Course Title: Engineering Management

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Engineering Management

Credit Points: 12.00

Important Information:

Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching activities.

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
MIET2138	City Campus	Undergraduate	130T Vocational Engineering	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2009, Sem 1 2010, Sem 2 2010, Sem 1 2011, Sem 2 2011, Sem 1 2012, Sem 2 2012, Sem 1 2013, Sem 2 2013, Sem 1 2014, Sem 2 2014, Sem 1 2015, Sem 2 2015, Sem 1 2016, Sem 2 2016
MIET2138	City Campus	Undergraduate	174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science	Face-to-Face	Sem 2 2017, Sem 2 2018, Sem 2 2019, Sem 2 2020, Sem 2 2021
MIET2138	City Campus	Undergraduate	520T Future Technologies	Face-to-Face	Sem 2 2022, Sem 2 2023
MIET2407	RMIT University Vietnam	Undergraduate	130T Vocational Engineering	Face-to-Face	Viet1 2015, Viet3 2015, Viet2 2016
MIET2407	RMIT University Vietnam	Undergraduate	174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science	Face-to-Face	Viet3 2017, Viet2 2018

Course Coordinator: Dr Bishwajit Chowdhury

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 8054

Course Coordinator Email: bishwajit.chowdhury@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 57.05.17

Course Coordinator Availability: Appointment by email

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

NA

Course Description

This course introduces the student to basic management techniques applicable to engineering including reports, both written and verbal, organisational management, teamwork, leadership, ethics, managing projects, sustainability and environmental impacts.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcome (PLOs):

1.5 Knowledge of contextual factors impacting the practice area.
3.1 Ethical conduct and professional accountability.
3.2 Effective oral and written communication in professional and lay domains.
3.3 Creative, innovative and pro-active demeanour.
3.4 Professional use and management of information.
3.5 Orderly management of self and professional conduct.
3.6 Effective team membership and team leadership.

 

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to:
1. Retrieve information via problem identification, validation and data collection and analysis then deliver reports either written or verbal,
2. Demonstrate organisational management roles/functions, characteristics and responsibilities,
3. Problem solving and decision making in Engineering management
4. Demonstrate basic skills in the understanding of: 

•  Human resource management and training
•  Teamwork, leadership and discipline,
•   Staff selection, personnel procedures and training
•   Introduction to project management
•   Fundamentals of ethics and environmental impacts

Overview of Learning Activities

You will also learn through following activities:

• attending scheduled lectures and tutorials,
• participating in class discussions/activities
• completing group projects/oral presentations and individual exercises in a simulated workplace environment
• researching and using online/internet resources related to engineering management

 

Overview of Learning Resources

Learning resources will consist of recommended references and class notes which may be accessed through "myRMIT".
The set of references is deliberately broad, including books, journal publications, government reports, industry standards and handbooks, and web-based resources.
 

Overview of Assessment

☒ This course has no hurdle requirements.

☐ All hurdle requirements for this course are indicated clearly in the assessment regime that follows, against the relevant assessment task(s) and all have been approved by the College Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning & Teaching) LEVEL

Assessment 1: Quizzes & Tests (60%)   Breakdown of marks for Assessment 1:

• Weekly conceptual quizzes (10@1.5%) 15%
• Test 1 - 15%
• Test 2 - 30%   This task assesses the following learning outcomes:
  PLO 1.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4
  CLO 1,2,3,4

Assessment 2: Group Project and Reflective Journal (40%)   Breakdown of marks for Assessment 2:

• Group project - 35%
• Reflective Journal - 5%
  
  This task assesses the following learning outcomes:
  PLO 1.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6
  CLO 1,3,4