Master of Engineering Management

This course covers the critical factors affecting product development and innovation and identifies the common characteristics of successful new products drawing upon best industrial practice. The aim is to provide students with an understanding of the managerial and technical processes commonly involved in product development and innovation. Three main themes will be covered throughout this course: Product Design and Innovation; Idea Generation Techniques; Design and Innovation Project Management. (3 lecture hours per week.)

It is designed to provide engineers with a robust understanding of the core concepts and procedures of financial and management accounting which engineers need to enhance their capabilities as informed future managers and decision makers. It concentrates on financial reporting and interpretation to internal and external stakeholders of the organization. Issues of income determination, asset and liability recognition, measurement and reporting will be addressed. It also offers an introduction to management’s use of internal accounting information for planning, managing, controlling and evaluation of business operations. Topics include cost concepts (including activity-based costing), budgeting, cost-volume-profit analysis, standard costing, performance evaluation and product pricing. (Antirequisites: BUSI-8120)

This course will expose students to principles, concepts, and tools utilized in project management activities. This course will include topics such as defining project scope, and time, cost, risk, procurement and stakeholder management. The students will be engaged in working on a major project to develop proficiency in project management activities and tools. (Open to Masters of Engineering and Masters of Engineering Management students, excluding students in the MEng Auto Program. Open to engineering MASc/PhD students on permission of the department/faculty as a qualifying course only. Will not count for credit towards MASc/PhD degree.

This course introduces fundamental concepts of data analytics and their application in decision making. The emphasis is on the utilization of practical analytics tools in a complex engineering management environment. Topics covered may include: development and validation of decision-making models, data-based decision- making skills, decision variables and constraints identification, sensitivity analysis, optimization and predictive analysis. Students in this class will learn how to make evidence-based management decisions and develop recommendations based on data.

This capstone course integrates the knowledge gained in prior courses and focuses it on the functions of top management of an organization. Working in teams and individually, at the conclusion of the course students will have synthesized comprehensive analyses of relevant information including ethical considerations, regarding strategic issues specific to innovation and commercialization of applied technology; applied the rational decision-making model to develop, recommend solutions to strategic issues; and communicated orally and in writing using appropriate professional format, feasible recommendations to resolve issues. (Prerequisites: registration, enrolment in, and candidate year standing in the Master of Engineering Management Program.)

This is a jointly instructed and administered course between the Faculty of Engineering and the Odette School of Business. The course is the last course students take in the Master of Engineering Management program and has mandatory prerequisites. The goal is to allow students to practice all business and management theory they learned in previous courses by completing one of: 1) an engineering management report 2) an engineering feasibility study, or 3) a new venture business plan. This course is entirely project-based. (Prerequisites: All 6 mandatory core courses within the MEM program) (2 semester, 6.0 credit course) (Cross-listed with Business BUSI-8400)

This is a jointly instructed and administered course between the Faculty of Engineering and the Odette School of Business. The course is the last course students take in the Masters of Engineering Management program and has mandatory prerequisites. The goal is to allow students to practice all business and management theory they learned in previous courses by completing one of: 1) an engineering management report 2) an engineering feasibility study, or 3) a new venture business plan. This course is entirely project-based. (Prerequisites: All 6 mandatory core courses within the MEM program)(2 semester, 6.0 credit course) (Cross-listed with Engineering GENG-8040)