- ISBN: 9780133485103 | 0133485102
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 8/13/2013
Managing Engineering and Technology is ideal for courses in Technology Management, Engineering Management, or Introduction to Engineering Technology. This text is also ideal for engineers, scientists, and other technologists interested in enhancing their management skills.
Managing Engineering and Technology is designed to teach engineers, scientists, and other technologists the basic management skills they will need to be effective throughout their careers.
NOTE: The 2nd printing of the 6th edition of Managing Engineering and Technology is now available as of June 2014.
Dr. Lucy C. Morse recently retired as an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Central Florida (UCF).¿ She was both the Coordinator for the Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology program and Director of Engineering Technology at a Distance, a program focused on using advance learning technologies to deliver engineering technology degrees to students on and off campus.¿ Currently she teaches engineering management as an adjunct for UCF and NTU/ Walden University.¿ She was the first woman to obtain a doctorate in engineering at UCF, receiving a PhD from the Department of Industrial Engineering in 1987.¿ In the early 90’s Dr. Morse served as a Program Manager at the National Science Foundation in the Engineering Directorate.
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In 2002 she was named a Faculty Fellow to the UCF Academy for Teaching, Learning and Leadership; she was named a Fellow in the University’s Teaching and Learning Center in 2005. Dr. Morse is a Fellow in the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and has served as an examiner for the national Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award and the Florida Sterling Award. Her experience in management came through her leadership roles in national and local volunteer organizations before she returned to engineering graduate school.¿ Dr. Morse has lectured on engineering management, quality management and distance learning education throughout the continental U.S. as well as in Spain, Romania, Ukraine, Germany and Antarctica.
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Daniel L. Babcock began his career as a chemical engineer, earning a BS at Penn State and an SM at MIT.¿ He then served three years as a USAF officer in development testing, three years as a chemist and technical writer for a silicone chemical manufacturer, and three years abstracting progress in solid propellant rocket development on a U.S. government contract.¿ Next, he spent seven years with North American Rockwell Corporation coordinating development and integration of solid and small liquid propellant rocket motors into the Apollo Command and Service Modules, engine with a leave to complete a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering Management at UCLA in 1970.
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Dr. Babcock then accepted a position as Associate Professor (later Professor) of Engineering Management at the University of Missouri-Rolla (no Missouri University of Science and Technology).¿ When assigned the introductory course in engineering management he found many fine textbooks in business management as well as some confined to specific technical areas (managing research, production, or projects), but none that included topics broadly needed in managing technology — dependent departments and companies.¿ Dr. Babcock began to supplement the assigned management textbook with handouts for his students on areas of his experience, such as project management, quality assurance, and reliability engineering.¿ He later outlined what he thought a more comprehensive text on Managing Engineering and Technology should include, and began to write one with encouragement from Prentice-Hall.¿ With publication of the 1st (1991) and 2nd (1996) editions, however, Dr. Babcock retired from teaching.¿ He has since been pleased to have Dr. Lucy Morse as his co-author to keep the book current and timely through its 3rd, 4th, 5th, and (now) 6th editions.
Visit Morse & Babcock's EM Blog: A Blog for Engineering Management Educators for helpful resources: http://morseandbabcock.wordpress.com/
Contents
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Part I Introduction to Engineering Management 1
Chapter 1 Engineering and Management 3
Preview 3
Learning Objectives 3
Engineering 4
Management 9
Engineering Management: A Synthesis 15
Discussion Questions 20
Sources 20
Statistical Sourcebook 21
Chapter 2 Historical Development of Engineering Management 22
Preview 22
Learning Objectives 22
Origins 23
The Industrial Revolution 25
Management Philosophies 29
Scientific Management 30
Administrative Management 36
Behavioral Management 39
Contemporary Contributions 41
Discussion Questions 44
Sources 45
Part II Functions of Technology Management 47
Chapter 3 Leading Technical People 49
Preview 49
Learning Objectives 50
Leadership 50
Motivation 64
Motivating and Leading Technical Professionals 74
Discussion Questions 81
Sources 82
Statistical Sourcebook 84
Chapter 4 Planning and Forecasting 85
Preview 85
Learning Objectives 86
Nature of Planning 86
The Foundation for Planning 88
Some Planning Concepts 94
Forecasting 96
Strategies for Managing Technology 103
Discussion Questions 106
Problems 107
Sources 107
Statistical Sourcebook 108
Chapter 5 Decision Making 109
Preview 109
Learning Objectives 110
Nature of Decision Making 110
Management Science 112
Tools for Decision Making 115
Computer-Based Information Systems 128
Implementation 130
Discussion Questions 130
Problems 130
Sources 132
Chapter 6 Organizing 133
Preview 133
Learning Objectives 134
Nature of Organizing 134
Traditional Organization Theory 136
Technology and Modern Organization Structures 143
Teams 145
Discussion Questions 149
Sources 150
Chapter 7 Some Human Aspects of Organizing 151
Preview 151
Learning Objectives 152
Staffing Technical Organizations 152
Authority and Power 164
Delegation 166
Committees 169
Teams 170
Discussion Questions 170
Sources 171
Statistical Sourcebook 171
Chapter 8 Controlling 172
Preview 172
Learning Objectives 173
The Process of Control 173
Financial Controls 176
Human Resource Controls 184
Discussion Questions 187
Problems 188
Sources 189
Part III Managing Technology 191
Chapter 9 Managing Research and Development 193
Preview 193
Learning Objectives 194
Product and Technology Life Cycles 194
Nature of Research and Development 196
Research Strategy and Organization 198
Selecting R&D Projects 200
Making R&D Organizations Successful 203
Creativity, Innovation, Entrepreneurship 213
Discussion Questions 218
Problems 219
Sources 219
Statistical Sourcebook 220
Chapter 10 Managing Engineering Design 221
Preview 221
Learning Objectives 222
Nature of Engineering Design 222
Systems Engineering/New Product Development 223
Concurrent Engineering 226
Control Systems in Design 227
Design Criteria 232
Other Criteria in Design 241
Discussion Questions 247
Problems 247
Sources 248
Chapter 11 Planning Production Activity 249
Preview 249
Learning Objectives 250
Introduction 250
Planning Manufacturing Facilities 254
Quantitative Tools in Production Planning 259
Production Planning and Control 265
Manufacturing Systems 272
Discussion Questions 275
Problems 276
Sources 276
Statistical Sourcebooks 277
Chapter 12 Managing Production Operations 278
Preview 278
Learning Objectives 279
Assuring Product Quality 279
Total Quality Management 286
Productivity 291
Maintenance and Facilities (Plant) Engineering 294
Other Manufacturing Functions 298
Discussion Questions 300
Problems 300
Sources 301
Statistical Sourcebooks 302
Chapter 13 Engineers in Marketing and Service Activities 303
Preview 303
Learning Objectives 304
Marketing and the Engineer 304
Engineers in Service Organizations 313
Discussion Questions 321
Sources 322
Statistical Sourcebooks 322
Part IV Managing Projects 323
Chapter 14 Project Planning and Acquisition 325
Preview 325
Learning Objectives 326
Characteristics of a Project 326
The Project Proposal Process 327
Project Planning Tools 330
Monitoring and Controlling 342
Discussion Questions 347
Problems 347
Sources 349
Chapter 15 Project Organization, Leadership, and Control 350
Preview 350
Learning Objectives 351
Project Organization 351
The Project Manager 359
Motivating Project Performance 361
Types of Contracts 367
Discussion Questions 369
Sources 369
Part V Managing Your Engineering Career 371
Chapter 16 Engineering Ethics 373
Preview 373
Learning Objectives 373
Professional Ethics and Conduct 374
Discussion Questions 395
Sources 396
Case Study Websites 397
Chapter 17 Achieving Effectiveness as an Engineer 398
Preview 398
Learning Objectives 399
Getting off to the Right Start 399
Charting Your Career 403
Communicating Your Ideas 406
Staying Technically Competent 411
Professional Activity 414
Diversity in Engineering and Management 418
Management and the Engineer 421
Managing Your Time 430
Discussion Questions 433
Sources 435
Global Website 438
Chapter 18 Globalization and Challenges for the Future 439
Preview 439
Learning Objectives 440
Globalization 440
BRICS 446
Engineering Grand Challenges 450
Future Considerations in Engineering and Management 452
Discussion Questions 455
Sources 455
Global Websites 456
Index 457
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