Master of Engineering Program E NGINEERING M ANAGEMENT

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1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Overview

The Master of Engineering in Engineering Management program at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT) is designed to accommodate graduate students with different engineering backgrounds. In addition, it is an extremely attractive program to working engineering professionals in the different engineering disciplines who are seeking to advance to positions of greater managerial and technical responsibility. The program is based on an integrated approach to the management of product, service, and process and provides the opportunity to develop expertise in these areas.

1.2 Program Objectives

Addressing the needs of engineers moving into management positions, the Master of Engineering in Engineering Management (MEEM) aims at:

Complementing the technical backgrounds of engineers with the human aspects, organizational and financial issues, project considerations, resource allocation, and extended analytical tools required for effective decision making and program management.

The MEEM program at the AASTMT specific objectives are:

 To provide the body of knowledge needed by different professional institutes leading to internationally recognized certificates.

 To offer the analytical, organizational, and managerial skills to bridge the gap between a technical specialty and technical management.

 To develop effective decision making skills using hands-on experience through real life case studies and standard problems in engineering management.

1.3 The Need for Engineering Management Education

The emerging discipline of Engineering Management has experienced an explosive growth pattern during the past few decades. The reasons for this pattern can be identified at three levels.

1.3.1 The Individual Level

Engineers who move to management positions as a result of their technical success have become aware that their technical skills are not adequate in dealing with the complexities of their management responsibilities. A large portion of engineers assume some form of management role during their professional career performing management duties ranging from the indirect supervision of a small staff to the management of entire engineering organizations.

Although prepared for technical responsibilities, engineers have received little or no formal training for decisions beyond their specialties above those they had acquired

background. It has become clear that success as an engineer is a necessary but insufficient condition to manage technical people, technical projects, technical organizations, technical resources and technical systems.

1.3.2 The Industry Level

The critical importance of engineering skill and knowledge is well recognized in the management of engineering systems. Engineers exhibit different levels of engineering management skills throughout their career development from first line management to top level management. All industry sectors require engineering management to plan and organize resources, and direct and control technical activities. Furthermore, the increased share of service industry calls for developing engineering managers having managerial skills with technical background

1.3.3 The National Level

The scarcity of raw materials, declining productivity and increased competition have imposed challenges to technological leadership and shifted priorities toward the development of new technologies and the management of these systems.

The emerging trend for export oriented industry encouraged by the government and thus increases in global competition which requires higher level of resource management; turn-key projects, which are very common in developing countries and which mainly, require management skills more than technical skills.

In response to engineers’ need for a technically oriented management education, a number of universities are now offering Engineering Management Programs designed for engineers and scientists who are moving toward technical management positions, but not away from their technical backgrounds. These programs prepare engineers for much broader responsibilities in the technological system. The strong growth pattern observed in the Engineering Management Programs during the past decade is still continuing. Engineers now have an opportunity to prepare themselves for a smooth transition from technical specialties to leaders in technical management.

1.4 Program Admission Requirements

To join the program of Master of Engineering in Engineering Management, the following minimum prerequisites are required:

 A Bachelor's degree (or higher) in an engineering area from an accredited university or college.

 An overall Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 2.40/4.00 (or Good) in the undergraduate degree is required. Otherwise, the applicant may be accepted if (s)he holds a post-Bachelor's Diploma in a relevant area with a minimum GPA of 3.00/4.00 (or Very Good).

 Pre-Master's Courses: Four Pre-Master are required to be covered before joining the core of the Master’s Program if applicant Bachelor’s degree is in an engineering area other than Industrial Engineering (or equivalent programs).

1.5 Graduation Requirements

The candidate needs to accomplish up to 12 credit hours as pre-master courses and 33 credit hours of Master courses to achieve the MEng. degree.

The 33 hours are organized as follows:

 Up to 4 non-credit pre-master courses depending on the applicant’s background and recommendation of the program academic adviser.

 9 credit hours core courses from Master of Science list.

 9 credit hours elective courses (to be chosen from the Master of Science List)

 9 credit hours elective courses (to be chosen from the Master of Engineering List)

 6 credit hours case study application.

It should be noted that the pre-master courses and Master of Science courses are approved by the Supreme Council of Universities (SCU) in Egypt according to decree number 105 dated April 22, 2014.

2 PROGRAM STRUCTURE 2.1 Pre-Master Courses

These courses are non-credit courses and depend on the candidate background and are selected according to recommendation by the program academic advisor.

Furthermore, these are the same courses offered in the M.Sc. of Industrial and Management Engineering program and previously approved by the SCU.

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours

IM 331 Introduction to Engineering Management 0

IM 341 Engineering Statistics 0

NE 364 Engineering Economy 0

IM 425 Operations Research 0

Subtotal 4 Courses 0

2.2 Core Courses from M.Sc. Program

The following list of courses are compulsory courses and required by all candidates.

Again, these courses are the same courses offered in the M.Sc. of Industrial and Management Engineering program and previously approved by the SCU.

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours

IM 723 Advanced Operations Management 3

IM 738 Advanced Project Management 3

IM 747 Quality Management 3

Subtotal 3 Courses * 3 Credit Hours 9

2.3 Elective Courses from M.Sc. Program

Candidates are required to select a minimum of three courses (equivalent to 9 credit hours) from the following list, which are the same courses offered in the M.Sc.

Program and are approved by the SCU.

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours

IM 733 Supply chain Management 3

IM735 Strategic Management for Engineers 3

IM736 Advanced Maintenance Management 3

IM737 Human Resource Management 3

IM 739 Advanced Management of International Business 3 IM 742 Design and Statistical Analysis of Experiments 3

IM 743 Advanced Reliability Engineering 3

Subtotal Choose 3 Courses * 3 Credit Hours 9

2.4 Master of Engineering Program Elective Courses

The following are the newly added courses that are specific to the Master of Engineering program. Candidates are required to select a minimum of 3 courses equivalent to a 9 credit hours.

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours

IM 751E Production and Inventory Management 3 IM 752E Warehouse Operations Distribution Management 3

IM 753E Service Operations Management 3

IM 754E Systems Thinking 3

IM 761E Management of Project Resources 3

IM 762E Project Feasibility Studies 3

IM 763E Cost Management for Engineering Projects 3

IM 764E Entrepreneurship for Engineers 3

IM 771E Total Quality Engineering 3

IM 772E Product & Process Improvement 3

IM 773E Lean Enterprise & Six sigma 3

Subtotal Choose 3 Courses * 3 Credit Hours 9

2.5 Case Study Application

The case study application is a 6 credit hour course. All candidates are required to register for the case study application in an area approved by the academic advisor and the department.

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours

IM790E Case Study Application 6

Subtotal 6 Credit Hours 6

Total 33