Course description
This course deals primarily with business strategies. The knowledge areas covered are:
· Strategic destinations and planning domestically and internationally
· Planning for new technologies
· Technology assessment practices and techniques
· System design and life cycle engineering
· Partnering and outsourcing strategies
· Change management techniques and adjustment strategies

Upon completion of the course, students will know how to:
• Use available resources to formulate action plans;
• Communicate recommendations and action plans;
• Obtain information on competitors method application;
• Synthsize information and interpret results;
• Apply technology assessment practices and techniques;
• Design for environment, for maintenance, for re-usabiity, for life cycle analysis;
• Establish outsourcing and partnering relationships;
• Implement change effectively in a team.

Who should attend?
All engineering managers responsible for planning, adjusting and implementing business strategies.