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EM 501 Engineering Management
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Provides the manager of engineering and technological resources an understanding of current management principles and practice. Includes impact of global, socio-economic and technological forces which shape the workplace and the management function. Prepares for the increasing complexity of technology management. Major topics include creation and transformation of the organization, decision systems using input from many sources, shaping the organization culture, empowering people and invigorating the organization. Ethics, diversity, quality and global perspective are integrated throughout the course. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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EM 502 Engineering Economics
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Provides the manager of engineering and technological resources a microeconomic foundation for planning and decision-making processes using input from many sources. Emphasis on evaluation of investment projects within a discounted cash flow framework. Covers analysis and decision making with DCF, IRR, present worth, benefit/cost, capital rationing, uncertainty and inflation adjustment. Ethics, diversity, quality and global perspective are integrated throughout the course. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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EM 503 Engineering Accounting
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Provides the manager of engineering and technological resources with an understanding of accounting techniques used by internal company managers of engineering and technological resources faced with planning, direction, controlling and decision-making using input from many sources. Use of accounting information to identify and analyze alternatives and to guide manager actions which yield the greatest benefit to the company. Covers technical skills for problem solving, e.g. determining unit costs, budgeting, performance indicators, resource allocation, maximizing profit, defining and meeting long-term goals. Ethics, diversity, quality and global perspective are integrated throughout the course. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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EM 504 Engineering Administration
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Provides the manager of engineering and technical resources an understanding of current managerial processes influenced by outside forces. Some topics include elements of the management process, organization and restructuring, goal-setting in a complex environment, decision making with input from many resources, effective communication, human resource management, international management implications, and the increasing complexity of social responsibility and ethics within the corporation. Ethics, diversity, quality and global perspective are integrated throughout the course. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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EM 540 Manufacturing Processes, Strategies, and Logistics
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Prerequisites:
Graduate Engineering Student
Provides an introduction to the various manufacturing process strategies and logistics. Lecture and case studies identify and analyze key activities throughout the product development process that require decision making and management actions by the manufacturing and engineering functions to enhance manufacturing productivity and product quality. Activities include product / process design and validation, launch, program costs, and problem solving. Class assignments include study of common processes, best practices, and competitive benchmarking. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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EM 545 Total Quality Management
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Prerequisites:
Graduate Engineering Student
One of the key elements to enhance global competitiveness of an enterprise is "total quality management". In fact survival of an enterprise depends on its ability to manage this key element. Total Quality Management must be effectively implemented and managed throughout the three major product development phases - "develop product", "produce product", and "sell & support product". During the product development phases engineering and manufacturing management can insure quality / customer satisfaction by identifying the internal and external customers. A review of quality methodologies that measure how defects are proactively eliminated by designing quality into the product and the process will be discussed. Lectures and research will include methodologies / techniques to reduce process variation, validation and testing, six sigma, quality function deployment, Pareto principles, customer feedback systems, lean principles, and continuous improvement. The "high quality value chain" model will be used to highlight milestone deliverables to achieve "world class quality and customer satisfaction". Case studies will be used throughout the course. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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