Management for Engineers

Module code: CEU44E01 · Semester: Semester 1

Themes: MAI track · Theme 1: Energy; MAI track · Theme 2: Bioengineering/Manufacturing; MAI track · Theme 3: Mechanical/Manufacturing; BSc track · Theme 1: Energy/Fluids/Manufacturing; BSc track · Theme 2: Bioengineering/Manufacturing; BSc track · Theme 3: Mechanical/Manufacturing

Resources

• Module descriptor (TCD)

Questions by Year

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• 2022/23
• 2021/22
• 2020/21
• 2019/20
• 2018/19
• 2017/18 (old code CE4E1)
• 2016/17 (old code CE4E1)
• 2015/16 (old code CE4E1)
• 2014/15 (old code CE4E1)
• 2013/14 (old code CE4E1)
• 2012/13 (old code CE4E1)

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Topics

• Project definition, organisation, feasibility and evaluation LO1–2
• Planning and critical path analysis LO2–3
• Risk, resources and costs LO2, LO5
• Team dynamics, people management and meetings LO6
• Agile and other PM models LO2
• Law, contracts, disputes and professional ethics LO4
• Accounting, budgets and company finance LO5
• Health and safety; infrastructure and asset management LO4–5
• Creativity and entrepreneurship LO7

Learning outcomes (exam covers LO1–7)

1. Describe the life cycle stages of an engineering project
2. Understand project management: teams, planning tools, feasibility, risk, assets, alternative models
3. Apply project management ideas to example projects
4. Deliver projects within legal, ethical and health and safety rules
5. Describe a project manager's technical, financial and asset duties
6. Run meetings and manage staff
7. Support creativity and entrepreneurship in an organisation

Summarised from the module descriptor, checked November 2026.