ENM X80E ENM 380E Topics in Management of People, Processes, Projects, and Organizations 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore engineering management processes and how these processes are used by administrators and managers. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the engineering management degree program.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Master's
Topic 1: Managing People and Organizations. Introduction to frameworks from the social sciences that are useful for understanding what effective leaders do when working with others. Engineering Management 380 (Topic 1) and 380E (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
Topic 2: Engineering Project Management. Explore methods for organizing, coordinating, and controlling resources to minimize risk and conflict, and to maintain budgets and schedules. Discuss the evaluation of competing alternatives, organization of a project, scheduling of tasks and resources, and the role of management. Engineering Management 380E (Topic 2) and 383 (Topic 1) may not both be counted.