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Demonstrate knowledge of management in mechanical engineering
Level
6
Credits
15
Purpose
This unit standard is intended primarily for use in diploma courses in
mechanical engineering. It covers knowledge of management in the context
of modern mechanical engineering, and includes a feasibility study for an
engineering project.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of
management principles, organisational structures, and management
functions and issues in a mechanical engineering context; and carry out a
feasibility study for a mechanical engineering project.
Subfield
Mechanical Engineering
Domain
Applied Principles of Mechanical Engineering
Status
Registered
Status date
26 November 2007
Date version published
19 March 2010
Planned review date
31 December 2015
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Competenz
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0013
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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References
Employment Relations Act 2000.
Environment Act 1986.
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
Resource Management Act 1991.
AS/NZS 4360:2004, Risk management.
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Babcock, D L and Morse, L C. Managing Engineering and Technology: An
Introduction to Management for Engineers. 4th edition. Upper Saddle River, N.
J.,USA: Prentice Hall, 2007. ISBN 0131994212.
HB 436:2004, Risk Management Guidelines – Companion to AS/NZS 4360:2004.
Available from Standards New Zealand.
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Definitions
Agile manufacturing – the ability to accomplish rapid changeover between the
manufacture of different products.
Just in Time – an inventory strategy for improvement of return on investment by
reducing in-process inventory and associated costs.
Kaizen – an approach to productivity, based on continuous incremental process
improvements through elimination of waste in machinery, labour, and production
methods.
Kanban – a ‘pull’ system at a stock point in which a supply batch is ordered only
when a previous batch is withdrawn. Used to implement Just in Time.
Lean manufacturing – a manufacturing methodology emphasizing the minimisation of
all resources (including time) used in an enterprise, and typically employing Just in
Time, Kaizen, Kanban, TQM, and TPM. Also referred to as Competitive
Manufacturing.
Poka Yoke – a methodology for preventing errors by imposing limits on an operation
to force its correct completion.
TPM – Total Productive Maintenance, an approach to maintenance emphasizing
preventive and predictive maintenance activities.
TQM – Total Quality Management, a management strategy aimed at embedding
awareness of quality in all processes of an organisation.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of management principles in a mechanical engineering context.
Performance criteria
1.1
The contributions of classical management theories to engineering productivity,
quality, profitability, and human resources are evaluated.
Range
1.2
theories – Frederick W Taylor, Max Weber, Henri Fayol,
Hawthorne Works Experiments;
evidence of three is required.
The management principles of W Edwards Deming, Peter Drucker, and one
Japanese style are described and their contributions to engineering productivity,
quality, profitability, and human resources evaluated.
Range
Japanese styles may include but are not limited to – Kaizen, Poka
Yoke, Kanban.
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Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of organisational structures in a mechanical engineering context.
Performance criteria
2.1
Organisational structures are described and their suitability for mechanical
engineering enterprises evaluated.
Range
structures – tall, flat, hierarchical, centralised, decentralised,
matrix;
examples of enterprises – manufacturer of short runs of
specialised components, medium scale company designing and
building one-off machinery, large scale home appliance
manufacturer.
Element 3
Demonstrate knowledge of engineering management functions and issues in a mechanical
engineering context.
Performance criteria
3.1
Management functions in a typical engineering enterprise are described in
accordance with modern management practice.
Range
3.2
management functions – planning, organising, leading, resourcing,
controlling;
resourcing – personnel, finance, materials, facilities.
Management issues are discussed in relation to productivity, quality,
profitability, and human relations in an engineering enterprise.
Range
issues – leadership, motivation, team dynamics, industrial
relations, use of technology, lean manufacturing, agile
manufacturing.
Element 4
Carry out a feasibility study for a mechanical engineering project.
Range
project may be real or simulated.
Performance criteria
4.1
Feasibility study contains statement of purpose and scope, and descriptions of
present situation or problems.
4.2
Feasibility study contains statement of objectives of new system or
opportunities, and outline of alternatives.
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4.3
Feasibility study presents analysis of alternatives from the point of view of Cost
Benefit Analysis, other benefits, impact, and risk.
Range
4.4
Cost Benefit Analysis includes – Discounted Cash Flow, Net
Present Value, Return on Investment;
other benefits – quantifiable, non-quantifiable;
impact – economical, environmental, legal, resources, ethical,
organisational;
risk analysis – in accordance with methodology of
AS/NZS 4360:2004.
Feasibility analysis includes a recommendation for action.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Competenz info@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the
content of this unit standard.
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