Search Results Managing Engineering and Technology

Content: Part I. Introduction to Engineering Management : --
1. Engineering and Management --
2. Historical Development of Engineering Management --
Part II. Functions of Technology Management : --
3. Leading Technical People --
4. Planning and Forecasting --
5. Decision Making --
6. Organizing --
7. Some Human Aspects of Organizing --
8. Controlling --
Part III. Managing Technology : --
9. Managing Research and Development --
10. Managing Engineering Design --
11. Planning Production Activity --
12. Managing Production Operations --
13. Engineers in Marketing and Service Activities --
Part IV. Managing Projects : --
14. Project Planning and Acquisition --
15. Project Organization, Leadership, and Control --
Part V. Managing Your Engineering Career : --
16. Engineering Ethics --
17. Achieving Effectiveness as an Engineer --
18. Globalization and Challenges for the Future --
Part I. Introduction to Engineering Management : --
1. Engineering and Management --
Engineering --
Management --
Engineering Management: A Synthesis --
Statistical Sourcebook --
2. Historical Development of Engineering Management --
Origins --
The Industrial Revolution --
Management Philosophies --
Scientific Management --
Administrative Management --
Behavioral Management --
Contemporary Contributions --
Part II. Functions of Technology Management : --
3. Leading Technical People --
Leadership --
Motivation --
Motivating and Leading Technical Professionals --
Statistical Sourcebook --
4. Planning and Forecasting --
Nature of Planning --
The Foundation for Planning --
Some Planning Concepts --
Forecasting --
Strategies for Managing Technology --
Problems --
Statistical Sourcebook --
5. Decision Making --
Nature of Decision Making --
Management Science --
Tools for Decision Making --
Computer-Based Information Systems --
Implementation --
Problems --
6. Organizing --
Nature of Organizing --
Traditional Organization Theory --
Technology and Modern Organization Structures --
Teams --
7. Some Human Aspects of Organizing --
Staffing Technical Organizations --
Authority and Power --
Delegation --
Committees --
Teams --
Statistical Sourcebook --
8. Controlling --
The Process of Control --
Financial Controls --
Human Resource Controls --
Problems --
Part III. Managing Technology : --
9. Managing Research and Development --
Product and Technology Life Cycles --
Nature of Research and Development --
Research Strategy and Organization --
Selecting R&D Projects --
Making R&D Organizations Successful --
Creativity, Innovation, Entrepreneurship --
Problems --
Statistical Sourcebook --
10. Managing Engineering Design --
Nature of Engineering Design --
Systems Engineering/New Product Development --
Concurrent Engineering --
Control Systems in Design --
Design Criteria --
Other Criteria in Design --
Problems --
11. Planning Production Activity --
Introduction --
Planning Manufacturing Facilities --
Quantitative Tools in Production Planning --
Production Planning and Control --
Manufacturing Systems --
Problems --
Statistical Sourcebooks --
12. Managing Production Operations --
Assuring Product Quality --
Total Quality Management --
Productivity --
Maintenance and Facilities (Plant) Engineering --
Other Manufacturing Functions --
Problems --
Statistical Sourcebooks --
13. Engineers in Marketing and Service Activities --
Marketing and the Engineer --
Engineers in Service Organizations --
Statistical Sourcebooks --
Part IV. Managing Projects : --
14. Project Planning and Acquisition --
Characteristics of a Project --
The Project Proposal Process --
Project Planning Tools --
Monitoring and Controlling --
Problems --
15. Project Organization, Leadership, and Control --
Project Organization --
The Project Manager --
Motivating Project Performance --
Types of Contracts --
Part V. Managing Your Engineering Career : --
16. Engineering Ethics --
Professional Ethics and Conduct --
Case Study Websites --
17. Achieving Effectiveness as an Engineer --
Getting off to the Right Start --
Charting Your Career --
Communicating Your Ideas --
Staying Technically Competent --
Professional Activity --
Diversity in Engineering and Management --
Management and the Engineer --
Managing Your Time --
18. Globalization and Challenges for the Future --
Globalization --
BRICS --
Engineering Grand Challenges --
Future Considerations in Engineering and Management.