Management for Engineers, Scientists and Technologists
2. Auflage September 2004
560 Seiten, Softcover
Lehrbuch
Kurzbeschreibung
Management for Engineers, Scientists and Technologists offers practical and accessible advice on managing employees for specialists, such as engineers and scientists, for whom the basics of management are a mystery. More than ever, professionals in technical fields lack the management knowledge they need to succeed; this book gives them the tools and understanding they need to run the show.
Significantly revised and updated, this second edition of Management for Engineers, Scientists and Technologists is vital reading for all students of any of these subjects hoping to make it in the real world.
Increasingly, students of engineering, science and technology subjects are finding that their success depends as much on general management skills and understanding operational systems, as on their technical expertise. This book offers students that all important, firm foundation in management training.
Management for Engineers, Scientists and Technologists offers a practical and accessible introduction to management and provides a comprehensive guide to the management tools used in managing people and other resources. Part 1 includes a series of chapters on management applications and concepts, starting with basic issues such as 'What is a business?' and 'What is management?' continuing through management of quality, materials and new product development and concluding with examples of successful companies who provide good models of management. Part 2 starts with chapters on human resource management, and communication, and goes on to provide some tools and techniques, such as critical path networks, discounted cash flow, inventory control, concluding with a new chapter on the management of SMEs.
The authors' significant experience in both teaching and industry provides valuable lessons in business management, and allows them to give real life, insightful case studies.
Business Basics.
The Business Environment.
Management Styles: From Taylorism to McKinsey's 7Ss.
Management of Quality.
Materials Management.
Managing Design and New Product Development.
Organizations.
Managing to Succeed.
PART II. MANAGING ENGINEERING RESOURCES.
Human Resource Management - The Individual. Group of People.
Communication.
Work Study, Costing and Pricing. Measuring Financial Performance.
Project Investment Decisions.
Maintenance Management.
Project Management. Networks for Projects.
Project Management, Managing Construction Procurement.
Inventory Management.
Management of the Supply System.
Marketing.
A Case Study in Starting an SME.
Appendix 1. A Guide to Writing a Business Plan.
Appendix 2. Quality Management Tools.
Appendix 3. Case Study: Developing a Network.
Appendix 4. DCF Tables. Index.
