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An Engineering Management Body of Knowledge (EMBoK)

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An Engineering Management Body of Knowledge (EMBoK) is proposed and then used to develop topics and their relative weights which could be used for an Engineering Manager’s certification test.

There have been a number of articles over the last 25 years which analyzed Engineering Management curricula and helped define an EM body of knowledge. The most prominent author was Dr. Dundar Kocaoglu 1,2,3,4. The major categories used in this article are consistent with Dr. Kocaoglu’s functional definitions. To better define the fields, subcategories were added and the order changed to reflect most EM curricula.

An EMBoK is proposed using these functional definitions and subcategories. Typical courses that appear in EM accredited undergraduate and graduate programs, consistent with the definitions, are listed.

The EMBoK definitions are compared to the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and the American Society of Engineering Management (ASEM) criteria for EM programs to determine if there is consistency. ABET is primarily used for undergraduate and ASEM for graduate programs.

Lastly, the EMBoK developed was used to help decide the fields and typical courses which could be used to test the competence of engineering managers. The topics were weighed based on the ABET and ASEM criteria. These weights will be verified by analyzing undergraduate EM programs accredited by ABET and graduate programs accredited by ASEM.

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Engineering Management is a relatively new discipline which combines a knowledge of both academic and practice topics. Also required is expertise in several areas (frequently with more depth in one area) and a working knowledge of several more 5, 6, 7.

Over the last 25 years, there have been a number of articles which analyzed Engineering Management curricula and helped define an EM body of knowledge. The most prominent of these authors was Dr. Dundar Kocaoglu 1,2,3,4 who analyzed virtually all the EM related undergraduate and graduate programs using a consistent set of categories.

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Merino, D. (2006, June), A Proposed Engineering Management Body Of Knowledge (Embok) Paper presented at 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, Illinois. 10.18260/1-2--112