@UiTM /IEEE function

To-day, I was invited as a guest speaker to deliver a Talk on Project Management during the lauching of the IEEE Student Chapter.It was attended by about 40+ students ,including the Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering,UiTM.On the way back, I was paid RM100. Thank you ,Dr Zaiki.

In fact, I would do it for free to create awareness of the importance of learning project management....

What concerns me most is the absence of project management knowledge in under-graduate curriculum. Most of these engineers will be involved in project works and they were taught almost nil by their faculty.During the first ten years after they graduate, they will be doing more technical stuff compared to management work, but they are part of the project team. By the time they are in the middle management, their work comprising 20% technical and 80% management. By virtue of their positions in the company, they become project managers by default or rather by accidents. No wonder, so many projects have met with many "accidents" along the road....

Comments

[sangkelate]

AbeDib.. so suprised that enginering student is m'sia never learn abt project mgmt. In US, during my undergrad years I do even learn abt accounting, ethics, philosophly etc... hmmm maybe u should tell yr dean friend to introduce courses like ethics in engineering etc... i 100% agree with yr concern that u told me while I was at yr place last time... does a graduate from local univ really deserve to be called graduate & ready for working life..apa yg diorang belajar 3/4 tahun... our univs realy need some revamp

[Adib]

Below is an email from the sponsor Dr Zaiki Awang regarding my talk at UiTM:

I wish to record our sincere appreciation for coming to deliver the
talk yesterday. The students enjoyed the talk thoroughly, I
personally found it enlightening too. It is good to hear your
experience in the corporate sector, more so coming from a civil
engineer. As you said, anything can be considered a 'project'. How
true. That is why we have to plan and execute them carefully, however
trivial they may seem.

Many thanks again, perhaps we can have more such talks in the future.


Zaiki

[Fina]

Uncle Adib,
Jangan kata budak engineering tak tau PM, saya budak management nih pun kurang pengetahuan.

Nak kena ajar saya nih :P

[Adib]

Fina,
Please read these books:
1.Project Management for Dummies by Stanley E Portny
2.Fast Forward MBA in Project Management by Eric Verzuh.

[mysanctuaire]

in UM, engineering students must take all five compulsory university subjects :

Kemahiran Berfikir dan Komunikasi (GXEX 1406),
Moral dan Etika Profesyen Kejuruteraan (KXEX 2161),Ekonomi, Kewangan dan Jurutera (KXEX 2162),Pengurusan, Keusahawanan dan Jurutera (KXEX 2161),Undang-undang dan Jurutera (LXEB 3323)

[Adib]

To those who have little knowledge on project management,please browse pmi.org and apm.org.uk for more info.