BSc (Hons) Engineering Management

This module aims to equip students with the appropriate knowledge and skills to enable them to engage critically with their studies, the Independent Research Project in particular. The module assessment is a portfolio of 3000 words, example contents could include an evaluation of published research, problem identification tasks, and the outline of a research design or the resolution of an ethical dilemma.

This module is designed to develop and assess students’ ability to reflect critically on leadership and management professional practice and experience. Academic theory and literature can be critically reviewed and applied to professional experience and an organisational context to allow for personal development planning. Discussion areas within the context of leadership and management and the students’ own professional experience and organisation may typically comprise: 

1. Links and differences between management and leadership
2. Individual and team management
3. Resource management
4. Performance management
5. Conflict management
6. Planning and managing change
7. Assessing and planning personal professional development.

 

The module assessment comprises of a 4000-word report and 2000-word reflective learning log.

This module aims to introduce students to system design concepts and tools, and challenges students to think critically about their potential and actual application in engineering. Students are introduced to the engineering of systems design from an operations perspective, which is designed to focus on directing operations and designing operations. Students can undertake a module assessment is a 3000word portfolio, example contents could include a review of your organisation or a plan to implement a chosen design model.

This module aims to introduce students to issues surrounding the management of systems in engineering. This takes a systems approach and challenges students to identify and consider their operations and services as (interacting) systems, and to look at the tools available to organise and manage such systems. It uses some of the approaches of management sciences (e.g. operational research and management, industrial engineering, business statistics and project management) and requires students to identify how these relate to their own engineering experiences or expectations. Students can undertake a 3000-word portfolio module assessment, example contents could include reports, a system proposal and reflective learning account.

Coaching and Mentoring

This module aims to introduce students to coaching and mentoring as an approach to organisational performance improvement. Coaching can be understood as facilitating someone to reach their own potential to maximise their own performance, helping them learn rather than telling them. Whereas mentoring is the sharing of knowledge from an experienced colleague with a colleague less experienced in a relationship of mutual trust. This module assessment is a 3000-word portfolio, example contents are typically a 1500-word report and a 1500-word reflection.

Health and Safety Management

This module aims to introduce the creation of effective management systems for safe and effective work environments. The module aims to develop existing compliance knowledge, asking students to evaluate policies and procedures that are in place within their organisation which are designed to achieve compliance. Students are encouraged to explore and question current processes in order to develop their own management skills, with emphasis on the human element rather than administrative procedures. It involves the application of a number of techniques which combine both knowledge and problem-solving skills. The module assessment is 3000-word management report based on an inspection of a chosen area within the student’s workplace.

Venture Creation

This module is designed to enable students to use entrepreneurial skills they have gained through the study of both theory and practice and to pursue careers in a range of industries. It encourages the application of free thinking to contemporary situations and the application of a conceptual environment to a number of business situations. The module examines modern day success stories of contemporary businesses and traces their origins and reasons for successful accomplishments. It aims to reflect the entrepreneurial learning process which informs how entrepreneurs learn from previous mistakes. The module assessment is a 4000-word business plan.

Managing Projects

In this module students have the opportunity to develop a solid foundation in the theory and best practice of project management, and can develop the practical skills of how to plan, implement and control projects. The module aims to provide students with an understanding of the system perspective on management and a practically-oriented introduction to the nature, purpose and standards of project management and its key functional objectives (scope, time, cost, quality, risk and flexibility). The role and qualities of the project manager and the composition of the team are also evaluated. Students can undertake a 3000-word report module assessment, recommending ways in which performance objectives could be achieved to cope with future requirements and challenges within the students organisation.

Logistics and Supply Chain Management

This module aims to introduce students to the key concept of managing a logistics and supply chain, and to build a framework within which they can critically analyse the performance of these functions. Practice logistics and supply chain management is about the way in which organisations deliver outputs in support of the organisation’s intended objectives. Students can undertake a 3000-word briefing module assessment with regard to the operational efficiency of the SCM/Logistics function, with recommendation on how to improve upon the current performance.

The final module aims to provide students with the opportunity to apply, integrate, and deepen the knowledge, insights, and skills that have learned throughout the programme of study. The focus of this project can be a real-world issue or a research topic. Whilst it is intended that most students will complete a work-based research project, in keeping with the ethos of our programmes, this module seeks to enable and facilitate innovation and creativity. Therefore, the format of the final assessment can be negotiated with their supervisor, dissertation coordinator and programme leader. The module assessment includes an initial project plan weighted at ten percent and a project submission as agreed with your supervisor of 10,000 words, which includes a 1000-word reflective piece which can facilitate your achievement of Chartered Manager status.