
theories.
§ 2. Design and development – Where the engineers undertake
the activity of turning a product concept to a finished physical
item
§ 3. Testing – Where the engineer works in a unit where new
products or parts are tested for workability.
§ 4. Manufacturing – Where the engineer is directly in charge of
production personnel or assumes responsibility for the product
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§ 5. Construction – This is where the construction engineer (a civil
engineer) is either directly in charge of the construction personnel or
may have responsibility for the quality of the construction process.
§ 6. Sales – Where the engineer assists the company’s customers to meet
their needs, especially those that require technical expertise.
§ 7. Consulting – Where the engineer works as consultant of any
individual or organization requiring his services.
§ 8. Government – Where the engineer may find employment in the
government performing any of the various tasks in regulating,
monitoring, and controlling the activities of various institutions, public
or private.
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§ 9. Teaching – Where the engineer gets employment in a school
and is assigned as a teacher of engineering courses. Some of
them later become deans, vice presidents, and presidents.
§ [Link] – Where the engineer is assigned to manage
groups of people performing specific tasks
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The Management Process
§ Management must seek to find out the objectives of the
organization, think of ways how to achieve them, decide on the
ways to be adapted and the material resources to be used,
determine the human requirements of the total job, assign
specific tasks to specific persons, motivate them, and provide
means to make sure that the activities are in the right direction.
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Management Process is consists
of:
§ Planning
§ Organizing
§ Leading
§ Controlling
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Management Levels
1. Top Managers are the upper-level managers who have the most
power and who take overall responsibility for the organization.
They establish the structure for the organization as a whole and
they select the people who fill the upper-level positions. They are
involved in the operations of the whole organization. Ex.
presidents, chief executive officer
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Management Levels
2. Middle Managers have similar responsibilities, but usually for
just small groups of employees in a variety of job functions (one
division or unit). They develop plans for implementing the broad
goals set by top managers, and they coordinate the work of first-
line managers. Ex. branch manager, operations manager, division
head
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Management Levels
.3. First-line Managers (or First-level Managers) oversee the work
of operating employees, and they put into action the plans
developed at higher levels. They supervise and coordinate the
activities of operating employees. Ex. supervisor, coordinator,
office manager
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Requirements for the Engineer
Manager’s Job
Depending on the type of products or services a firm
produces, the engineer manager must have the following
qualifications:
1. A bachelor’s degree in engineering from a reputable school; in
some cases, a master’s degree in engineering and business
management is required;
2. A few years experiences in a pure engineering jobs,
3. Training in supervision
4. Special training in engineering management
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Factors Leading to Successful
Management
§ According to Kreitner, there are three (3)
general preconditions for achieving lasting
success in management.
§ 1. Ability - refers to the capacity of an engineer manager to achieve
organizational objectives effectively and efficiently.
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§ Effectiveness, according to Higgins, refers to a description of “whether
objectives are accomplished, while efficiency is a description of the
relative amount of resources used in obtaining effectiveness.
§ For illustration:
§ If a civil engineer was asked by his superiors to finish a 100-kilometer
road cementing project within eight months, he is said to be effective if
he finished the job within the required period. On the other hand, his
efficiency is measured by the inputs (labour and materials) he poured
into the project in relation to the actual output (the 100-kilometer
road). If the same output is made with less input, the more efficient the
civil engineer becomes.
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§ 2. Motivation to manage – desire to work and
finish specific tasks assigned by superiors.
§ 3. Opportunity - obtaining a suitable
managerial job, and finding a supportive
climate once on the job.
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