Management of Engineering Projects

(The People)

Wayne Ashenfelter, PE

Course Outline

Are you the people manager you think you are? Do you regularly pat yourself on the back and tell yourself how good you are? How do your employees feel about your leadership? If you are like me, you will find there is always room for improvement. I trust you will find this an easy to read, easy to assimilate and thought provoking course that gives insights to engineering project management of people. The addition of the non-linear effect of personnel and their responses require we understand and motivate. The actual case studies will provide a picture of how people think and react to you. This course will explore the importance of our people and how to deal with them.

This course includes a multiple choice quiz at the end, which is designed to enhance the understanding of the course materials.

Learning Objective

At the conclusion of this course, the student will:

• Improve understanding of peoples nature;
• Challenge how we view others and ourselves;
• Appreciate the importance of a vision;
• Aid in the definition of roles and responsibilities;
• Identify the necessity if training;
• Improve our communication with our people; and
• Assess our reward for performance methods.
  
  

Intended Audience

All disciplines dealing with programs / projects and contractual obligations wanting to enhance project success.

Benefit to the Attendee

The completion of this course will aid the learner to better understand the way to improve their people motivational skills.

Course Content

The course content is in a PDF file (31 KB) Management of Engineering Projects (The People) . You need to open or download this document to study this course.

Table of Content

A. INTRODUCTION
B. THE VISION
C. ORGANIZATION
D. TRAINING
E. COMMUNICATION
F. EVALUATION
G. STATUS
H. REWARDS
I. CONCLUSION

Quiz

Once you finish studying the above course content, you need to take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.

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DISCLAIMER: The materials contained in the online course are not intended as a representation or warranty on the part of PDH Center or any other person/organization named herein. The materials are for general information only. They are not a substitute for competent professional advice. Application of this information to a specific project should be reviewed by a registered architect and/or professional engineer/surveyor. Anyone making use of the information set forth herein does so at their own risk and assumes any and all resulting liability arising therefrom.

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