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Engineering management : creating and managing world-class operations / W. Dale Compton

By: Compton, W. Dale [author]Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Prentice Hall, c1997Description: xi, 492 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: 9780132819336Subject(s): ENGINEERING -- MANAGEMENTLOC classification: TA 190 .C66 1997

Contents:

The "SYSTEM perspective" of the manufacturing enterprise -- The manufacturing sector -- Strategic goals and objectives -- Operating goals and objectives -- Early management focus-- historical highlights -- Current management focus-participative management -- The employees -- Leadership -- Organizing the enterprise -- The customer : their wants and needs -- Translating customer wants and needs into a product or process -- Creating and controlling the manufacturing operation -- Analyzing and describing the manufacturing system -- Investments in technology : why? when? by whom? and how much? -- Creating the technology roadmap for the enterprise -- Managing the technology.

Summary: This book combines management principles and techniques with technical/engineering issues in a single volume. Organizes content around the ten Foundations of World Class Practice that must be followed to reach World Class Status. Topics include goals and objectives, metrics, management's personal commitment, employee involvement, etc. A book useful for managers and management trainees.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	LRC - Main	National University - Manila	Civil Engineering	General Circulation	GC TA 190 .C66 1997 (Browse shelf (Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000015701

Includes index.

The "SYSTEM perspective" of the manufacturing enterprise --
The manufacturing sector --
Strategic goals and objectives --
Operating goals and objectives --
Early management focus--
historical highlights --
Current management focus-participative management --
The employees --
Leadership --
Organizing the enterprise --
The customer : their wants and needs --
Translating customer wants and needs into a product or process --
Creating and controlling the manufacturing operation --
Analyzing and describing the manufacturing system --
Investments in technology : why? when? by whom? and how much? --
Creating the technology roadmap for the enterprise --
Managing the technology.

This book combines management principles and techniques with technical/engineering issues in a single volume. Organizes content around the ten Foundations of World Class Practice that must be followed to reach World Class Status. Topics include goals and objectives, metrics, management's personal commitment, employee involvement, etc. A book useful for managers and management trainees.

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