ENM X82E ENM 382E Topics in Decision Making 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore methods to make high-quality decisions in an engineering environment. 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: Analytics for Engineering Managers. Explore theory and tools that allow the engineering manager to draw correct inferences from data and include those inferences in the decision-making process. Examine descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics and statistics.
Topic 2: Strategic Decision and Risk Analysis. Explore tools and methods for making high-quality decisions in the face of uncertainty, applied within an engineering context. Learn how to frame and analyze major decisions and how to overcome the biases that can degrade these decisions. Engineering Management 382E (Topic 2) and 383 (Topic 2) may not both be counted.
Topic 3: Engineering Operations Management. Examine methods to improve the efficiency of an organization's operations. Explore management of production systems, inventory management, logistics, and supply-chain management.