| Summary: | This paper reports on the findings of a combined qualitative and quantitative research case study into engineering management (EM) practices in offshore Oil and Gas industry in St. John's, Newfoundland. It was designed to examine the management challenges faced by EMs in this sector, how EMs are selected, how engineers respond to being made managers and to being expected to lead, and what training and development is needed to be an engineering manager. Specifically, the study investigated the relationship between each of twenty three (23) identified EM job activities on (i) difficulty, (ii) frequency of problem occurence, (iii) benefit of training, and (iv) importance of job success. The data indicated that among the 26 EMs surveyed, problems occured most often and caused the most difficulty in the activities considered most important to success, specifically interpersonal communication, people management, leadership, motivating, finance and projects. The top training needs were identified as project management, effective speaking, motivating, leadership, decision making techniques, risk analysis, personal efficienty, and effective writing.
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