IEOR 5311/MB 510-C "Management for Engineers" Syllabus
Objectives:
To provide an overview of management techniques in engineering and scientific organizations. To help prepare the student to manage and be managed in an engineering organization.
Prerequisites:
Engineering Upper Division or equivalent
Text:
Babcock, D.L., Managing Engineering and Technology, 2nd Ed. Prentice Hall.
Annual Report (instructor or student provided)
Optional text: Johnson, D.W., Johnson, F.P., Joining Together: Group Theory and Group Skills, 5th ed., Bacon, Boston, 1994.
Class Day, Time & Location:
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:00-9:00pm. EE/CSCI 3-230.
Instructor, Office and Office Hours:
Michael W. Usrey Ph.D., ME 111, 626-8391, Office Hours Thursdays 4:45-5:45
I prefer questions e-mailed to musrey@me.umn.edu
Teaching Assistant:
TBD
Course Schedule:
Date Chapters Assignments Topic
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06/17/97 1 & 2 Introduction
06/19/97 3 & 4 Planning and Decision Making
06/24/97 5 & 7 #1 Due Organization Theory and Behavior Theory
06/26/97 6 & 8 Human Resources and Finance
07/01/97 9 & 10 #2 Due Research and Development, Product Design
07/03/97 MIDTERM
07/08/97 11 & 12 Production Planning and Control
07/10/97 14 & 15 #3 Due Project Planning and Control
07/15/97 13 & 17 #4 Due Marketing and Services, Internationalization and Diversity
07/17/97 16 & 18 Professional Success and Ethics
07/22/97 FINAL #5 & Journal Due
Grading:
4 credit option 5 credit option
20% Midterm 15% Midterm
60% Homework Assignments 55% Homework Assignments
20% Final 15% Final
15% Journal
Classes:
The class will be structured presuming that students have completed the reading assignment prior to the class. Lectures may provide only a summary of assigned reading, as well as supplementary materials. Discussion is encouraged and expected. Most classes will include a guest lecture, video presentation and/or group exercise. Lecture notes are under construction on the World Wide Web at:
http://www.me.umn.edu/home/musrey/5311/97ssi.html (this document)
Drop by Shepard Hall Lab 190 M-F, 9-4 with either $5 or 5 blank, unformatted disks. They will help you establish your student e-mail account and your web browsing capability if you have not already done so. The CCS help line is 626-8366. Students without UofM campus access can obtain access through their school or contact a regional internet provider.
The instructor reserves the right to administer "pop" quizzes during any class.
Students taking the 5 credit option should keep a journal to reflect upon how group exercises, videos, guest speakers and outside reading illustrate engineering management principles as described in the course text, notes, and lectures. Journals will be in the form of ten 1 to 2 page memos to your manager or another manager in "your" organization. Each memo should discuss a different engineering management topic including a topic outline, strengths/weaknesses of methodologies discussed, and applicability to areas of "your" organization. Memos should have a 1-2 sentence overview section, a many-paragraphed discussion section, and a recommended action section (including "FYI"). Grading will be based upon breadth of discussion, depth of discussion, ties to Babcock text, use of outside references, and format.
Journals will be typed, numbered, single-sided, 28 lines per page, citing at least 10 additional outside references from professional journals and societies, newspapers, on-line services, other course work, etc. The UofM Libraries are a good resource. Journals will be collected from all students at midterm. Individuals pursuing the 5 credit option will turn in the journal at the end of the term.
Students have the option of turning their first journal memo in for informal evaluation by the instructor during the first two weeks of class.
Homework assignments are linked on the World Wide Web at
http://www.me.umn.edu/home/musrey/5311/97ssi.html (this document).
Homework will be assigned and collected at the beginning of class in accordance with the "Course Schedule". Late homework will be reduced one letter grade per day late. Individual homework responses are
required, but study groups are encouraged.
Both tests will be administered during class time. Both tests will be open reference. The instructor reserves the right to administer "pop" quizzes at any time during the quarter; the grading weight for these quizzes will come from the pool for exams.
