INFORMATION SESSION

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WELCOME

• INFORMATION SESSION
• For Spring 2010 Cohort

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ABOUT SCSU

• Established in 1869
• Is the largest State University in Minnesota
• Has over 16800 Students and 700 Faculty
• Prides itself in Teaching Excellence
• MEM started in 2002 and is a high demand program
  on campus and in the twin cities.
• Has a student chapter of the American Society of
  Engineering Management.
• This is the 4th cohort in the Twin Cities.

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About Metropolitan State Univ.

• Established in 1971 to serve metropolitan area
  adult students
• Committed to the community
• Focus on innovative teaching
• Serves 9000 students (ave. age 31, 65
  part-time)
• COM has 9 undergrad majors and 3 graduate degrees

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What is Engineering Management?

• Master of Engineering Management is a special
  program that helps Engineering Managers,
  Technologists Scientists improve their
  management effectiveness. The course content is
  suitable for graduates from a wide spectrum of
  disciplines including but not limited to
  Mechanical, Bio-Medical, Electrical, Civil,
  Manufacturing, Industrial, Computer and Software
  Engineering and Physical Sciences and Business
  studies.

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Course Outline

• Engineering Project Management
• Engineering Management
• Engineering Economy
• Competitive Technology Management
• Quality Engineering
• Operations Management
• Financial Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Organizational Behavior
• Industry Project Your workplace, or China
  industrial tour
• Capstone Project
• ( Metropolitan State University course)

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Certified Program

• Offered by Engineering Department with ABET
  certified undergraduate Engineering programs
• All graduate Programs at SCSU are certified by
  North Central Association.
• The only EM program in Minnesota certified by the
  American Society of Engineering Management one
  of 5 out of 200 nationally!

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Suitability to working Professionals

• Classes on Friday nights, Saturday mornings with
  free and plentiful parking (1450 Energy Park
  Drive, St. Paul)
• Classes every other week starting January 21st
• typically 6 meetings per course
• Professionally qualified Faculty with Industry
  experience
• Workplace based homework in the form of projects
  (e.g., Project Management, Quality Engineering
  etc)

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Benefits

• Improved Management and Communication Skills
• Up-to-date course material
• Small class size (no more than 22)
• Network with other professionals in the program
• Career Advancement with a Masters degree
• 18 month program runs through summer at an even
  pace and outside work hours.
• Best value for money in the Twin Cities.

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Application Process

• Fill in the application form and send it to the
  SCSU School of Graduate Studies with a check for
  35 or on-line by credit card.
• Attach official undergraduate transcripts and
  statement of purpose.
• Three letters of recommendation (in the format
  provided in the form) to speed up send in
  sealed envelopes along with your application
  package
• Official scores on the Graduate Record
  Examination (GRE) if available waived for this
  cohort
• Completed applications are due by 20th November
  2009

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Course Schedule Starting 1/21/09

• Term 1 (Spring 2010)
• Engineering Management 3 credits
• Operations Management 3 credits
• Term 2 (Summer 2010)-
• Engineering Project Management 3 credits
• Financial Management
  
  3 credits
• Term 3 (Fall 2010) -
• Organizational Behavior 3credits
• Quality Engineering 3 credits
• Term 4 (Spring 2011)-
• Supply Chain Management 3 credits
• Engineering Economy 3 credits
• Term 5 (Summer 2011)-
• Competitive Technology Management 3 credits
• Capstone Project 3 credits
• Industrial project/Industrial tour of China 3
  credits
• Tuition Fees 550 per credit Total 33 credits

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Inside the Courses

• Engineering Management
• Latest research on Leadership attributes that
  Engineers value most in their Engineering
  Managers.
• Dimensions of Technical Leadership
• Engineering Code of Ethics
• How to overcome barriers to delegation
• International Engineering Management Styles

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Inside the Courses

• Quality Engineering
• How to perform Gauge RR and process capability
  studies?
• How to choose sampling plans for incoming
  inspection
• How to conduct a fractional DOE?
• How to study interactions using a Taguchi
  orthogonal array?
• Software Quality Metrics

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Inside the Courses

• Organizational Behavior
• Learning to think strategically about a company,
  its business position, and how it can gain and
  maintain a competitive advantage
• Understand individual/group behavior in
  organizations as influenced by individual
  differences, group processes and interactions,
  and organizational processes.
• Skills and abilities essential for effective
  management in changing organizational contexts

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Inside the Courses

• Engineering Project Management
• Integration of Projects into the strategic
  management of an enterprise
• Managerial and leadership skills in both
  technical and socio-cultural dimensions of the
  project management process
• Tradeoffs among cost, time, and scope for the
  success of a project
• Knowledge for planning, scheduling, controlling,
  and assessing projects

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Inside the Courses

• Competitive Technology Management
• Being revamped based on feedback from previous
  cohort focus on strategic management of
  technology and Innovation.

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Inside the Courses

• Production and Operations Management
• New product development and process design
• Understanding the latest concepts and tools of
  JIT, lean, Six-Sigma, Kaizen, and TPS
• Understanding role of information systems in
  operations including MRP/ERP/E-Commerce
• Changing global manufacturing environment
  (outsourcing, off-shoring, global network of
  facilities, etc.)

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Inside the Courses

• Financial Management
• How capital budgeting decisions are made
• How we value bonds, stock options and companies
• Risk and Return Relationships
• Mergers, Acquisitions and Bankruptcy
• Entrepreneurship and the Process of going public
  with an IPO

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Inside the Courses

• Engineering Economy
• Decision making among alternative projects
• Cost benefit analysis of engineering projects
• Effect of income taxes on engineering project
  analysis
• Risk Analysis on Project investment decisions

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Faculty

• Ben Baliga, Ph.D., P.E.
• B.E., University of Mysore Master of Management
  Science, University of Poona, India Master of
  Engineering (CIM), Swinburne, Australia Ph.D.,
  Swinburne, Australia. Professor, St. Cloud State
  University.
• Carol Bormann Young, PhDB.S. and M.B.A. in
  Finance, MN State University Mankato PhD in
  Organizational Theory Strategy, University of
  North Texas. Professor Director of Graduate
  Programs, College of Management, Metropolitan
  State University.
• Warren Yu, Ph.D.
• B.S. in Optical Engineering, Zhejiang
  University, Hongzhou, P.R.C. M.S. in Mechanical
  Engineering, Washington State University Ph.D.
  in Mechanical Engineering, Washington State
  University. Professor of Mechanical and
  Manufacturing Engineering at St. Cloud State
  University.

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Faculty

• Kenneth Zapp Ph.D.
• B.A. in Psychology, Rice University M.B.A. in
  Economics and Finance, University of Houston
  M.A. in Science, Technology and Public Policy,
  Case Western Reserve University Ph.D. in
  Economics, University of Lancaster, Great
  Britain. Professor of Economics at Metropolitan
  State University.
• Jayant V. Saraph Ph.D.
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Indian Institute
  of Technology, India M.B.A. and Ph.D. in
  Business Administration with a concentration in
  Operations Management, Marketing and MIS,
  University of Minnesota. Professor of Decision
  Science at Metropolitan State University.
• Hiral Shah Ph.D., CEI, CEM, CAPM.
• BS in Mechanical Engineering, MS in
  Engineering Management, Eastern Michigan
  University, Ph.D. in Technology with
  concentration in Engineering Management.
• Industry Adjunct Faculty - 3

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