What’s that? Is that a real thing? Do Management Engineers exist? Are they an imminent force to be reckoned with? You could say that. These are no pretengineers!Last Thursday, an MGTE Summit arranged by Eric Li, invited Adel Sedra, Dean of Engineering, and Frank Safayeni, Chair of the Department of Management Sciences, to discuss the prominence of this young program at the University of Waterloo and in the working world. Attendees included Robert Duimering, Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies, and the 2A and 3B students.Dr. Sedra presented the program at the University of Waterloo as being one of the only existing Management Engineering programs in Canada. “It is an innovative program, with the recognition of the University of Waterloo behind it.” Dr. Safayeni added, “With the existing struggles encountered by companies due to their organization’s complexity, Management Engineers provide the resources to bridge the gap between the technical and the nontechnical.” This program offers the opportunity for interdisciplinary perspective, developing the ability to think critically and solve problems utilizing multiple points of view. It is a versatile discipline fitting many positions, and equipping students with the background in technical knowledge and skills, as well as the managerial savvy to handle a variety of challenges, including business decision making, project budgeting, and professional diversity.With the ongoing changes to the Engineering faculty’s home on campus, the Management Sciences Department is looking forward to an expansion in space, and will potentially occupy the current Offices of the Dean, once the Dean’s office moves to E7. As the program matures, continuous growth is expected, and numerous initiatives are being implemented to promote spirit throughout the program. Be on the lookout for MANhood, a competitive event focused on solving management problems, in early November. Such events provide a welcome to the program, and a chance to work with upper-year Management Engineers. So, if you are wandering through campus and come across a Management Engineer, you might feel inclined to ask “What are you going to do tonight?”, and the Management Engineer just might reply, in the infamous words of Pinky and the Brain, “The same thing we do every night – try to take over the world.”
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What’s that? Is that a real thing? Do Management Engineers exist? Are they an imminent force to be reckoned with? You could say that. These are no pretengineers!
Last Thursday, an MGTE Summit arranged by Eric Li, invited Adel Sedra, Dean of Engineering, and Frank Safayeni, Chair of the Department of Management Sciences, to discuss the prominence of this young program at the University of Waterloo and in the working world. Attendees included Robert Duimering, Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies, and the 2A and 3B students.
Dr. Sedra presented the program at the University of Waterloo as being one of the only existing Management Engineering programs in Canada. “It is an innovative program, with the recognition of the University of Waterloo behind it.” Dr. Safayeni added, “With the existing struggles encountered by companies due to their organization’s complexity, Management Engineers provide the resources to bridge the gap between the technical and the nontechnical.” This program offers the opportunity for interdisciplinary perspective, developing the ability to think critically and solve problems utilizing multiple points of view. It is a versatile discipline fitting many positions, and equipping students with the background in technical knowledge and skills, as well as the managerial savvy to handle a variety of challenges, including business decision making, project budgeting, and professional diversity.
With the ongoing changes to the Engineering faculty’s home on campus, the Management Sciences Department is looking forward to an expansion in space, and will potentially occupy the current Offices of the Dean, once the Dean’s office moves to E7. As the program matures, continuous growth is expected, and numerous initiatives are being implemented to promote spirit throughout the program. Be on the lookout for MANhood, a competitive event focused on solving management problems, in early November. Such events provide a welcome to the program, and a chance to work with upper-year Management Engineers.
So, if you are wandering through campus and come across a Management Engineer, you might feel inclined to ask “What are you going to do tonight?”, and the Management Engineer just might reply, in the infamous words of Pinky and the Brain, “The same thing we do every night – try to take over the world.”
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