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20260412890The Engineering Management (IEEM) program at King Abdulaziz University is offered within the Department of Industrial Engineering and is supported by a strong academic and administrative framework focused on quality and continuous improvement. Guided by the department council and leadership, and enriched by input from an Industrial Advisory Board, the program aligns its mission, goals, and curriculum with industry needs and institutional standards. IEEM emphasizes high-quality teaching and learning through clearly defined Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs), which are regularly assessed and aligned with course objectives and graduate attributes. The curriculum is carefully designed to balance theoretical knowledge and practical application while keeping pace with advancements in engineering and professional practice. Diverse teaching and assessment methods, structured field training, and transparent evaluation processes ensure student development and academic integrity. Continuous review mechanisms, stakeholder engagement, and improvement plans further strengthen the program, preparing graduates with the skills, knowledge, and competencies required for success in the evolving field of engineering management.
Innovation and leadership in industrial engineering and its applications.
Produce high-quality graduates equipped with leadership, innovation, and technical skills.
Last Modified Date: 21/07/2026 - 10:02 PM Saudi Arabia Time
| Course Code | Course | Credits | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| IEEM 668 | New Product Development | 3 | – |
| Description | Development of new products for high-tech applications in an environment of global competition and shrinking cycle times; creating the climate, generating ideas, screening ideas, product portfolio selection, team building, managing the formal gating process, testing, and kicking; new product launching. Product migration strategies and Reverse engineering. | ||
| IEEM 666 | Industrial Environmental Audits & Impact Assessmen | 3 | – |
| Description | Environmental safety auditing of hazardous industries and processes, hazardous mitigation and evaluation, process safety management, maintenance and training requirements, process inspection, and response requirements. Risk assessment process in three stages: base line risk assessment, development of remedial goals, and evaluation of protective alternatives; considering principles, framework and methods of ecological impact assessment. | ||
| IEEM 698 | Research Project | 3 | – |
| Description | The student has to take up a project that must have a substantial element of academic research. The research should demonstrate the student’s understanding of a specific topic related to his specialisation. At the end of the project the student has to submit a dissertation which is a formal document that tells the story of the project. | ||
| IEEM 661 | Strategic Management and Analysis | 3 | – |
| Description | An overview of operations strategy for competitive advantage. Evaluating a firm’s external environment using Porter Five Forces Model. Evaluating a firm’s internal capabilities using the VRIO framework. Cost leadership versus product differentiation strategies. Competitive analysis; Strategic analysis and crafting strategy at the functional, business, corporate, and international levels; Designing the organizational structure; Designing operational policies and procedures and reward systems. Vertical integration and corporate diversification. Strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions. Emphasis will be on real life examples and case studies to demonstrate the role of strategic management in organizations success and its profound effect on the growth and the profitability of both manufacturing and service systems. | ||
| IEEM 662 | Quality Engineering | 3 | – |
| Description | Evaluation of TQM. Quality Dimensions. TQM as a competitive advantage. Business Process Reengineering (BPR). Juran’s Trilogy (Planning, Control and Improvement). Six Sigma Methodology. Process Variations. Quality Costs. Quality indices. Tools for TQM. Taguchi concept. Quality Circles, Quality Function Deployment. Benchmarking. Quality Systems. Statistical process control. Acceptance sampling. | ||
| IEEM 665 | Expert Systems | 3 | – |
| Description | Introduction to Expert Systems (ES), Development of ES, Applications in business and industry, Robotics, and Machine Vision. AI processes with special reference to neural nets, genetic algorithms, and other tools for pattern recognition and decision-making and Data mining applications. | ||
| IEEM 664 | Electronic Business & Industrial Strategies | 3 | – |
| Description | The New Techno-Enterprise. Strategic uses of IT. E-Business value. Internet-native business models. E- Business platforms and applications. Business-to-Business strategy. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) as e- Business backbone. Conceiving, planning and facilitating smart strategies. Aligning the e-Business design with application integration. Selling chain management. E-Supply chain. E-Procurement. Developing the e-Business Design. Virtual enterprise. Electronic markets. | ||
| IEEM 660 | Information Systems and Technology Management | 3 | – |
| Description | Business values and issues of IT governance; strategic perspectives of a general manager; values from IT investments; and issues of human strategy. Role of ERP in organizational management and finance; study of organization and people; managing for growth through innovation in large established firms operating in technology intensive industries. | ||
| IEEM 667 | Hi-Tech Entrepreneurship | 3 | – |
| Description | The course is application oriented and will draw upon local expertise to enhance its pertinence and appeal. Generic and transferable skills for creating, growing, and sustaining or exiting a new firm in a technology- intensive industrial environment; scope and nature of technological knowledge and intellectual property protection; financing (seed capital, venture capital, and initial public offerings); inter-firm relationships, spin- offs, alliances and equity alliances; acquisitions. | ||
| IEEM 670 | Project Planning and Scheduling | 3 | – |
| Description | Risks and risk management in organizations. Principles of risk theory. Ruin models. Credibility premiums and experience rating. Operations research techniques in insurance and reinsurance decision making. Concept of risk management from the strategic and tactical levels relevant theory and methodology and applications. Risk involved decision-making techniques; Development of state-of-the-art tools and strategies for project risk management. | ||
| IEEM 663 | Business Process Reengineering | 3 | – |
| Description | Organizational Transformation through Business Process Redesign (BPR). BPR for e-Business. Cross- Enterprise BPR for e-Business. Business Process Modeling and Analysis. The Unified Modeling Language (UML). IT integration for e-Business Processes. BPR and Supply Chain Management. BPR and Knowledge Management. BPR and Web-Enabled e-Business. | ||
| IEEM 669 | Operations & Supply Chain Management | 3 | – |
| Description | Integrated logistics and supply chain management; preparation of industry assessment analyses; procurement strategies and strategic sourcing; dynamic pricing; revenue management tactics; mitigation of supply chain risk through supply contracts; strategic outsourcing of supply chain functions and operations; management and operation of third party logistics providers; management of supply chain security. Case studies in supply chain management. | ||
| IEEM 681 | Business Forecasting | 3 | – |
| Description | Introduction to forecasting techniques. Univariate and multivariate time series. Volatility dynamics. Box- Jenkins approach and ARIMA models. Seasonal ARIMA models. Practical modeling and forecasting of financial time series. Applications of Fuzzy logic, Neural Networks and genetic algorithms. Multiple regression. Smoothing methods and decomposition methods. Accuracy of forecasting. Role of forecasting in planning and decision making. Comparison and selection of forecasting methods. Application of standard software packages. Technical and fundamental analysis of financial markets. | ||
| IEEM 680 | Economic & Financial Analysis for Engineers | 3 | – |
| Description | Basic Micro and Macro Economic topic including supply and demand functions, market structure, and the role of money. Basic financial statement analysis of balance sheet and income statement information. Fundamentals of taxation and the corporate form of organization. Capital budgeting and investment decisions. | ||
