Why do a engineer need to study management?

Answer 1

An environmental manager is responsible for overseeing the environmental performance of private, public and voluntary sector organisations. They also develop, implement and monitor environmental strategies, policies and programmes that promote sustainable development.

Environmental managers examine corporate activities to establish where improvements can be made and ensure compliance with environmental legislation across the organisation.

Environmental managers have a wide remit and will review the whole operation, carrying out environmental audits and assessments, identifying and resolving environmental problems and acting as agents of change. An important element of the role is to ensure staff are trained at all levels and that the workforce recognises their own contributions to improved environmental performance.

Typical work activitiesEnvironmental managers have an extremely varied workload, which usually entails working at a corporate and strategic level to identify significant environmental effects. Typical work activities include:

• developing and implementing environmental strategies and action plans that ensure corporate sustainable development;

• taking the lead on sustainable procurement for all goods and services;

• coordinating all aspects of pollution control, waste management, recycling, environmental health, conservation and renewable energy;

• leading the implementation of environmental policies and practices;

• ensuring compliance with environmental legislation;

• auditing, analysing and reporting environmental performance to internal and external clients and regulatory bodies;

• carrying out impact assessments to identify, assess and reduce an organisation's environmental risks and financial costs;

• promoting and raising awareness, at all levels of an organisation, of the impact of emerging environmental issues, whether legislative or best practice, on corporate, ethical and social responsibility;

• managing the development and implementation of an environmental management system;

• coordinating public hearings and consultations on environmental matters;

• managing relations with the board of directors, senior management and internal staff;

• training staff at all levels in environmental issues and responsibilities;

• participating in environmental education and research;

• negotiating environmental service agreements and managing associated costs and revenues;

• writing environmental reports, assuming the lead responsibility with the company;

• leading on corporate social responsibility issues and action.

Answer 2

Here are some reasons to study the environment:

• You live here. There's only one planet so far that can support human life.
• You need to know how to protect your environment -- see above answer.
• You need to know what has already been done to harm the environment so that you can work to repair the damage.

We humans are currently undergoing a non-sustainable population explosion, numbering over 6.5 billion people and growing. Most scientists are convinced that this is an unsustainable population size and that we must reduce our growth rate. While many developed countries have reduced their population growth rates, most developing countries have high birth rates. The United States is the only developed country that is still rapidly increasing in population size, mostly due to Immigration rates.

The prodigious increase in the human population has had and is still having devastating effects on the environment. This is especially true of non-renewable resources, such as fossil fuels, and the output of excessive carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as a consequence.

The study of Environmental Science promotes the development of problem-solving skills. Working in the field of environmental science provides a wide variety of subjects and problems to challenge and expand your skills, as well as the satisfaction of knowing you are helping to improve the quality of our lives and of the planet.