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EMCI or Engineering Management Certification International is a certification program that facilitates and maintains competence in management among engineers, technologists, and scientists. Within the EMCI, the Engineering Management Certification Body of Knowledge (EMC-BOK) offers certification in global standards and beneficial practices for engineering managers. EMC-BOK becomes the standard to evaluate engineers’ knowledge in the field of management. EMCI develops two standardized exams to test engineers’ knowledge, managing skills and allocation of resources in an engineering, science and/or driven business environment; these two exams are called Engineering Management Certification Fundamentals (EMCF), and Engineering Management Certification Professional (EMCP) exams. There are seven fields EMCI focuses on that differs from the Project Management International.
 * Includes product/service development, systems development, and project management.
 * Center on the business management, technology development/deployment, products/service research, merchandising/sales, and human resources, each interlinked through relationship-building.
 * Contributes itself interacting with the problems that have both prescribed and unspecified boundaries.
 * Offer models for ongoing managing activities.
 * Allows for handling "unanticipated" problems or changes within a broad management- and practice-based framework.
 * Utilizing a flexible, multidisciplinary approach to problem-solving in management throughout the whole engineering disciplines.
 * Involves in obtaining proficiency of knowledge areas that create more understanding of engineering manager to overcome tasks in different engineering and management situations.

=Background=

EMCI is headed by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Other communities that contribute to the EMCI are the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), American Institute of Mining, Materials, and Petroleum Engineering (AIME), the American Society of Engineering Management (ASEM), the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Their main objective is to create and maintain programs to reinforce and sustain engineering management professionals and engineering management profession. EMCI seeks to
 * Constitute and carry out global certification standards, procedures, and policies for engineers who are aiming for professional management.
 * Award the outstanding and experienced engineering managers with recognition.
 * Promote and develop the professional career for the engineering managers who acquire credentials through the Continuing Certification Program.
 * Sustain excellence in engineering management standards and methodology by implementing an association with engineering societies and partnering with other engineering management organizations.

=EMC-BOK= The EMC-BOK is established after reviewing a thorough survey and taking assessment of the well written practice in management from engineering, science, and technology sources. EMC-BOK consists of eight domains; each ranks according to its importance and frequency of use in practices and real applications. These eight domains contain a total of 49 knowledge areas and 170 sub-knowledge areas.

Domain 1: Market Research, Technology Updates, & Environmental Scanning: The knowledge area includes (1) market analysis, (2) best practices and lesson learned, (3) business research and forecasting tools and techniques, (4) risk analysis, (5) trend analysis, (6) technology assessment practices and techniques, and (7) presentation skills.

Domain 2: Planning & Adjusting Business Strategies: This area covers (1) strategic destinations and planning, (2) system design and life cycle engineering, (3) partnering and outsourcing strategies, (4) financial risk management strategies and model for new technologies, and (5) change management techniques and adjusting strategies.

Domain 3: Developing Products, Services, & Processes: This area covers (1) engineering discipline, (2) manufacturability, (3) computer hardware and software system, and (4) System design methodology and life cycle engineering, product/process creation.

Domain 4: Engineering Operations & Change: This area covers (1) capital budget and source planning, (2) project management techniques during normal and changing conditions, (3) scheduling techniques, (4) computer hardware and software requirements, (5) strategies for maintaining customer service and satisfaction, (6) continuous process improvement, (7) manufacturability; cycle time analysis, (8) maintenance and repair oversight, and (9) operations systems analysis.

Domain 5: Financial Resources & Procurement: This area covers (1) procurement and contract procedures/management, (2) funding sources, (3) financial accounting and budgeting procedures/balance sheets/cash flow, (4) engineering economic analysis techniques, and (5) inventory control procedures and supply chain management.

Domain 6: Marketing & Sales: The knowledge areas of this domain are (1) sales and advertising practices, (2) customer satisfaction strategies, (3) marketing and branding techniques, (4) product portfolio analysis, (5) global trade and international operations, and (6) pricing strategies.

Domain 7: Leading Individuals & Engineering Project Teams: This domain consists of (1) performance management, coaching, and motivation techniques, (2) negotiation strategies, (3) recruitment, selection, and compensation practices, (4) team processes, (5) managing a diverse workforce, (6) training and development technique, (7) representing management to direct reports, and (8) conflict resolution techniques.

Domain 8: Professional Responsibility & Legal Issues: The eighth domain covers (1) company-specific policies and procedures, (2) regulatory requirements, codes and standards, (3) business contract, patent, copyright, and trademark laws, (4) U.S. and international codes, standards and regulations, and (5) professional codes of ethics/professional liability.

=Degrees of EMCI Certification and Eligibility Standard=

The two global exams to evaluate engineers’ knowledge and skills are EMCF and EMCP. Each is three hour-long and contains 150 questions based on the EMC-BOK. There are eight domains that the two exams cover. In order to pass the exam, 70% of all the questions must be answered correctly and must score above 50% of the questions that cover any of the eight domains. The exams are printed in only two languages, Chinese and English.

Engineering Management Certification Fundamentals (EMCF)
This exam covers the basic aspects and principles of engineering management. It is primarily designed for early career engineers and other technical professionals.


 * Graduates of Bachelor's/Master's degree programs in Engineering Management can apply for the EMCF upon graduation.
 * Graduates of Bachelor's degree/global equivalent in all other engineering, science, and technology disciplines can apply for the EMCF but must have one year of experience before the examination takes place.
 * The ones without bachelor degree can be eligible by attending to engineering education and five years of practice.

Engineering Management Certification Professional (EMCP)
This exam is designed for those who plan to enhance their engineering management experience through professional development. Those who are eligible to take the exam must
 * Possess a bachelor’s degree or global equivalent in engineering, science, or technology.
 * Must experience a minimum of five consecutive years of engineering practice, such as three years of practice, and two years of management experience.
 * Those who acquired EMCF Certification must still show four years of experience that includes a minimum of 1 year of practice, 2 years in managerial role.

=Engineering Management Certificate Training=

The Engineering Management Certification Training program is sponsored by the American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM). The upside of this training is engineers who are involved in this training are not required to take any additional test or continue their engineering education; the engineers will also acquire valuable experience in the fundamentals of engineering management. This training program contains two separate sections and each of the sections comprises six modules.

Executive Management Modules:
 * 1) Fundamentals of Managing Knowledge Workers – concepts and practices on incorporating organization efforts
 * 2) Motivating Knowledge Workers – The concepts that explains why talented people are more productive
 * 3) Working in Teams – Concepts of why results turn out more effective and productive when team cooperates with another team.
 * 4) Organization Structure – Making the organization structure the friend, not the enemy
 * 5) Strategic Management – Utilization of internal talent to develop and carry out strategies
 * 6) Management Systems – The differences between the organization as a functioning system and the organization as a happening

Operation Management Modules:
 * 1) Technical Project Management - Managing project resources, schedules and budgets; introducing communications, risk, and change management
 * 2) Financial Management Including Accounting - Understanding and using financial data to implement effective decision
 * 3) Economic Analysis – Introducing the principles of engineering economy for project justification and cost-benefit analysis
 * 4) Myers-Briggs Analysis - How to assess and to take advantage of personality types to improve teamwork
 * 5) Lean Organization Concepts - Maximizing productivity through process analysis.  Understanding and taking advantage of value.
 * 6) Leadership Concepts and Practice - Inspiring and encouraging people while improving processes.