What is Engineering Management?
A graduate program designed specifically for engineers and scientists who want to add management skills and knowledge to their technical undergraduate base. It’s not as technical as a master’s in engineering nor as general as an MBA—it’s the intersection of technology and management.
The Engineering Management Mission
The mission of the Master of Science in Engineering Management (EMGT) program is to prepare technical managers from fields of engineering, science, math and computer science to manage more effectively within technologically-based organizations and to promote entrepreneurial activities in the formation of new business enterprises.
TECHNICAL: an understanding of and proficiency in engineering and science.
HUMAN: the ability to build a collaborative effort within a group.
CONCEPTUAL: the ability to apply analytical thought to the management process and to enterprise as a total system.
Why a Graduate Program in Engineering Management?
The scope and complexity of engineering management responsibilities has changed dramatically during the past 10 years.
Stiff competition in the marketplace and the need to eliminate the trade and service deficit have put an emphasis on technology. It is the source of new products and improved productivity in manufacturing and service delivery. Today's engineer-manager simply must incorporate technological innovation.
Today's engineer-manager also must satisfy design and safety requirements, manage human resources to boost productivity, use natural resources efficiently, stay on top of other environmental concerns and emphasize total quality in operations.
To meet these challenges, engineers require better education and training in technology management. Precisely these needs led in 1982 to the development of the Master of Science program in Engineering Management at the KU School of Engineering.
