Managing Engineering and Technology (3rd Edition) Hardcover - 2001

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For both upper level undergraduate classes and for graduate degree programs (credit or noncredit) for technical professionals of many kinds. Managing Engineering and Technology is designed to teach engineers, scientists, and other technologists the management skills they will need to be effective throughout their careers. *NEW - Completely updated - Additions on concurrent engineering, teams, Internet, information technology, and creativity. *NEW - Companion Website - Including links to supplementary material by chapter, current software, additional reading suggestions, and PowerPoint slides for each chapter. *Chapters 1 and 2 define engineering and technology management and trace their historical development. *Chapters 3 through 8 describe the functions of management - Planning, decision making, organizing, staffing, leading, motivating, and controlling. The discussion is tailored to the needs of the technical professional, and may be his or her only introduction to management theory and practice. *Chapters 9 through 13 apply the management principles to the specific organizational activities in which most engineers will find themselves: Research, engineering design, production pl