Practice of Engineering Management: A New Approach - Patrick D.T. O'Connor - Hardcover

Managing engineering is more difficult, more demanding & more important than managing any other human activity in modern society. The author sets out to prove the truth of that statement & to show how today's engineering manager can exploit changing technologies, methods & markets. He offers fresh, often controversial, insights into a wide range of current engineering management issues--always maintaining the importance of people management--including the roles of education, training & research, the value of MBA training, the effectiveness of quality standards, the problems of diversification from military to commercial markets, & the roles of institutions, cultures & government in engineering.O'Connor, Patrick D. is the author of 'Practice of Engineering Management: A New Approach - Patrick D.T. O'Connor - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780471939740 and ISBN 0471939749.