Managerial Skills for Engineering Studies_Prof Sajikuriakose

What Every Engineer Needs to
Know about Leadership and
Management
By
Dr. Saji Kuriakose
Professor & Director
Farook Institute of Management
Studies(FIMS),Farook College,Calicut

Session Objectives
 To realize the fact that -
Its an era of excellence

Objective of the session
 Help u to manage yourself better as students
by using „ Management Concepts‟.

 Help u to start practicing „managerial skills‟
while you are young so that you will do
better on your job

 To make you realize the fact that “Continuously
developing leadership and management skills
should be a high priority for all engineers”

 To realize the fact that
every aspects of
engineering jobs are
very much leadership
and management
oriented

 To understand that the technical skills that an engineer's job
requires are really a small percentage of the competencies
that are needed to be successful

To discuss on the role of „Leaders‟ and
understand the dimensions of
„Leadership

Managerial Role of a
Professional
 As u take up higher positions in
your career You will do :-
 Less of Technical Jobs &
 More of Managerial Jobs

Words of an Engineer turned
Manager
 Each year, thousands of people make
the switch from staff engineer or
scientist to a manager.
 And, although many of us look forward
to the change, we find it frustrating once
we get there.

Manager
 When we were engineers, we were rewarded
for our technical skills and labors in direct
proportion to what we accomplished
 But now, as a manager, our success is
measured not by our own output but by the
output and productivity of the people we
supervise.

Manager
 Fortunately, working with others and
getting them to give you their best can be
much more rewarding as technical
accomplishments, once you get the hang
of it.

Transition from Engineer to
Manager
 Research finding- 70% of the engineers had
difficulty in making the transition from the
quantitative analysis of physical problems to the
qualitative uncertainty of managerial problems
(Research done by A Dudman and S H Wearne Centre for Research in
the Management of Projects University of Manchester Institute of
Science & Technology)

Continuously developing leadership
and management skills should be a
high priority for all engineers
 Eric's first week on the job as an engineer
was full of leadership and management
challenges-but he didn't realize this at the
time.
 He was just getting the work done that he
was told to do. Just ordinary work for an
entry-level engineer.

 A breakdown of Eric's tasks that first week,
however, reveals -the aspects of engineering
work that are very much leadership and
management oriented.
His assignment included challenges such as:

 Negotiating with Manufacturing for delivery of test
units
 Planning the flow of test units through the
engineering lab
 Influencing external resources to serve his needs
quickly
 Directing technicians regarding test procedures
 Estimating time for completing tasks
 Resolving conflicts and issues that were impeding
progress

 As engineers advance in the profession,
leadership and management competencies
become more important, regardless of whether
or not they are on the "management" track.

Management skills and expertise needed
stage by stage in the careers of
professional engineers (Contd…)
( Research done by A Dudman and S H Wearne Centre for Research in the
Management of Projects University of Manchester Institute of Science &
Technology )
 Project financing
 Evaluate projects
 Analyze project risks
 Analyze corporate risks
 Plan and control budgets

 Company accounting
 Corporate (business) strategy
 Plan and schedule project
 Plan new product Patenting
 Plan research
 Plan design and development

 Plan maintenance
 Plan stocks and materials distribution Plan
services
 Marketing of products
 Marketing of consultancy
 Use of company law
 Use of health & safety law
 Use of employment law

 Use of consumer safety law
 Draft contracts
 Negotiate contracts with client/customer
 Negotiate with supplier/contractor
 Negotiate with employees
 Negotiate with public authorities

 Negotiate with senior management
 Systems analysis Data processing
 Make formal presentations
 Plan and chair formal meetings
 Recruit and select personnel
 Motivate others

 Supervise others
 Appraise personnel
 Employee training – manual workers
 Employee training – supervisors
 Employee training – management

What is Management?
 "judicious use of means to accomplish an
end," and “
 The activity of getting things done with the aid
of people and other resources."

‘Management’-Tasks
 "Management" includes the tasks we all do
on the job to keep our work organized, on
track, and efficient.
 Many competencies are required for the
successful management of work

A good manager of tasks must
be good at:
 Organizing
 Planning
 Estimating
 Communicating/Documenting
 Prioritizing
 Self-management/Discipline
 Assessing and mitigating risks

A good manager of tasks must
be good at:
When managing people to any degree is
involved, these competencies come into play:
 Interpersonal skills
 Conflict resolution
 Mentoring
 Coaching

Project management-The role
of an Engineer -Manager
 To get a project to completion, engineering
managers must be able to plan and organize
for all their team‟s needs from beginning to
end.
 In many cases, this coordination involves
multiple departments, different engineering
disciplines, and even global counterparts.

Trans formation to a
professional
 How will u transform
yourself?
 SWOT Analysis
 Identify weaker
areas
 Work hard to
improve on your
weaker areas
 Study for knowledge
not for exams
 Read anything &
everything related to
your profession

Transformation to a
professional
 How will you transform
yourself?
 Spent time gainfully
 Learn Time
management
 Understand the basics
of management
 Master the art of
communication

Trans formation !
 How will u transform
yourself?
 Keep oneself abreast
about all type of
changes taking place in
the world
 ( Technological,
political, social, cultural
etc )

What type of Professional
want to be
 Its you, your attitude, your burning desire
only, that can make you an „excellent‟
Professional and to meet the expectation of
all stake holders in the world.
 Hate „mediocracy‟
 Strive for „Superiocracy‟

Are you ready to Work Hard
Work Hard !!! Till you achieve your goal - You
may fail – Don‟t loose hope - Work Hard !!!!
till others say that you are an -
„EXCELLENT‟ Professional

Passion for Excellence
Let „Passion for
Excellence‟ be the Mantra
of Your Life !!!

Excellence & Leadership
 “To be excellent take all sorts of special
troubles, foster, nourish, &care for what is
called on “ product champions”-

Excellence through Leadership – Are we
in the business of preparing leaders of
tomorrow
A Leader Should-
 Take initiative
 Take responsibility
 Should be self confident
 Decisive
 Should be a visionary

You are expected to be the
Visionary Leaders of tomorrow
 Expected to be the
builders of NEW DAWN
for your organization
you work.
 Work with imagination,
insight & boldness
 Work with a purpose

Leader is expected to be
 Change Agents

What can I do as a leader to ease
change into the organization?
 Maintain good
relationships (Involve
them& respect)

What can I do as a leader to ease
change into the organization?
 Communicate &
Listen to people

As Leaders of tomorrow you are
expected to be
 Innovators
 Think out of the box
 Formulate innovative
strategies

As visionary Leaders of tomorrow
you are expected to be
 Visionary leaders with
dream and vision for
yourself first and for the
organization

expected to be
 Visionary Leaders
committed to words and
deeds

expected to be
 Role models to others

expected to be
 Respectful Employee
relations ship
 Embody deeply caring
approach to people
seeing them as their
greatest assets
 Responsive to real
needs of people

expected to have the qualities of
 Take pain to achieve
the goal
 Go the extra mile
towards goal

expected to be
 Increase team
efficiency by
DELEGATION
 Hand over

expected to
 Create learning
opportunity for
themselves and those
with and around
 Keep up the spirit of
continuous learning
 Inspire others to learn
new things
 Continuous Learning

expected to be
 Well balanced
 Fairness and ethics in
words and deeds
 Good balance of
mental, emotional,
physical attributes
 Strong core values
 Not to be Partial

expected to
 Take risk
 Ready to accept
blames
 Criticisms should not
stop you

expected to have
 Good Interpersonal
and communication skill

expected to
 Control emotions

expected to be
 Confident

expected to have the
 Ability to take decision

expected to be
 Committed & Loyal to
MASTER

expected to be
 Updated Every day

expected to
 Follow management
Principles (planning &
Control)
 Inspire others to
practice this art

As Leaders of tomorrow you
are expected to
Think of
Things Not to Do

Leaders of tomorrow - Marching
towards ‘Excellence’
 Let us try to be „Excellent
Professionals‟ & Leaders by ourselves
first.
 Once that happens our team
members will automatically become
“EXCELLENT PROFESSIONALS‟
of tomorrow.

Thanks & Best Wishes
 Wish you all success on your mission
in transforming yourself as visionary
leaders & excellent professionals of
tomorrow and making your life more
meaningful to this world.
Reach me @ 09387699442
sajikuria@rediffmail.com
Greetings from TEAM - FIMS
 THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!

Managerial Skills for Engineering Studies_Prof Sajikuriakose

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