Description
MECE 331. ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT & CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION. Introduction to the tools needed to manage technical projects in an international setting including (1) cross-cultural communication/management, with a special emphasis on French vs. U.S. language/culture, and (2) selected introductory engineering management and design process topics. Classroom lectures and case studies are supplemented with cultural field trips and interaction with French engineering students taking this class. Open to all GCC students studying in France; facilitated by the GCC European Study Center (ESC) and the University of Nantes (ONIRIS) in Nantes, France. This course can be used to satisfy a portion of the mechanical systems or thermal systems elective requirements in Mechanical Engineering. Fall semester only, three hours.