抄録
Engineers must play the roles of technical specialist and technical manager. Therefore, five to seven years after graduation from school, they need to pursue studies in engineering management. In America, various programs have been set up at colleges to meet this need. In contact with the MBA program, the Engineering Management (EM) program focuses on the management of applied technology. At present more than one hundred colleges all over the USA have EM programs. It may also be noted that various entities such as the IEEA have also dealt with it. For instance, Dr. Kocaoglu, the chief editor of IEEA Transactions on Engineering Management, introduced a new curriculum at Portland State University. As for Japanese engineers, they only receive technical education at college, having therefore to master engineering management once on the job. Whenever the current system in Japan is evaluated, the American experience regarding the provision of engineering management education should be taken into consideration.
