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    Engineering Management

    A tantárgy neve magyarul / Name of the subject in Hungarian: Mérnöki menedzsment

    Last updated: 2010. május 6.

    Budapest University of Technology and Economics
    Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

    Elecrical Engineering, MSc program

    Computer engineering, MSc program

    Economic and human course

     

    Biomedical engineering, MSc program

    Business Information Systems, MSc program

    Forced elective course

    Course ID Semester Assessment Credit Tantárgyfélév
    VITMM112 1 4/0/0/v 4  
    3. Course coordinator and department Dr. Sallai Gyula Antal,
    4. Instructors
     Name:Position:Department:
     Sallai Gyula DScProfessorDepartment of Telecommunications and media-informatics 
     ABOS Imre PhDAssociate professorDepartment of Telecommunications and media-informatics 
     KÓSA Zsuzsanna PhDAssistant professorDepartment of Telecommunications and media-informatics 
     SZŰCS Gábor PhDAssistant professorDepartment of Telecommunications and media-informatics 
    5. Required knowledge

    Required knowledge: Basic technical and economic knowledge.

    6. Pre-requisites
    Kötelező:
    NEM ( TárgyEredmény( "BMEVITMMB03" , "jegy" , _ ) >= 2
    VAGY
    TárgyEredmény("BMEVITMMB03", "FELVETEL", AktualisFelev()) > 0)

    A fenti forma a Neptun sajátja, ezen technikai okokból nem változtattunk.

    A kötelező előtanulmányi rend az adott szak honlapján és képzési programjában található.

    Ajánlott:

    Preconditions: none

    7. Objectives, learning outcomes and obtained knowledge

    Course objective: To make student on Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics familiar with the technology and innovation management methods, business strategies, decision models, to discuss the engineering managerial roles, tasks, situations and tools, the regulatory principles and models of the particular technologies and markets, and present realistic examples to contribute to successful start of career.

    8. Synopsis

    Engineering management in the knowledge society

    Engineering management in general

    • Definition, role and areas of the engineering management. The evolution of the engineering management discipline. Peculiarities, generic trends and engineering management of the information, communication and electronic media technologies (ICT).
    • Managerial elements of the engineering activity. Components and principles of the managerial activity. Managerial situations, methods and tools.

    Strategic management

    • Strategy types and parts. Business strategic planning methods. Classes of competitive strategies. 
    • Implementation of strategy: success factors, progress tracing. Methods of the strategic direction and control.
    • Complex engineering decision problems, customer-oriented and systemic approaches, solutions, procedures.
    • Planning and allocation of resources, multi-project management.

    Organization management

    • Management of organizations. Organization types in the ICT sector. Lifecycle, decision culture of organizations, change management. 
    • Managing cooperation of organizations, complex working groups.

    Knowledge management

    • Knowledge process: accumulation, internalization, adaptation, externalization. Competence. Knowledge sharing and transfer. Knowledge based systems.
    • Introducing a knowledge management system into a company (Case study)
    • Types of the intellectual property, principles intellectual property rights. Open access software. Exploitation of the intellectual properties. Intellectual public utilities  

    ICT specific engineering management

    Technology management

    • Technological planning, forecast, transfer, launching, change. Making technology vision, analyzing driving forces, scenarios. Technology-driven business strategies. 
    • Corporate ICT functions. Application of the ICT in shaping new business strategies, global work-flows, efficient organization structures.

    Innovation management

    • Goals of the research, development and innovation. Innovation models and metrics. Management of the innovation process, quality and risks. 
    • Innovation chain: university-industry partnership, role of the government. Multi-tier organization and operation of the research-development-innovation management
    • Innovation financing. National and EU sources, grant, funds, tenders. Development projects.
    • Technological incubators, innovation centers, start-up companies, technological consortia in the ICT sector.

    Product management

    • Goals and process of the product development. Markets of the ICT products and services. Market players, competitive environment. Market segmentation. 
    • Life-cycle of the product, and its management. Product pricing, price-sensitivity of the customers. Market-research, sale and sale-support methods.

    Business process management

    • Analyzing, planning, regulating, improving and transforming corporate business process. Criteria of the process-based management systems. Methods for developing processes.
    • IT in the corporate value creation. Customer-relation management, operation support systems, supply chain management, business continuity management.
    • Special business functions (e.g. billing), industry-specific systems, IT system architecture of telecommunication service providers.

    Regulatory environment

    Sector regulation

    • Goal and principles of the regulation in general and in the networked and public service sectors. Competition regulation, consumer protection. Regulatory institutions and procedures, ex-ante and ex-post regulation, self-regulation, public hearing, conventions, MoUs, standards.

    Regulation of the information and communication technologies and markets

    • Technology and marker regulatory models in the ICT sector. Regulatory tasks for deploying the convergence of the telecommunications, information and media technology sectors.
    • Community and national regulation of the electronic communications network and services. Framework and specific directives. Rules for the cooperation of the network operators and service providers.
    • Regulation for managing scarce resources, frequency, number and address management.
    • Concept for regulating information security, data protection and content. 
    9. Method of instruction

    Form of education: Lecture.

    10. Assessment
    1. In the teaching period: one in-class test. Condition for the signature is passing the test (scoring  at least 5 points from 15)
    2. In the exam period: Written exam and optional oral exam Scoring condition for successful written exam is at least 15 points from 45. Below 15 points the exam is unsuccessful.
    3. Assessment of the performance is the sum of the points from the in-class test and the written exam. Scoring condition for successful exam is at least 24 points from 60 (40%). Supplementary oral exam may be done, if the sum of the points are at least 20.
    4. Re-exam: none
    11. Recaps

    There is one possibility to repeat the test in the teaching period and there is a final one in the official recap period

    12. Consultations

    Individual consultation: upon appointment with the lecturers.

    13. References, textbooks and resources

    Reference:

    Presentation entitled „Engineering management” on the departmental website.

    Recommended books, periodicals:

    1. IEEE Trans. on Engineering Management  és Engineering Management  Review perodicals
    2. Murphy, T.: Achieving Business Value from Information Technology, Gartner 2002.
    3. Morel-Guimaraes,L. - Khalil, T.M.- Hosni, Y. A.: Management of Technology. Key success factors for innovation and sustainable development. Elsevier, 2005.
    4. Hosni, Y. A. - Khalil, T.M.: Management of Technology. Internet economy: opportunities and challenges. Elsevier, 2004.
    5. The EU regulatory framework for electronic communications. Handbook. Arnold & Porter, 2003.
    6. Irish, V.:  Intellectual Property Rights for Engineers. IEE Management of Technology Series 22. Institute for Electrical Engineers, UK, 2005
    7. Bidgoli, H. (ed.).:The Handbook of Technology management, 3 volumes, Wiley, USA, 2010 


     

    14. Required learning hours and assignment
    Lessons  56
    Preparation for lessons  12
    Preparation for test  12
    Home work   -
    Learning of prepared matters   -
    Preparation for exam  40
    Total150
    15. Syllabus prepared by
    Name:Position:Department:
    SALLAI Gyula DScProfessorDepartment of Telecommunications and media-informatics 
    ABOS Imre PhDAssociate professorDepartment of Telecommunications and media-informatics 
    KÓSA Zsuzsanna PhDAssistant professorDepartment of Telecommunications and media-informatics 
    KUNSÁGI LászlóScientific fellowDepartment of Telecommunications and media-informatics 
    SZŰCS Gábor PhDAssistant professorDepartment of Telecommunications and media-informatics