Engineering projects rarely fail because the technical work was wrong — they fail because nobody set clear administrative objectives for how the work would actually be managed. Engineering management has become one of the most prominent branches of modern management precisely because it fills that gap: activating administrative foundations across every engineering project and activity, and coordinating planning, execution, and monitoring alongside other departments.

This course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy is built for anyone who wants to strengthen their grasp of engineering management processes and understand what genuinely sets it apart from other types of management — through general and specific objectives sized to match the true scope of the work being managed.

Who Should Attend?

• Civil and architectural engineers looking to pursue further study in engineering management.
• Engineering project managers and their deputies.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Carry out engineering planning, follow up execution, and provide general supervision across an engineering project as a whole.
• Coordinate with different departments to raise overall administrative efficiency.
• Apply technology to engineering management in ways that make communication with work teams easier.
• Strengthen their knowledge of engineering management and its practical applications.
• Build an approach for tackling problems and making decisions, and apply project management skills to set an effective, productivity-boosting work schedule.

Module 1: General and Specific Objectives of Engineering Management

• The broad, organisation-wide objectives engineering management is built to achieve.
• The specific objectives tailored to the scale and nature of a given engineering project.

Module 2: Defining Engineering Management and Where It Fits

• What engineering management is, and how its applications differ from other departments.
• How engineering management compares to, and benefits from, other types of management.

Module 3: Managing Through Performance Analysis

• Engineers and job performance, and why performance management matters.
• Setting and measuring performance expectations, key performance indicators, and SMART goals and standards.

Module 4: Working with Teams, Contractors and Clients

• Influential engineers in the business environment, and the link between communication and influence.
• Barriers that block communication, and the traits of a good communicator.
• Sources of potential conflict, effective conflict management, and different conflict styles.

Module 5: Applications and Programmes of Engineering Management

• Real-world applications of engineering management on the ground.
• The engineering management programmes and tools used to support them.