EXAMPLES OF ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT CASES DISCUSSED IN CLASS


Case #1. F. Warren McFarian and Melissa Dally, “Electronic Commerce at Air Products ,” Harvard Business School Case #9-399-035 (August 19, 1989).

Case #2. Steven C. Wheelwright and Sandeep Dugal, “ Associated Instruments Corporation: Analytical Instruments Division ,” Harvard Business School Case #9-689-052 (March 16, 1989).

Case #3. Stefan Thomke and Ashok Nimgade, “ BMW AG: The Digital Auto Project (A) ,” Harvard Business School Case #9-699-044 (Rev. November 1, 2001 ).

Case #4. E. Raymond Corey, “ Dominion Motors and Controls Limited ,” Harvard Business School Case #9-589-115 (Rev. September 23, 1992).

Case #5. John A. Quelch, “ Loctite Corporation: Industrial Products Group ,” Harvard Business School Case #9-581-066 (Rev. July 15, 1991).

Case #6. William J. Bruns, Jr., “ Monterrey Manufacturing Company ,”Harvard Business School Case #9-197-023 (Rev. December 18, 1996).

Case #7. Richard G. Hamermesh and Evelyn T. Christiansen, “International Harvester (B-1),” Harvard Business School Case #9-381-053 (Rev. June 30, 1986).

Case #8. Rajiv Lal, Edith D. Prescott and Kirthi Kalynam, “ HP Consumer Products Organization: Distributing Printers Via the Internet ,” Harvard Business School Case #9-500-021 (Rev. March 22, 2000).

Case #9. Amy C. Edmondson, Mikelle F. Eastley, “GM Powertrain,” Harvard Business School Case #9-698-008 (Rev. April 26, 2000 ).

Case #10. Nitin Nohria and Julie Galdstone, “Appex Corp.,” Harvard Business School Case #9-491-082 (Rev. February 10, 1992).

Case #11. Anne Donnellon and Joshua D. Margolis, “Mod IV Product Development Team,” Harvard Business School Case #9-491-030 (Rev. March 5, 1991).

Case #12. Steven C. Wheelwright and Clayton Christensen, “Quantum Corp.– Business and Product Teams,” Harvard Business School Case #9-692-023 (Rev. February 17, 1992).

Case #13. Anita McGahan and Greg Keller, “Saturn Corp.: Module II Decision,” Harvard Business School Case #9-795-011 (August 18, 1994).

Case #14. David Upton and Andrew Matherson, “EG&G Rotron Division,” Harvard Business School Case #9-695-037 (Rev. April 14, 1997).

Case #15. William J. Bruns, Jr., “Destin Brass Products Co.,” Harvard Business School Case #9-190-089 (Rev. April 24, 1997).

Case #16. Richard S. Rubak, Sudhaker Balachadran and Aldo Sesia, “Whirlpool Europe,” Harvard Business School Case #9-202-017 (Rev. November 26, 2002 ).

Case #17. Robert J. Dolan, “Black and Decker Corporation (A): Power Tools Division,” Harvard Business School Case #9-595-057 (Rev. March 30, 2001 ).

Case #18. Frances X. Fei, Youngme Moon and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar , “Gateway: Moving Beyond the Box,” Harvard Business School Case #9-601-038 (Rev. May 9, 2002 ).

Case #19. Michael Y. Yoshino and Masako Egawa , “Nissan Motors Co. Ltd – 2002,” Harvard Business School Case #9-303-042 (Rev. December 9, 2002).

Case #20. George Foster, Christopher S. Flanagan, Paul L. Watts and Phillis Wattis, “NetLogic Microsystems,” Stanford University Case #E94 (June 28, 2001 ).

Case #21. Andrian B. Ryans, “FastLane Technologies,” Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, #98A006 (Rev. November 10, 1999).

Case #22. Anonymous, “Peterson Industries: Louis Freidman,” Harvard Business School Case #9-396-182 (Rev. February 12, 1996).

Case #23. Tarun Khanna and James Weber, “General Electric Medical Systems, 2002,” Harvard Business School Case #9-702-428 (Rev. February 26, 2003).

EXAMPLES OF TERM PAPER TOPICS PURSUED BY STUDENTS IN THE PAST


1. Application of Industrial Engineering Technologies to Create Business Benefits In the New Millennium.

2. Mass Production Paradigm.

4. Development of Build to Order Production System.  

5. Engineering Innovation in the New Century.

7. Development of Mass Customization Systems.

8. Production Innovation in the New Millennium.

10. Engineer's Contributions to Supply Chains.

11.  Application of Web Based Tools to Improve the Production Development Process.

12.  Application of Web-Based Tools to Improve Engineering Processes.

13. OLAP – Decision Support System.

15. OEM Partnerships in Technology.

16. Development of Global Automotive Products in the New Century.

17. Lessons from Engineering Management in Real World.

18. "Engineers' Contributions to Mass Customization Systems.

19.  Application of Web-based Tools to Improve Construction Process.

20.  Coordination of Global Project Teams.

21. Lessons from Engineering Cases in the Real World.

22. Social Responsibility of Engineering Management in a Worldwide Context.

25. Development of Global Product in the New Century.

26. Supply Chain Management: Key Concept, Best Practices, Challenges and Pitfalls associated with implementation of SCM.

27. Applying Emerging Technologies to Achieve Business Success.

28. Management of Diverse Workforce in the New Millennium.

29. Business Ethics.

30. The Future of E Business.

31. Coordination of Global Project Teams.

33. Web-Enabled Plant Operations.

34. Supply Chain of Engineering Parts.

35. Web-Enabled Maintenance Engineering.

36. Best Practices – Web-Enabled Project Management.

37. Migration from Traditional Project Management to Web Enabled Project Management.

38. Web-Based Product Development.

39. Web Enabled Product Design.

40. Web-Enabled Engineering Project Management. 

41. Best Practices in “Web-Enabled Software Design and Development”.

42. Business for the 21st Century: Proper Pricing and Customer Relationship.

43. Web-Enabled Supply of Engineering Parts.

44. Web Enabled Research and Development.

45. Best Practices for Web-Based Process Development.

46. Modern Manufacturing: Web-Enabled Operations.

47. Web-Enabled Engineering Production System.

48. Risk Analysis and Management in Engineering Projects.

50. On-line Supply Chain Management.

51. New Challenges for Engineering Managers in the New Millennium.

52. Success Factors for 21st Century Engineering/ Technology Companies.

53. Web-enabled Workforce Collaboration.

54. Web-enabled Customer Relationship Management.

55. Advanced Tools Supporting Decision Making Under Uncertainty.

56. Forecasting Techniques for Business Decision Making.

57. E-Commerce and Web-enabled Communications in the Construction Industry.

59. Challenges to Engineering Management due to Globalization.

60. Ethics in Management.

61.  E-Transformations and its Best Practices: Use of E-Technologies to Add Value.

62.  E-transformation and Its Best Practices.

63. Recent Advancement in E-Commerce.

64. Web-Based Engineering Tools.

65. Micro-computer Based Decision Tools.

66. Web-enabled Distribution of Goods.

67. Control of Product Quality in Supply Chains.

68. Management of Engineering Specifications of Assembled Products.

69.  Management of Engineering Innovation in the New Century.

70. Forecasting Techniques for Business Decision Making.

72. Innovative Strategies for Product Development.

73. White Collar Job Migration.

74. Successful Business Models for the New Century.

75. Challenges Faced by Industrial Engineers in Manufacturing Industry and Appropriate Solutions.