Engineering Management with Industrial Practice, MSc

University of Greenwich

For students to consolidate grammatical accuracy and knowledge of vocational and academic lexis in written and spoken English; to further develop critical awareness of features of written and spoken texts such as discourse, register and appropriateness of style; to broaden their range of writing skills to a higher level of fluency and refine usage and command of style and register; gain a better understanding of the need to use clear and consistent systems of referencing and an ability to put such systems into practice.

Tight financial control and a forward view of costs and risks are essential attributes of senior managers as the business environment becomes more austere and stakeholders become more discerning. This module aims to equip students with a solid grounding in key aspects of financial and managerial accounting and corporate finance with specific focus in the realm of engineering and further develops the critical financial sensitivity to budgetary controls, risk assessment and forward cost management that is essential to senior managers responsible for complex financial decision making in engineering organisations.

To provide students with a strategic overview of lean thinking, and a critical review of the theory & practice of lean thinking, lean enterprise, lean production and lean operations. To develop the student?s understanding of lean manufacture and its impact on manufacturing efficiency

The Module aims to provide students with a broad knowledge of logistics and supply chain management for strategic and tactical decision making as well as critical appreciation of Information Technology Tools for implementing supply chain management techniques and its integration and synchronisation with the enterprise.

The strategic aim of this Module is to provide the opportunity for the student, in a supportive and controlled environment, to bring together their existing and new found engineering knowledge and skills via the use of a team/group design project.

This module is intended to provide postgraduate engineering students with the key critical knowledge necessary for their successful employment within international and global technology-based organisations. By successfully completing this module, the postgraduate engineering student will be able to analyse how the global market has evolved in recent years, the drivers for this change and what effects this has had in the structure and operation of engineering organisations. Furthermore, the module aims at providing the student with an in-depth understanding of the general issues that guide global industrialisation and economic development thus building their confidence and skills, at a managerial level, and facilitating their mobility within the global professional marketplace.

Independent project work is an essential part of Masters level study. The work undertaken within this Module will be an individual piece of work. The subject area of the project will be consistent with the philosophy and aims of the chosen individual Programme. In all cases the student will be expected to demonstrate significant elements of independent thinking consistent with the expected research content of a Masters level project. The student should also demonstrate the ability to report and present the terms and concepts underpinning the work and results.

This module aims to help students develop the ability to perform research by learning to be critical about other researchers? as well as one?s own work. From there, one will be able to identify a research ?gap? and determine the next steps to be taken, which then leads towards a more specific research plan. More than ever, it is essential to then be able to effectively communicate these research outcomes to the research community and the larger community to ensure the appropriate impact.

Developing an in-depth understanding of the strategic vision and the decision-making process and the link with operational management.