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Engineering and
Technology Management
A program in technical decision making
and leadership for engineering and
business professionals
Washington State University
School of EECS
Industry Advisory Board Meeting
www.engrmgt.wsu.edu
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Engineering and Technology Management
A Distance Education Program for Engineering
and Business Professionals
Learn technical and leadership skills designed to meet today’s
– and tomorrow’s – industry needs.
• develop systematic and analytic framework to support
decision making.
• cultivate business and human
resources management skills.
• develop skills to manage technology
and technology changes.
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Engineering and Technology Management
The Program Supports Working Professionals Engaged
in Project Planning and Execution
• Increase your skills in
 Managing Variability
 Controlling Uncertainty
 Overcoming Obstacles
 Meeting Objectives
• A curriculum easily tailored to student’s needs through
electives and certificate programs.
• Increase competency in a technical or business discipline.
• Focused applications relating to each student’s work
environment.
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Engineering and Technology Management
Instruction Delivered to Classrooms
and Through the Internet
• Weekly instructor-student meetings video streamed
and archived.
• Instructional material provided electronically.
• “Classes” in evening between 4 p.m. & 9 p.m., Mon-Thu.
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Engineering and Technology Management
Certificate Program
Purpose
To provide an opportunity for employees to take graduate-level
courses for credit in a certificate program, not a degree
program.
Program Elements
• Participants must have a bachelor’s degree.
• Credits earned will be recognized as graduate-level credits.
• Certificates will be issued by the College of Engineering and
Architecture at Washington State University.
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Engineering and Technology Management
Certificate Program
Program Requirements
Four courses
Twelve semester hours
Certificate Options
• General Engineering Management
• Project Management
• Six Sigma Quality Management
• Manufacturing Leadership
• Constraints Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Construction Management
• Systems Management
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Engineering and Technology Management
Engineering Management Across the Curriculum
A Concept Paper
Objective
To provide elective coursework at the
undergraduate level that complements the
discipline specific “engineering science”
technical coursework with content supporting
“engineering practice”.
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Engineering and Technology Management
What Additional Instruction Would Make Engineering
Graduates More Valuable?
The Question: When you consider hiring an Auburn engineering graduate, how
valuable would it be to your company if the student had additional instruction and
skills in the following areas?
Rank
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Competency
Score
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Better written and oral communication skills
4.62
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Better developed leadership skills
4.49
3
Improved supervision and management skills
4.13
4
Understand how business decisions affect technical decisions
4.12
5
A working knowledge of project management
4.07
6
Understand how technical decisions affect business decisions
4.04
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Experience working in cross-functional teams with other engineers
3.85
8
Experience working in cross-functional teams with non-engineers
3.73
9
Understand the engineer’s role in corporate competitiveness
3.72
10
Internship with a private company
3.64
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Engineering and Technology Management
Engineering Management Across the Curriculum
A Concept Paper
Plan: An Undergraduate ETM Certificate
It is proposed to develop four new undergraduate courses in
engineering and technology management that could be used
as technical electives in all engineering undergraduate curricula.
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E M 464 Project Management
E M 460 Integrated Supply Chain Management (Operations)
E M 484 Supervision and Leadership for Engineering and
Technology Managers
E M 490 Design for Product Realization
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Engineering and Technology Management
Master’s Degree
Core Courses
Electives
E M 501 Management of Organizations 3
E M 505 Finance for Technical Systems 3
E M 540 Operations Research for Managers 3
E M 564 Project Management 3
Stat 430 Statistical Methods in Engineering 3
E M 591 Strategic Management of
Technology and Innovations 3
E M 702 Master’s Special Problems, Directed
Study, Exam 2-4
E M 508 Legal Concepts for Engineering and Technology Managers 3
E M 517 Simulation Modeling of Technical Systems 3
E M 520 Construction Project Management 3
E M 526 Constraints Management 3
E M 530 Applications of Constraints Management 3
E M 534 Contemporary Topics in Constraints Management 3
E M 545 Technical Decision Analysis 3
E M 555 Enterprise Resource Management 3
E M 560 Integrated Supply Chain Management 3
E M 565 Introduction to Systems Engineering 3
E M 570 Six Sigma Quality Management 3
E M 575 Performance Management in Technical Organizations 3
E M 580 Quality Control and Reliability Design 3
E M 585 Quality Engineering Using Experimental Design 3
E M 590 Design for Manufacturability 3
E M 596 Supervision for the Technology Manager 3
Graduation Requirements
Minimum 10 courses (30 credits)
Core Courses: 5-6 (depending on preparation)
Plus comprehensive exam or project (2-4 credits of EM702)
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