THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

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THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
College of Engineering Engineering Management Pro
gram
Mastering managerial leadership
of technology and innovation.

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Engineering Management Program
Option III

• A special scheduling option
• Created and designed to meet the needs of
  professionals in industry and the high tech
  community.
  
• Classes held once a month on Friday and
  Saturday.
  
• Provides professionals an opportunity to obtain
  an advanced degree in two years while working
  
• full-time.

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Program Director
Dr. Tony Ambler, Director
Engineering Management Program
B.N. Gafford Endowed Professor and Chairman,
Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering.
Mastering managerial leadership of technology
and innovation.
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MBA vs. EMP
Engineering Management
MBA -Focuses on aligning businesses with outsi
de competitors. - Most MBAs do not have a techni
cal background and only have a financial
background.

• EM Program
• Focuses on managing, projects, processes, people
  and products and services within technological
  organizations.
  
• Engineering management merges technical and
  financial knowledge in order to lead and manage
  an organization.

The Engineering Management Program is designed to
provide the technical professional with the knowl
edge and skills necessary to manage their organi
zation.
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Overview
Engineering Management
The program is a creative, challenging
educational opportunity for mastering managerial
leadership of technology and innovation.
Designed for engineering managers, engineers who
aspire to be managers, and those who are
technological leaders within their organizations.
Engineering Management allows engineers to bet
ter manage their projects and personnel while
maintaining their engineer career.
"This program provides an excellent opportunity
to learn management principles from the experts,
to share work experiences with other students,
and to apply the knowledge thus gained to 'real
world project situations while continuing
to carry out my professional responsibilities."
-John M. Stawasz, Applied Research Laboratories

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Benefits
Engineering Management

•     To incorporate an understanding of the
• measurement of the technical, business, and
• human performance processes associated with
• management and leadership in engineering
• environments,
•     To enhance a student's perspective on
• leadership and management of technology-based
• organizations that are relevant to today's
  industry
  
• practices,
•      To provide students with the ability to
  develop
  
• expertise in the management of innovation,
•      To provide students with the knowledge and
  
  
• skills to effectively manage projects and
  processes,
  

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Benefits
Engineering Management

•      To provide students with the opportunity to
  learn to identify and balance risks associated
  with technology development,
  
•       To broaden an engineering managers
  perspective on marketing technological products
  and services,
  
•       To provide students with the knowledge to
  recognize the potential success or failure of an
  engineering project with respect to financing the
  venture, and
•       To educate students regarding the legal
  issues that affect technology.

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Engineering Management
OPTIMUM DECISION-MAKING DEPARTMENTS
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Engineering Management
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Time-to-Market
Engineering Management
Sensitivity of Profits Over Product Life
- Loss in After Tax Profit
Ship 6 months Late
-33
Production Cost 9 Too High
-22
50 Development Cost Overrun
Assumes 0 growth rate in market, 12 annual pri
ce
erosion, 5 year product life
-3.5
McKinsey Co.
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Technical/Manpower Performance...
120
100
Performance
80
60
40
20
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4
6
8
10
12
No. of Processors/People
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Never enough time to get the job done
60 Agree
40 Agree
1977
1997
Mark McDermott, Intel, 2000
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People Issues
Engineering Management

• Technical career path

• Reward systems

• Degradation of working conditions

• Team structure/organization

• Fragmentation of peoples time

• Too many meetings

• Phony deadlines

• Bureaucracy and defensive management

• Management by objectives

• Management by hysterical optimism

Mark McDermott, Impact of Engineering Management
on Design Productivity
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Program Organization
Engineering Management

• All day orientation with an evening banquet
• Total of ten engineering management courses
• Courses meet in the fall and spring semesters
• Students enroll in two courses per semester
• Summer
• Completion of an independent research project
• Engineering Management Workshop (seminar course)
• A Masters report, to be completed in the last
  semester enrolled
  
• 36 credit hour program

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Curriculum - Year 1
Engineering Management
Spring Semester Management of Projects and Proce
sses
Managing People Organizations
Summer Semester Engineering Management Seminar
Engineering Management Project
Fall Semester The Art and Science of Negotiatio
ns
Engineering Economics
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Curriculum - Year 2
Engineering Management
Spring Semester Advanced Marketing Management
System Design Metrics
Summer Semester Engineering Management Seminar
(Students begin working on their Masters Report
and present topic at Seminar.)
Fall Semester Strategic Decision and Risk Analy
sis Legal Issues for Engineering Managers AND

Masters Report
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Quality of the Program
Engineering Management
Engineering Management utilizes faculty from the
College of Engineering and from the McCombs
School of Business. The College of Engineerin
g is ranked among the countrys top ten
Engineering schools.
Tony Ambler, Director Rayan Bagchi John Daly
Alison Davis-Blake

Bob Duvic Kathleen Mackie Manny Newburger Gay
len Paulson
Valerie Tardif
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Companies Represented
Engineering Management
Frog Design, Inc.Globeset, Inc.Hewlett
PackardIBM IntelInteractive SiliconLotus Dev.
CorpMotorola SchlumbergerSBC CommunicationsS
outhwest Research InstituteSulzer
OrthopedicsSvis SystemsTD Industries, Inc.The
Boeing CompanyTivoli URS Corporation
Companies sponsoring multiple students
Advanced Micro DevicesAlcoaApplied Materials
BAE SystemsBell Helicopter TextronCirrus
LogicCompaq Computer Corp.DAX Industries,
Inc.Dell Dow Chemical CompanyDTM CorporationD
uPont PhotoMasks, Inc.
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Admission Requirements
Engineering Management

• Hold a BS degree in Engineering, Computer
  Science, Natural Science, or related field.
  
• Have a GPA of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale in
  upper-division undergraduate and any graduate
  coursework.
  
• Complete either the GRE or GMAT test. Scores must
  be sent electronically to The University of Texas
  at Austin from the testing center.
  
• Three letters of recommendation, one of which
  must be from your current employer.
  
• Have 18 months of industry experience.

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Application Deadlines
Engineering Management
Fall priority consideration - July 1, 2001
Spring priority consideration
- December 1, 2001
Early application is very strongly encouraged
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Program Administration
Engineering Management Program
Catherine S. Thomas Manager cathe_at_mail.utexas.
edu Jayne Tune EM Graduate Program Coordinator
jaynet_at_mail.utexas.edu Nancy Weiser nweis
er_at_mail.utexas.edu
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Program Operations
Services provided to students

• Application processing
• Orientation
• Invoicing and Receipts
• Course registration

• Grade reporting
• Graduation paperwork
• Graduation ceremony
• Student support

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Financing Your Education
..a good investment for your future!

• Company Sponsorship
• Full or partial funding
• UT Student Financial Services
• Provides low interest loans
• VA funding
• GI Bill benefits

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Your investment includes

• Tuition
• Orientation
• Textbooks, software and other course materials
• Masters Report Summer Project Workshops

• Summer project and seminar course(s)
• Masters Report course
• Graduation
• A supplemental on-line learning environment
• Access to The University of Texas resources

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Program Fees

18,000 per year for two years
Installment Options
Spring Semester 7,300
Summer Semester 3,400
Fall Semester 7,300
The total fee for the two year program is
36,000

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Return on Investment

• Career advancement
• Develop professionally
• Increase your salary potential
• Network with other professionals
• Make a direct impact on your organization
• Contribute to the decision making process
• Shape the organization
• The University of Texas at Austin Masters
  degree
  

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Engineering Management Program
Tony Ambler, Director Email address ambler_at_ece.u
texas.edu
Visit our web site www.executivemasters.org
Mastering managerial leadership
of technology and innovation.