Managing Engineering and Technology: United States Edition

Managing Engineering and Technology  is ideal for courses in Technology Management, Engineering Management, or Introduction to Engineering Technology. This text is also ideal forengineers, 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.

Table of Contents:
  Part I Introduction to Engineering Management 1   Chapter 1 Engineering and Management 3 Preview 3 Learning Objectives 3 Engineering 4 Management 8 Engineering Management: A Synthesis 15 Discussion Questions 20 Notes 20   Chapter 2 Historical Development of Engineering Management 22 Preview 22 Learning Objectives 22 Origins 23 The Industrial Revolution 25 Management Philosophies 29 Scientific Management 29 Administrative Management 36 Behavioral Management 39 Current Contributions 41 Discussion Questions 45 Notes 45   Part II Functions of Technology Management 49   Chapter 3 Planning and Forecasting 50 Preview 50 Learning Objectives 51 Nature of Planning 51 The Foundation For Planning 53 Some Planning Concepts 58 Forecasting 60 Strategies For Managing Technology 68 Discussion Questions 71 Notes 72   Chapter 4 Decision Making 74 Preview 74 Learning Objectives 75 Nature of Decision Making 75 Management Science 77 Tools for Decision Making 80 Computer-Based Information Systems 91 Implementation 93 Discussion Questions 94 Notes 95   Chapter 5 Organizing 97 Preview 97 Learning Objectives 98 Nature of Organizing 98 Traditional Organization Theory 100 Technology and Modern Organization Structures 107 Teams 109 Discussion Questions 113 Notes 114   Chapter 6 Some Human Aspects of Organizing 115 Preview 115 Learning Objectives 116 Staffing Technical Organizations 116 Authority and Power 128 Delegation 130 Committees and Meetings 132 Teams 135 Discussion Questions 136 Notes 136   Chapter 7 Leading Technical People 138 Preview 138 Learning Objectives 139 Leadership 139 Motivation 152 Motivating and Leading Technical Professionals 162 Discussion Questions 169 Notes 170   Chapter 8 Controlling 173 Preview 173 Learning Objectives 173 The Process of Control 174 Financial Controls 177 Discussion Questions 187 Notes 188   Part III Managing Technology 189   Chapter 9 Managing Research and Development 191 Preview 191 Learning Objectives 192 Product and Technology Life Cycles 192 Nature of Research and Development 194 Research Strategy and Organization 196 Selecting R&D Projects 198 Creativity 201 Protection of Ideas 206 Making R&D Organizations Successful 212 Discussion Questions 216 Notes 217   Chapter 10 Managing Engineering Design 219 Preview 219 Learning Objectives 220 Nature of Engineering Design 220 Systems Engineering/New Product Development 221 Concurrent Engineering 227 Control Systems in Design 229 Product Liability and Safety 234 Designing for Reliability 238 Other “Ilities” In Design 243 Discussion Questions 250 Notes 251   Chapter 11 Planning Production Activity 253 Preview 253 Learning Objectives 254 Introduction 254 Planning Manufacturing Facilities 258 Quantitative Tools in Production Planning 263 Production Planning and Control 269 Manufacturing Systems 275 Discussion Questions 278 Notes 279   Chapter 12 Managing Production Operations 281 Preview 281 Learning Objectives 282 Assuring Product Quality 282 Productivity 293 Maintenance and Facilities (Plant) Engineering 297 Other Manufacturing Functions 301 Discussion Questions 303 Notes 304   Chapter 13 Engineers in Marketing and Service Activities 306 Preview 306 Learning Objectives 307 Marketing and the Engineer 307 viii Contents A01_MORS8096_SE_01_FM.QXD 7/8/09 9:21 AM Page viii Engineers in Service Organizations 315 Discussion Questions 324 Notes 325   Part IV Managing Projects 327   Chapter 14 Project Planning and Acquisition 329 Preview 329 Learning Objectives 330 Characteristics of a Project 330 The Project Proposal Process 331 Project Planning Tools 335 Types of Contracts 345 Discussion Questions 347 Notes 349   Chapter 15 Project Organization, Leadership, and Control 350 Preview 350 Learning Objectives 351 Project Organization 351 The Project Manager 359 Motivating Project Performance 360 Controlling Cost and Schedule 367 Discussion Questions 371 Notes 373   Part V Managing Your Engineering Career 375   Chapter 16 Engineering Ethics 377 Preview 377 Learning Objectives 377 Professional Ethics and Conduct 378 Discussion Questions 397 Notes 398   Chapter 17 Achieving Effectiveness as an Engineer 400 Preview 400 Learning Objectives 401 Getting off to the Right Start 401 Charting Your Career 405 Communicating Your Ideas 408 Staying Technically Competent 413 Professional Activity 416 Women and Minorities in Engineering and Management 420 Management and the Engineer 425 Managing Your Time 434 Discussion Questions 438 Notes 439   Chapter 18 Globalization and Challenges for the Future 444 Preview 444 Learning Objectives 445 Globalization 445 Engineering Grand Challenges 455 Future Considerations in Engineering and Management 457 Discussion Questions 460 Notes 460 Index 463  

About the Author :
Dr. Lucy C. Morse I am an Associate Professor Emerita at the University of Central Florida (UCF).  Before I retired from teaching, I 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 advanced learning technologies to deliver engineering technology degrees to students on and off campus.  Currently I teach engineering management as an adjunct for UCF.  I 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 I served as a Program Manager at the National Science Foundation in the Engineering Directorate.   In 2011 I was delighted and excited to receive the Bernard Sarchet Award in recognition of Lifetime Achievement in Engineering Management Education at the annual ASEE conference. I am a Fellow in the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and a Fellow in the American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM), and have served as an examiner for the national Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award and the Florida Sterling Award. My experience in management has come through leadership roles in national and local volunteer organizations before and after I returned to engineering graduate school.  I have 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.   At present I serve on the Executive Committee of American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM).  I have enjoyed working on the Managing Engineering and Technology text with Dan Babcock and am really excited to be starting this blog.   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.   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, and (now) 5th editions.    Morse & Babcock's EM Blog: A Blog for Engineering Management Educators for helpful resources: http://morseandbabcock.wordpress.com/