This text aims to provide engineers with an understanding of contemporary management concepts and their applications in a technical organization. It covers: product selection and management; engineering design and product costing; concurrent engineering; value management; configuration management; risk management; re-engineering strategies and benefits; managing creativity and innovation; information technology management; and software management. There are a large number of solved examples highlighted throughout the text.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction - management history; organizing and human element; tools for making effective engineering and technology management decisions; project selection and management; management of engineering design and product costing; management of proposals and contracts; creativity and innovation; concurrent engineering; value engineering; reverse engineering; configuration management; reliability and maintainability management; total-quality management; safety management; risk management; maintenance management; marketing for technical professionals; warranties, ethical and legal factors; re-engineering; information technology management; software engineering management.
