Engineering Management

Aucoin, B.M.

doi:10.1109/mp.1997.581371

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“…This case study arose from the fact that management is not a focus of most undergraduate engineering training programs [1], yet the Canadian Society for Engineering Management says that "almost half of all engineers enter a management position within ten years of graduation, and fully half of all registered professional engineers primarily utilize management skills rather than technical skills" [2]. The study was designed to investigate this phenomenon in terms of the progression from engineer to manager, the selection of engineering managers (EMs), how engineers respond to being made managers and to being expected to lead, the management challenges faced by local EMs, and their development and training needs.…”

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When Engineers Become Managers: Learning from Current Engineering Managers to Advance Engineering Management Education

Ryan¹,

Lye²,

Hsiao³

2011

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This paper reports on the findings of a combined qualitative and quantitative research case study into engineering management (EM) practices in offshore Oil and Gas industry in St. John's, Newfoundland. It was designed to examine the management challenges faced by EMs in this sector, how EMs are selected, how engineers respond to being made managers and to being expected to lead, and what training and development is needed to be an engineering manager. Specifically, the study investigated the relationship between each of twenty three (23) identified EM job activities on (i) difficulty, (ii) frequency of problem occurence, (iii) benefit of training, and (iv) importance of job success. The data indicated that among the 26 EMs surveyed, problems occured most often and caused the most difficulty in the activities considered most important to success, specifically interpersonal communication, people management, leadership, motivating, finance and projects. The top training needs were identified as project management, effective speaking, motivating, leadership, decision making techniques, risk analysis, personal efficienty, and effective writing.

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confidence: 99%