Abstract:
Engineering Management involves an extremely diverse range of topics, problems, and questions. Many of the problems and topics of interest in engineering management involve both human and non-human elements. This paper reviews the studies reported in journals relevant to engineering management and describes and categorizes the methods used in investigations where the primary emphasis was the behavior and characteristics of things other than people. Relative frequencies of methods as well as trends are reported. Implications for the field generally and for methodological training for doctoral students specifically are discussed.
