Engineering Management Knowledge Center: Engineering Management: Management of Engineering and Technology Departments, Functions and Organizations

Introduction to Engineering Management. A Collection of Articles in Progress

Introduction

1. Introduction to Engineering Management.

Engineering management is management applied to functions, departments, and organizations where engineering is the primary technical skill. (Narayana Rao) 31st January 2010

Engineering Management - The Definition, Scope and Content

The engineering manager possesses abilities to apply engineering principles and skills in organizing and directing people and projects. He is uniquely qualified for two types of jobs: the management of technical functions (such as design, production and maintenance) and the top management of engineering and technology companies (more popularly termed industrial organizations). [Based on Daniel L. Babcock, "Is the Engineering Manager Different?" Machine Design, March 9, 1978, pp. 82-85.]

B.S. Dhillon, Engineering Management, Technomic Publishing Company Inc., Lancaster, PA, 1987

Robert E. Shannon, Engineering Management,, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1980

2. Engineering

3. Management and Evolution of Engineering Management

B.S. Dhillon, Engineering Management, Technomic Publishing Company Inc., Lancaster, PA, 1987

Robert E. Shannon, Engineering Management,, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1980

Functions of Management

4. Planning

Principles of Management – Koontz and O’Donnell

Planning - A Management Process

5. Organizing

6. Resourcing

Resourcing - A Function of Management

7. Directing

The concepts of Leadership and Management

8. Control

Budget, Budgeting and Budgetary Control

Managerial Skills Videos - Knol Book

Managing Engineering and Technology Departments and Functions

Effectiveness and efficiency are two important dimensions of management. Texts related to management of various engineering and technology functions have to discuss the concepts, principles, methods and techniques that help in superior realization of the important dimensions of management.

9. Research

Frederick Betz, Managing Technology: Competing Through New Ventures: Innovation, and Corporate Research, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1987

Management of Research & Development - Interesting Web pages

Technolgy Development
Technology Management - Interesting Web Pages

10. Product Development
Product Development - Interesting Web Pages

11. Process Development

Process Development - Interesting Web Pages

12. Special Equipment Development

13. Product Design

Managing Engineering Design -Bibliography

14. Production Process Design or Planning

15. Facilities Design (Location and Layout)

James A. Tompkins, Facilities Planning, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York,, 1996.

16. Industrial Engineering