Engineering Management

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 36-50
Author(s):  
Jean C. Essila
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Engineering Management ◽  
Design Management ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Engineering Managers ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Formation History ◽  
Technical Organizations

This article continues the conversation about the formation, history, and evolution of the EM concept. It contributes to the description and advancement of engineering management (EM) as an emerging discipline, by providing a new conceptual model that depicts a framework for distinguishing a generalist-engineering manager from a discipline-specific one, such as a systems engineering manager. It discusses the challenging social responsibilities facing engineering managers and their roles. It also examines the EM body of knowledge including the engineering design management, and the need for effective engineering managers who can anticipate technical challenges and work with various stakeholders to create a better future in technical organizations.

Toward an Interdisciplinary Engineering and Management of Complex IT-Intensive Organizational Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 2475-2495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Mora ◽  
Ovsei Gelman ◽  
Moti Frank ◽  
David B. Paradice ◽  
Francisco Cervantes
Keyword(s):  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Engineering Management ◽  
Organizational Systems ◽  
Organizational Processes ◽  
Complex Information ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Conceptual Research

An accelerated scientific, engineering, and industrial progress in information technologies has fostered the deployment of Complex Information Technology (highly dependent) Organizational Systems (CITOS). The benefits have been so strong that CITOS have proliferated in a variety of large and midsized organizations to support various generic intra-organizational processes and inter-organizational activities. But their systems engineering, management, and research complexity have been substantially raised in the last decade, and the CITOS realization is presenting new technical, organizational, management, and research challenges. In this article, we use a conceptual research method to review the engineering, management, and research complexity issues raised for CITOS, and develop the rationality of the following propositions: P1: a plausible response to cope with CITOS is an interdisciplinary engineering and management body of knowledge; and P2: such a realization is plausible through the incorporation of foundations, principles, methods, tools, and best practices from the systems approach by way of systems engineering and software engineering disciplines. Discussion of first benefits, critical barriers, and effectiveness measures to reach this academic proposal are presented.

scholarly journals A CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR ORGANIZATIONAL COMPETENCES

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 41-50
Author(s):  
Hanane Hammouch ◽  
Andreas Makoto Hein ◽  
Helene Condat
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Future Evolution ◽  
Organizational Competencies ◽  
Modeling Competence ◽  
Technology Product ◽  
Modelling Approach

AbstractOrganizational competences are one of the main assets of companies. Models of these competences would allow for systematic reasoning for exploring technological innovations, enabled by combining and transposing organizational competences. Today, the literature linking organizational competencies to engineering design and systems engineering remains limited. In particular, a generic modelling approach for organizational competencies for engineering design and systems engineering seems to be missing, although first frameworks have been proposed for specific purposes. This paper presents a generic conceptual model of organizational competences. The objective is to link technology, product, and systems development with the corresponding organizational competencies and their future evolution in order to allow for a joint design of competencies and technologies, products, or systems. The conceptual model provides the basis for a competence combination framework which allows for modeling competence combinations in an organization. Finally, we validate our conceptual model using a case study from the automotive industry.

Toward an Interdisciplinary Engineering and Management of Complex IT-Intensive Organizational Systems

2010 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Manuel Mora ◽  
Ovsei Gelman ◽  
Moti Frank ◽  
David B. Paradice ◽  
Francisco Cervantes
Keyword(s):  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Engineering Management ◽  
Organizational Systems ◽  
Organizational Processes ◽  
Complex Information ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Conceptual Research

An accelerated scientific, engineering, and industrial progress in information technologies has fostered the deployment of Complex Information Technology (highly dependent) Organizational Systems (CITOS). The benefits have been so strong that CITOS have proliferated in a variety of large and midsized organizations to support various generic intra-organizational processes and inter-organizational activities. But their systems engineering, management, and research complexity have been substantially raised in the last decade, and the CITOS realization is presenting new technical, organizational, management, and research challenges. In this article, we use a conceptual research method to review the engineering, management, and research complexity issues raised for CITOS, and develop the rationality of the following propositions: P1: a plausible response to cope with CITOS is an interdisciplinary engineering and management body of knowledge; and P2: such a realization is plausible through the incorporation of foundations, principles, methods, tools, and best practices from the systems approach by way of systems engineering and software engineering disciplines. Discussion of first benefits, critical barriers, and effectiveness measures to reach this academic proposal are presented.

5.5.3 Systems Engineering Management

2004 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1095-1104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Smith ◽  
Douglas Cowper ◽  
Michael Emes
Keyword(s):  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Engineering Management
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