Conference Session

Contemporary Practices in Engineering Management Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raymond Price, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Management

AC 2009-137: HUMAN BEHAVIOR SKILLS AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCEIN ENGINEERINGRaymond Price, University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignRose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Page 14.677.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Human Behavior Skills and Emotional Intelligence in EngineeringAbstractThis past decade has been characterized by a series of changes in engineering education, including theincorporation of human behavior skills into the list of learning outcomes required for engineering programaccreditation. This paper describes the efforts of a college of engineering at a large university in the mid-west to improve

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Raper, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Susan Murray, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Christa Weisbrook, Missouri University of Science and Technology; William Daughton, University of Missouri

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Engineering Management

AC 2009-936: USING ABET ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS AS A CATALYSTFOR CHANGE: ENHANCING AND STREAMLINING THE ENGINEERINGMANAGEMENT UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM AT MISSOURI S&TStephen Raper, Missouri University of Science and Technology Stephen A. Raper is an Associate Professor of Engineering Management and the Associate Chair of Undergraduates studies in the Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Department at the Missouri University of Science & Technology. He received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Engineering Management from the department and focuses most of his efforts on teaching, advising and administrative activities related to the undergraduate program, and is also an incoming

Conference Session

Contemporary Practices in Engineering Management Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

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Engineering Management

AC 2009-1429: A CASE STUDY OF REENGNINEERINGGene Dixon, East Carolina University Page 14.8.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A CASE STUDY OF REENGNINEERING Gene Dixon East Carolina UniversityAbstractOrganizations undertake reengineering in a variety of ways and for a variety of reasons mostly centeredon improving productivity and profitability. Reengineering has been implemented on a variety of scalesincluding a department, a division, a company a business unit or a corporation typically with variedimpact and effectiveness. This paper presents a continuing

Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Management Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lenisha Gandhi, IBM

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

course titled ‘Global engineering management 101’.Geographic and Time Zone DifferencesWhen discussing global team barriers, the first thing that comes to mind are the geographic &time zone differences. Hosting a meeting at 11 am PST may be a desirable timeslot for a teammember in the US west coast team member but can be frustrating for a China team member,considering it would be 3am in China.Time zone differences can be more than just inconvenient. Sometimes, they can cause stress inpersonal life and problems in maintaining the work/life balance. For instance, working in theoffice during the normal working hours and then getting back online from home and workinglate thru the night to connect with global team members is common practice for