Management in Engineering

The express aim of this edition is to address the management needs of engineers. The book aims to enable them to apply management techniques to achieve engineering solutions, and it demonstrates in detail how effective management is achieved in engineering organizations. It shows clearly that management is an engineering function, and not something apart from engineering that engineers should aspire to. All engineers are managers. An effective engineer is an efficient manager. With additional chapters for this edition on ... Read More

The express aim of this edition is to address the management needs of engineers. The book aims to enable them to apply management techniques to achieve engineering solutions, and it demonstrates in detail how effective management is achieved in engineering organizations. It shows clearly that management is an engineering function, and not something apart from engineering that engineers should aspire to. All engineers are managers. An effective engineer is an efficient manager. With additional chapters for this edition on product development, operations management and quality management, management in engineering covers a comprehensive range of management issues, from the company-wide context of organizational structure and activity, through the many management roles of the engineer, such as personal, financial and project management, to the individual skills a manager needs, such as communication skills and personal organization. Read Less