Engineering Management

Auteur

Fraidoon Mazda is Engineering Manager within Nortel (Northern Telecom). He has over twenty-five years experience within the engineering profession gained in several different disciplines and four different organizations. Working as an Engineering Manager, Sales Support Manager, Product Marketing Manager and Project Manager, he has led teams of ten to over a hundred engineers and held responsibility for multi-million dollar projects. He is the author of eight engineering texts and one management book.

Texte du rabat

Fraidoon Mazda's book provides an accessible and comprehensive guide to management that will be useful for students, new managers and experienced engineers alike. Using a fictional company as a case-study throughout the text, theory is repeatedly related to practice, providing a realistic picture of the engineering industry. All the management functions that are part of a medium or large-sized organisation are covered from basic people skills to business strategy, decision-making, financial management, project management, manufacturing operations, marketing and sales.

Contenu

Part I INTRODUCTION.

1. The FloRoll Manufacturing Company.
2. Definitions of Management.
   Part II THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.
3. The Organization.

4. Legal & Ethical Considerations.
   Part III STRATEGY AND DECISION MAKING.

5. Strategy Formulation.
6. Decision Making.
7. Information Presentation.
8. Mathematical Models in Decision Making.
9. Forecasting.
   Part IV FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
10. The Financial Environment.
11. Control Through Costing.
12. Investment Decisions.
    Part V PROJECT & OPERATIONS MANAGENEMT.
13. Project Planning & Control.
14. Manufacturing Operations.
    Part VI MARKETING & SALES MANAGEMENT.
15. Markets & Marketing.
16. Product Management.
17. Sales & Distribution.
    Part VII MANAGEMENT SKILLS.
18. Leadership & Motivation.
19. Team Building.
20. Effective Communications.
21. Time Management.
    Index.