Management Divisions of Engineering Societies

Abstract

ABSTRACTThirty-nine leading U.S. engineering societies were surveyed to determine the scope and nature of their engineering management activities. Information on 32 of these and on the Engineering Institute of Canada was compiled. Fourteen U.S. societies had (engineering) management divisions or other subsidiaries, and another three had active management committees. Four societies have established engineering management journals, and another two are launching quarterlies this year; about half have management newsletters. Societies with management units normally hold technical sessions on management at their annual meetings. Several have separate management conferences, and a number have seminars on management topics for their members. Engineering societies cooperated in the Joint Engineering Management Conference series from 1956 to 1978 and are now cooperating in the triennial International Conference on Engineering Management (1986 and 1989). Currently, societies are cooperating in developing academic e...