Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Management Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew Pasek, University of Windsor

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

in-class discussions. The paperpresents a number of films that can be used for such analysis, indicating corresponding contentand other resources. Issues covered include creativity, entrepreneurship, organizational behavior,ethics, and others. The common ways of framing the film-based material to build relevant classexperience are also outlined.IntroductionWhen Edmund Phelps (Nobel 2006 in economics) recognized cinema as one of his learningtools, he probably was not expecting to inspire Italian management consultants to write a bookhow watching movies can help managers4. The story, after the book was published last year,made news in the Wall Street Journal15, indicating that perhaps watching feature films can be agood antidote for management

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Management Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Galloway, The Nielsen-Wurster Group, Inc

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

Pletta observed in The Engineering Profession, the objectives to which theengineering profession should aspire should be; Page 13.1197.6• To educate novices for the responsible practice of a specified professional art;• To transmit applicable existing knowledge after first “distilling” it for concise presentation;• To search for new knowledge that enhances the art involved;• To convey a sense of ethics and professionalism;• To motivate novices for public advocacy roles to protect the public health, safety, and welfare as well as the earth’s resources and its environment; and• To groom societal leaders for a technological

Conference Session

Professional Engineering Management Initiatives

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology; S. Jimmy Gandhi, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

Professional Responsibility & Legal Issues8.1 Company Specific Policies and Procedures8.2 Regulatory Requirements8.3 Business Contracts, Patents, Copyrights and trademark laws8.4 U.S and International Codes, Standards and Regulations8.5 Professional Code of Ethics; Professional Liability Page 13.581.12 Appendix B: Comparison Tables of ASEM EMBoK versus Standardized EM Handbooks Table 1: ASEM EMBoK versus “Engineering Management”; Mazda, Fraidoon ASEM EMBoK Versus "Engineering Management"; Mazda, Fraidoon Corresponding Topic in

Conference Session

Tools of the Trade

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Niewoehner, U.S. Naval Academy; Craig Steidle, US Naval Academy; Eric Johnson, US Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

deflection, they are alsoconstantly asking themselves, “Am I healthy?” Critical thinking includes not only the process bywhich we gain a conclusion, it is also the process by which we ask, in parallel, “Is my thinkinghealthy?” This Figure 1 depicts Paul’s model. The goal, at the bottom, is the mature thinker, whosethinking skills and ethical dispositions act in concert, as evidenced by intellectual traits/virtues.The Elements of Thought comprise the tools by which we analyze intellectual work, our own andothers, taking it apart to understand its constituent parts. Intellectual Standards are the criteriaagainst which we evaluate the quality of intellectual work. Specifically, the model identifies thevital questions we should be asking ourselves