Engineering Management: Meeting the Global Challenges, Second Edition 2nd Edition – Ebook PDF Version

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1498730078
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1498730075
• Author: C. M. Chang

Engineering Management: Meeting the Global Challenges prepares engineers to fulfill their managerial responsibilities, acquire useful business perspectives, and take on the much-needed leadership roles to meet the challenges in the new millennium. Value addition, customer focus, and business perspectives are emphasized throughout. Also underlined are discussions of leadership attributes, steps to acquire these attributes, the areas engineering managers are expected to add value, the web-based tools which can be aggressively applied to develop and sustain competitive advantages, the opportunities offered by market expansion into global regions, and the preparations required for engineering managers to become global leaders.

The book is organized into three major sections: functions of engineering management, business fundamentals for engineering managers, and engineering management in the new millennium. This second edition refocuses on the new strategy for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professionals and managers to meet the global challenges through the creation of strategic differentiation and operational excellence. Major revisions include a new chapter on creativity and innovation, a new chapter on operational excellence, and combination of the chapters on financial accounting and financial management.

The design strategy for this second edition strives for achieving the T-shaped competencies, with both broad-based perspectives and in-depth analytical skills. Such a background is viewed as essential for STEM professionals and managers to exert a strong leadership role in the dynamic and challenging marketplace. The material in this book will surely help engineering managers play key leadership roles in their organizations by optimally applying their combined strengths in engineering and management.

Table of contents:

Introduction to Management Challenges for Engineers

Introduction

Definitions

Employment Trend in Industries

STEM Professionals as Effective Technical Contributors

Management and Leadership

Becoming Effective Managers in the New Millennium

Conclusions

References

THE FUNCTIONS OF ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

Planning

Introduction

Types of Planning

Who Should Do the Planning?

Inexact Nature of Strategic Planning

Planning Roles of Engineering Managers

Tools for Planning

Planning Activities

Some Specific Advice on Planning

Conclusion

References

Organizing

Introduction

Definitions

Activities of Organizing

Organizing One’s Own Workplace for Productivity

Developing Organizational Structure

Enhancing Corporate Performance by Organizing: Examples

Concurrent Engineering Teams

Delegating

Establishing Working Relationships

Informal Organizations

Conclusion

References

Leading

Introduction

Styles of Leadership

Leading Activities

Deciding

Communicating

Motivating

Selecting Engineering Employees

Developing People

Special Topics on Leading

Conclusion

Appendix A: Factors Affecting One’s Influence on Others

Appendix B: Motivation of Mission-Critical People

References

Controlling

Introduction

Setting Performance Standards

Benchmarking

Measuring Performance

Evaluating Performance

Correcting Performance

Means of Control

General Comments

Control of Management Time

Control of Personnel

Control of Business Relationships

Control of Projects

Control of Quality

Control of Knowledge

Conclusion

References

BUSINESS ESSENTIALS FOR ENGINEERING MANAGERS

Cost Accounting for Engineering Managers

Introduction

Product or Service Costing

Application of ABC in Industry

Risk Analysis and Cost Estimation under Uncertainty

Miscellaneous Topics

Conclusions

Appendix A: Basic Terms in Cost Accounting

Appendix B: Cost Analysis

Appendix C: Time Value of Money and Compound Interest Equations

Appendix D: Depreciation Accounting

Appendix E: Inventory Accounting

Appendix F: Derivation of Single Payment Compound Amount Factor

Appendix G: Derivation of Uniform Series Compound Amount Factor

Appendix H: Derivation of Annual Cost Computation Equations

Appendix I: Conversion of a Probability Density Function to Its Cumulative Distribution Function