Today I came across the paper.
ROLE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING IN,ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT, Kumar Krishen, Ph.D.
NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas 77058
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19960023932_1996053021.pdf
In the abstract of the paper, this interesting statement is made.
The traditional roles of an engineer to design, develop, and streamline (a product and its) a manufacturing process for a product are still valued and relevant. However, the need for an engineer to participate in the process of identifying the product to be developed, the schedule and resources required, and the goal of
satisfying the customer, has become paramount to achieving the success of the enterprise. When we
include these endeavors in the functions of an engineer, management of “engineering” takes on a new dimension. In this paper, the ramifications of the changing and increased functions. of an engineer and consequent impacts on engineering management are explored.
