| CODE | ENR4301 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Engineering Management | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Faculty of Engineering | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit introduces engineering students to the context of the organisation. It provides a first step in the development of the required skills to understand the nature and complexity of contemporary organisations, and their management at different business levels. They will become familiar with the key issues in management, and the multiple roles, tasks and skills of a manager in an engineering organisation. Students are provided with concepts, theories and frameworks which will help them become effective engineering managers in a rapidly changing world. The lectures will cover material aimed at providing frameworks on how managers integrate emerging technologies, whilst responding to the pressures of globalisation, and confronting the increasing diversity of the workforce. The following topics are addressed: the evolution of management thought, the concept of organisations and the firm, the challenges of complex environments, organisational leadership and workforce motivation, multi-level planning, managerial qualitative and quantitative managerial decision tools, organisational structures, team dynamics, organisational culture, and business policy. Study-Unit Aims: - To equip engineering students as managers to respond in new and different ways in order to maintain and improve organisational performance; - To provide engineering students with models and theories which are useful in explaining the structures, functioning, behaviour and performance of organisations and to make them aware of their application in practice; - To explain core management issues concerning organisational effectiveness; - To develop an appreciation of the core aspects and challenges associated with the management of contemporary organisations. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Characterize the management process and understand how management differs within and across organizations; - Understand the range of activities carried out in a managerial role; - Understand the concepts of organisational behaviour and team dynamics; - Establish the impact of using various best practice techniques for excellent organisational performance. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Use a wide range of skills to work as managers in complex and challenging engineering environments; - Engage critically with management frameworks, theories and tools in order to adapt techniques and approaches appropriate to a particular management context; - Evaluate the implications of wider management issues such as diversity, ethics and globalization; - Analyse organisations and compare and contrast them in terms of their management decisions. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Dubrin, A. J. (2016) Essentials of Management. South-Western College. Supplementary Readings: - Certo, S.; Certo, T. (2019) Modern Management, Prentice Hall. - Robbins, S.P.; De Cenzo, D.A.; Coulter, M. (2019) Fundamentals of Management: Essential Concepts and Applications. Prentice Hall. - Cole, G.A.; Kelly, P. (2015) Management Theory and Practice, Cengage Learning. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Martin M. Zammit |
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