modules
Module title: | Management Concepts |
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Module code | ECMM128 |
Module lecturers: | Dr Baris Yuce |
Module credits: | 15 |
As engineering students, becoming engineering managers may not be your final objective of your career development but will be a milestone during your career life after graduation. In this sense, a sound knowledge base with good understandings of both mature and advanced management methods and tools is an important quality driver for you to effectively manage and control an engineering project or company. This module will provide you with such a knowledge base, as well as standing you in good stead should you aspire to an engineering management position in the future.
In this module, we will lead you to the interior of a manufacturing/engineering company so as to provide you with a working knowledge base, by which you can easily realise and locate where you are working, what you are working for, how you can work effectively, and who you can liaise with in your work. This knowledge base includes organisational structure, business functions and processes, strategic management, operations management, total quality management, and methods and practices for business operations. Furthermore, you will have the invaluable opportunity to learn about essentials of human resource management, as well as the legal framework in which business operates.
By the end of this module, you should have a strong and comprehensive grasp of manufacturing/engineering business functions, processes and operations, understand why a good strategy is vital for such businesses and how to operate a business towards a well-defined strategy consistently. You will be equipped with the knowledge and attributes of total quality and be competent to apply appropriate methods to proactively identify potential quality problems within a business and use relevant tools to make continuous improvement. Furthermore, you will have strengthened communication and presentation skills and gain practical experience of stacks.
Please note that all modules are subject to change, please get in touch if you have any questions about this module.