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421-255 Management for Engineers 1 | |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 2 |
Coordinator | Mr C Duffield |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | 30 hours of lectures, 18 hours of practice classes |
Subject Description | On completion of this subject students should understand the discipline of management, its relevance to engineering and some core techniques of management. Topics covered include the management process, embracing planning, organisation, leadership and control, of human, physical and financial resources; public and private sector engineering management including responsibility, authority, human relations, industrial relations, quality management; CPM, PERT network techniques for planning, resource scheduling, coding and the use of work breakdown structures; and an introduction to systems management, systems analysis, mathematical and linear programming. |
Assessment | One written examination not exceeding 3 hours (55%) and assignments up to a maximum of 3000 words each or equivalent (45%). |
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