ENGR 670 - Design and Management of Human Work Systems

Units: 3
Qualitative and quantitative techniques to maximize labor productivity, employee well-being, and organizational performance. Topics include worker motivation and incentive systems, leadership, worker autonomy, and management of collaborative organizational structures including quality control circles, total productive maintenance teams, and socio-technical systems.

Credit Restrictions: Not open to students with credit for INDE 4280.
Equivalent Quarter Course: ENGR 5280.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Ability to apply learned concepts and tools to improve organizational performance in novel situations.
Understand the function and management of professionally and culturally diverse teams.
Ability to communicate convincingly in writing and orally regarding the efficacy of a particular course of action, supported by description and application of relevant theory.