Engineering management is a specific field of study that turns uniquely trained engineers into project managers and industry leaders. Engineers with practical training and experience learn scientific and theoretical management techniques to ensure high standards in product design and development, employee performance, operations and workplace ethics. Students in engineering management programs, as well as engineers looking for a promotion or an opportunity to increase their earning potential, can turn to open courseware resources for free access to industry specific training and education. Courses available online cover topics in human and organizational behavior, management of innovation, project management for engineers, ethics for engineers, conflict resolution, project preparation, project monitoring, and more.

Open courseware provides engineers, students and managers with many different resources, and institutions like MIT offer their educational services for free through this convenient format. Classes like Management in Engineering, System and Project Management, Engineering Ethics and Leadership Development help students develop key skills in communication, financial analysis, managing diverse groups of people and monitoring workplace behavior and employee performance, all of which supplement their practical education in different areas of engineering. Open courseware collections also expose students to new project ideas which help them develop their management skills, and various reading assignments and study guides to help them complete their coursework. Working engineers can take these classes without having to commute to or pay for extra training at a physical campus, and students can easily access course material to help them understand material learned in traditional university settings.

• Management in Engineering [MIT] - This introductory course gives students an overview of finance, management of innovation, human and organizational behavior, and project planning.
• Project Management [MIT] - Learn the basics of project management in this MIT course.
• Engineering Ethics [MIT] - Engineering has a unique code of ethics, and students learn to combine the two philosophies in this course.
• Leadership Development [MIT] - Learn valuable negotiation, communication and leadership skills in this class.
• System and Project Management [MIT] - Discover new methods in project planning, project preparation, adaptation and monitoring.