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Management for Engineers, Scientists and Technologists offers a practical and accessible introduction to management and provides a comprehensive guide to the management tools used in managing people and other resources.
Part 1 includes a series of chapters on management applications and concepts, starting with basic issues such as "What is a business?" and "What is management?" continuing through management of quality, materials and new product development and concluding with examples of successful companies who provide good models of management.
Part 2 starts with chapters on human resource management, and communication, and goes on to provide some tools and techniques, such as critical path networks, discounted cash flow, inventory control, concluding with a new chapter on the management of SMEs.
New chapter has been added on the challenges facing start-up SMEs (small to medium-sized enterprises). This chapter is based on a real life case study of a high-tech company founded by a young engineer. It provides several valuable lessons in successful business management, including:
- raising funds and dealing with banks
- hiring and firing staff; finding premises
- use of government support schemes
- selling to governmental and large organizations
- Chapter 4 on management of quality has been updated to include the introduction of BS EN ISO 9001:2000 highlighting its shift from Quality Assurance to Quality Management, its systemic approach, and new emphasis on Customer Focus, Quality Objectives, Resource Management and Preventive Action.
- Chapter 7 on organizations has been rewritten to reflect the changing role of human resource management (HRM) and the relocation of HRM within organizational structures.
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