2005-2006 CATALOG
ENMG 4130 Change Management 3 cr.
Prerequisite: none except senior or graduate status and consent of department. This course is designed to provide techniques and principles as to how to introduce change into organizations. Emphasis will be on the three phases of change; initiating change, implementing change, and institutionalizing change. Means of applying change principles will be developed through the use of templates and worksheets.
ENMG 4471 Quality Management 3 cr.
(MANG 4471 and ENMG 4471 are cross-listed) Prerequisite: MANG 3402 or consent of department. May not receive graduate credit for both MANG/ENMG 4471 and MANG 6471. Describes the basic concepts of quality planning and quality control. Discussion on quality improvement plans, Deming philosophy, and Juran’s quality trilogy, the Deming prize and Baldrige award for quality excellence, and quality circles. Study of the statistical approach to quality control and the use of control charts and other quality control tools. Case studies from around the world on the implementation of total quality management.
ENMG 6090 Internship in Engineering Management 1 cr.
Prerequisite: Consent of department. Permits students to be engaged in at least 10 hours per week at the site of an assigned participating organization that directs interns in specific projects relating to engineering management. Students wishing to take this course should apply one semester in advance since enrollment is limited by internship availability.
ENMG 6095 Engineering Management Capstone Project 3 cr.
Prerequisite: Consent of department. Practical experience working in a group on a real-world engineering project. May involve a special project from within the student’s own work environment or an individually designed work experience. In either instance, the project will culminate in a formal report presented and defended before the faculty and other interested parties.
ENMG 6096 Special Topics in Engineering Management 1-3 cr.
Prerequisite: Consent of program. Special lectures or independent study on subjects of current interest in the various fields of engineering management. No student may earn more than a total of nine hours of degree credit in these courses.
ENMG 6097 Special Topics in Engineering Management 1-3 cr.
Prerequisite: Consent of program. Special lectures or independent study on subjects of current interest in the various fields of engineering management. No student may earn more than a total of nine hours of degree credit in these courses.
ENMG 6098 Special Topics in Engineering Management 1-3 cr.
Prerequisite: Consent of program. Special lectures or independent study on subjects of current interest in the various fields of engineering management. No student may earn more than a total of nine hours of degree credit in these courses.
ENMG 6101 Engineering Management 1 3 cr.
Prerequisite: Baccalaureate degree in Engineering or consent of department. An overview of the basic tools for management of a quality engineering project or group. Includes principles of Finance and Accounting, use of Management Information Systems in analysis and projecting, and effective communication, both within engineering and to those outside the engineering function.
ENMG 6102 Engineering Management II 3 cr.
Prerequisite: B.S. in Engineering or consent of department. Legal and ethical aspects of engineering management. Emphasis will be upon specifics of human resources management in areas such as hiring, promotions, and other human resource issues and selected subjects such as TQM. Attention will also be placed upon contracts and contract administration, and ethical requirements in the engineering environment.
ENMG 6111 Quantitative Analysis of Engineering Management I 3 cr.
Prerequisite: B. S. in Engineering or consent of department. Basic concepts of accounting, financial analysis, and economic analysis applied to problems confronting the engineer. Emphasis will be placed upon interpreting and using accounting and cost data in planning and projecting work, as well as analysis using financial and economic models.
ENMG 6112 Quantitative Analysis of Engineering Management II 3 cr.
Prerequisite: Consent of Department - Use of statistical analysis and risk management principles in the decision making process. Emphasis will be upon probabilistic thinking and applying concepts of statistics and decision making models to uncertain decision making situation.
ENMG 6120 Engineering Project Management 3 cr.
(ENCE 6390, ENMG 6120, and MANG 6472 are cross-listed) Prerequisite:consent of department. Encompasses project organization structure, project planning and control. Discussions will include performance analysis based on earned value. Emphasis will be given to project management information systems. Human behavior in the project setting will be discussed.
ENMG 6130 Management of Technology Change 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENMG 6101 or consent of department. Emphasis on techniques that are useful in successfully introducing change in technical organizations. The role of sponsors, advocates, targets, and agents. Change viewed as a process. Case studies are examined, when appropriate, but much of the learning is directed toward application of the principles of change to the students’ organizations.
ENMG 6140 Information Networks for the Technical Enterprise 3 cr.
Prerequisite: Baccalaureate Degree in Engineering or consent of Department. Engineering aspects of data transmission systems (networks) and their business applications. Hardware and software considerations for selecting a cost-effective network for business applications; database organization, network access, and security; and effective integration of the information system into a technical business environment. Post implementation management of a business oriented information network. Students will individually develop a proposed business information system for a hypothetical business.
ENMG 6150 Systems Analysis, Development, and Management 3 cr.
Prerequisite: BS in Engineering, or consent of department. Emphasis of this course will be on the techniques that are required to deal with problems arising in complex human and technical systems. The role of systems thinking in problem solutions for companies, schools, and governments will be explored. The course is based on three complementary systems approaches; analysis of systems failures and catastrophes (a systems approach to failures), a systems approach to organizational decision-making (hard systems analysis), and a systems approach to organizational change (soft systems analysis).
ENMG 6401 Seminar in Organizational Behavior 3 cr.
(MANG 6401 and ENMG 6401 are cross-listed) Prerequisite: MANG 3401 or ENMG 6101 or consent of department. A study of organizational behavior across all levels of organizational life: the individual, interpersonal, group, organizational, and society. Problems to be discussed and dealt with include motivation, communications, leadership, group dynamics, power, organizational structures and design, and various types of environmental constraints including competition, markets, and governmental regulations. Lecture, discussion, and group problem-solving project reports are included in instructional methodology.
ENMG 7000 Thesis Research 1-9 cr.
Prerequisite: Consent of department. To be repeated for credit until thesis is accepted. Section number will corresponding with credit to be earned.
ENMG 7040 Examination or Thesis Only 0 cr.
No credit. Prerequisite: Consent of department. Open to students in a thesis program who have only (other than application for degree) the final typing and acceptance by the Graduate School of their thesis or dissertation or to students in a non-thesis program who have only (other than application for degree) to pass the final examination to complete graduation requirements.
