Provides students with a project management methodology, tools and techniques. This interactive class shows students how to effectively initiate, plan, execute, control and close an engineering project. Students will gain valuable knowledge to integrate corporate resources, budgets and communication plans. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) College of Engineering students only.
Accelerate your personal and professional growth with the essential skills required to become an effective leader/manager. Conduct personal development through exercises in communication and leadership effectiveness. Explore leadership styles, managing commitments, change management, negotiation, conflict resolution, organizational culture, emotional intelligence, team dynamics and business ethics. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) College of Engineering students only.
Introduces engineering cost concepts, financial statements and the company economic environment. Includes concepts and methods of analysis of the time value of money, comparison of project alternatives before and after taxes, cash flow, replacement analysis, risk management and financial case statements. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) College of Engineering students only.
Learn how engineering for the developing world must be combined market and industry research, customer interviews and development, design for manufacturability, stakeholder management and financial modeling to facility the change making leverage of entrepreneurship and sustainable outcomes. Explore alternative energy, medical devices, phones, internet, recycling, cook stoves, clean water, sanitation and infrastructure. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Learn marketing concepts, skills and tools to launch new products and ventures. Engage with faculty, classmates, guest speakers, industry professionals and potential customers to help you understand your industry and markets. Develop the necessary skills, tools and awareness to be successful colleagues, managers and leaders in the scientific and engineering industries. Gain valuable marketing and management experience using a hands-on and safe-learning environment. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) College of Engineering students only.
Instructs students in the necessary elements of a business plan and how to prepare a complete well-written plan for an entrepreneurial business venture. Students work in interdisciplinary business-engineering five-person teams to create a business concept and take it through to business plan completion. Same as ESBM 4830. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) College of Engineering students only.
Provides an introduction to the logical and systematic thinking required to evaluate and solve typical engineering problems in mechanics, electricity, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, electricity, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and renewable energy. Emphasizes understanding the physical behavior of systems and applying the principles and laws from the physical sciences to analyze these systems. Required for non-engineers seeking admission to the Engineering Management graduate degree program. Requisites: Restricted to College of Engineering graduate students only.
Covers statistical reasoning and statistical analysis for applications related to business and engineering decision making. Topics include an introduction to engineering and applied research, descriptive statistical analysis and its foundations, inferential statistics to include estimation and hypothesis testing using both traditional parametric as well as nonparametric procedures for research situations involving one or two groups of treatment conditions. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) or graduate students only.
You will learn concept, methods, activities and philosophy of business and be encouraged to utilize them in your professional activities. You will interact with engineering management faculty who share what works based upon their engineering management experiences. You will engage with our classmates on their business experience, thereby preparing you to interact more thoughtfully and knowledgeably with your professional colleagues. Requisites: Restricted to College of Engineering graduate students only.
You will learn concepts and skills necessary to assess financial performance, including the analysis of income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements. You will apply the concepts and skills of corporate finance to your personal finance including the creating of a diversified investment portfolio. You will enhance your management credentials by being knowledgeable in corporate finance. Requisites: Restricted to College of Engineering graduate students only.
Teaches students to prepare, interpret and use financial information, in the context of startup and early stage enterprises. Includes historical financial statements, budgets and the budgeting process, andthe use of financial information in raising capital. Non-EMP students require instructor permission. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students in Engineering Management Program (EMEN) only.
Acquire basic skills to manage technical projects of varying size. Engage with faculty and classmates on critical project skills like project selection, managing teams, developing plans, risk management and project financial controls. Learn how decisions can affect project success of failure through an in-class Project Management Simulation. Collaborate with classmates to deliver a final project plan. Non-EMP students require instructor permission. Requisites: Restricted to College of Engineering graduate students or to Graduate Certificate Engineering (CRTGE) students only.
Software project management is a critical element of software development activities throughout every area of human endeavor. Learn the software life cycle, software configuration management, code reviews, architectural influences and quality assurance with automated testing. Explore the impact on project success of the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) and Unified Modeling Language (UML). Recommended requisite, software development experience. Requisites: Restricted to College of Engineering graduate students only.
Advanced project management emphasizing judgment intensive decision making and team leadership. Case studies from a variety of fields are employed to illuminate best and worst practices that impact businesses, careers and lives. Advanced PM tools are reviewed and analyzed for real world utility. Recommended requisite, one year of industry experience. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of EMEN 5030 (minimum grade B). Restricted to College of Engineering graduate students only.
Introduces the fundamentals of Business Performance Excellence (BPE including theories of leadership, theories of business, core competencies, Deming's theory of Profound Knowledge, strategic differentiation and all of the elements of strategy development. Addresses strategic planning and policy deployment to map the company's strategy to all parts of the organization, a process strengthened through employee empowerment. Requisites: Restricted to College of Engineering graduate students or to Graduate Certificate Engineering (CRTGE) students only.
Advanced study of methods designed to maximize excellence in business performance, includes a model to understand process and product tradeoffs, interactions with suppliers, integrated manufacturing systems and meeting customer requirements while focusing on maximizing profitability. These characteristics are addressed both strategically and tactically through the use of case analysis, field study and experiential learning for both production and service sectors. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of EMEN 5040 (minimum grade B). Restricted to College of Engineering (ENGR) graduate students only.
Develop in-depth expertise in the concepts, tools and techniques used in the management and measurement of quality and productivity. Apply statistics and probability to the topics of process variation and statistical process control and capability analysis for process, product, and measurement systems. Explore an introduction to design of experiments (DOE) in business and industry to improve both quality and performance. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of EMEN 5005 (minimum grade C+). Restricted to College of Engineering (ENGR) graduate students only.
Advanced study of methods, tools, techniques and systems associated with managing quality engineering. Includes a survey of the procedures and additional tools (in addition to what was covered in EMEN 5042) necessary for performing quality improvement, problem solving and advanced quality planning. Topics include advanced process control technologies, control schemes and reliability methods. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of EMEN 5042 (minimum grade B). Restricted to College of Engineering graduate students only.
Provides working engineers a background in leadership concepts and methods and enables students to develop practical leadership skills through numerous in-class exercises and experimentation based assignments. Topics include authentic leadership, motivating self and others, cultivating emotional intelligence, personal mastery, creating accountability, conflict resolution, leading change and organizational culture. Required for all Engineering Management degree students. Same as TLEN 5050. Requisites: Restricted to College of Engineering graduate students or to Graduate Certificate Engineering (CRTGE) students only.
Ethical decision making is a worthy goal and all great business leaders are on an asymptote working toward solid business decision making of which ethics are a part. The overall goal is to help the student understand and appreciate the elements of ethics, the importance of ethical decision making and its effects on themselves, business and society. Requisites: Restricted to College of Engineering graduate students or to Graduate Certificate Engineering (CRTGE) students only.
Learn marketing concepts, skills and tools to launch new products and ventures. Engage with faculty, classmates, guest speakers, industry professionals and potential customers to help you understand your industry and markets. Develop the necessary skills, tools and awareness to be successful colleagues, managers and learners in scientific and engineering industries. Gain valuable marketing and management experience using a hands-on and save-learning environment. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of EMEN 5020 (minimum grade B). Restricted to College of Engineering graduate students only.
Covers the basics of what one needs to know in order to perform effectively as an internal or external consultant and follows the institute of Management Consulting's Body of Knowledge for their Certified Management Consultant certification preparing students to achieve professional certification with that registration body as well, should they choose to do so. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Provides practical, tested tools to manage research and development in industry and in university and government laboratories. R&D strategies are emphasized, as are innovation and creativity concepts and techniques. R&D portfolio techniques are emphasized and are the basis for a team project. Non-EMP students require instructor permission. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students in Engineering Management Program (EMEN) only.
Learn a comprehensive set of business concepts, skills and tools to launch new products and manage product development processes. Engage with faculty, classmates, guest speakers, industry professionals and potential customers to help you launch your new product. Develop the necessary skills, tools and awareness to be successful colleagues, managers and leaders within the world of product development and design. Gain valuable business acumen using a hands-on and safe-learning environment. Requisites: Restricted to College of Engineering graduate students only.
