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The development of engineering management skills is essential to practice as a professional engineer. Engineers carry out technical analyses, but technology is always embedded in the context of society and business. Engineers therefore need to be able to integrate their solutions and planning within these broader contexts. This course covers professional engineering competencies, continuous professional development, engineering ethics, risk management, safety engineering, environmental impact assessment, life cycle analysis, socio-technical considerations, societal impact assessment, engineering implications of Treaty of Waitangi and biculturalism, systems engineering principles, project management methods, contract law, product liability law, health & safety legistation, intellectual property protection, innovation, entrepreneurship and route to market, cash flow and time value of money, financial reports, engineering psychology, managing teams & conflict, and writing an engineering applied research report.
Washington Accord (V4) Summary of Graduate Attributes attained in this course: WA3 – Design/Development of Solutions WA4 – Investigation WA5 – Tool Usage WA6 – The Engineer and the World WA7 – Ethics WA8 – Individual and Collaborative Teamwork WA9 – Communication WA10 – Project Management and Finance WA11 – Lifelong Learning Course topics with Learning Outcomes (and Washington Accord (WA) and UC Graduate Attributes) identified.1. Professional engineering career and Ethics in complex professional decisions 1.1. Understanding complexity in engineering problems. Analysing core discipline competencies. Professional engineering membership (EngNZ). Lifelong learning (WA9, WA10, WA12) (EIE1, EIE5, GA2) 1.2. The EngNZ Code of Ethical Conduct: Understand the code, the decision-making process (‘engineering judgement’) and evaluate ethical scenarios (WA8) (CE3, GA1, GA2)2. Engineering risk and safety, Environmental engineering and Engineering and society 2.1. Understanding how and why health and safety is an ethical and legal obligation. Apply analysis tools (FTA, bowtie) to predict and diagnose complex engineering failures. Understand types of risk (WA4, WA6) (GA2) 2.2. Describe environmental considerations, including the ethics of stewardship, the NZ legal perspective, and the consent process. Understand life cycle assessment (LCA) (WA4, WA6, WA7, WA10) (BCC5) 2.3. Understand the of the Treaty of Waitangi contextually. Appreciate cultural worldviews. Evaluate: implications of Māori values for decision-making, cultural impact, and communication (WA6, WA7, WA10) (BCC4)3. Systems engineering and project management, Engineering law and Engineering innovation 3.1. Apply project management methods to create project plans, develop a work breakdown structure (WBS). Describe systems processes: analysis, verification and validation (WA3, WA5, WA11) (EIE1) 3.2. Understand the principles of law involving contracts & procurement, product liability, health and safety, consent process, intellectual property (IP) (WA6) (WA11, GA2) 3.3. Identify types of IP and legal protection methods. Apply the VIRO framework to product and service differentiation. Describe routes to market, principles of marketing and apply to new product development (WA3, WA4) (EIE5)4. Organisational management for engineers and Engineering Psychology – Managing People 4.1. Comprehend financial budgets and statements. Calculate cash flow implications for a project. Undertake SWOT and PESTLE analysis for an engineering situation (WA9, WA10, WA11) (EIE2) 4.2. Identify personality traits and infer implications for team interactions. Analyse teams using the circumplex model of Nestsiarovich & Pons and Tuckman’s model (WA9, WA10) (EIE2)
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
Employable, innovative and enterprising
Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
Biculturally competent and confident
Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.
Engaged with the community
Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.
Globally aware
Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.
(1) 60 points at 300-level in Mechanical Engineering; and (2) EMTH210, ENME201, ENME202, ENME215, EMTH271, ENME203, ENME207 and ENME221.
ENME618
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Dirk Pons
For detailed course, policy, regulatory and integrity information, please refer to the UC web site, or see relevant Course or Department LEARN pages, (which are available to enrolled students).
Domestic fee $1,197.00
International fee $6,000.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Mechanical Engineering .