Management for Engineers, Scientists and Technologists - Softcover

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John Chelsom, Andrew Payne AND Lawrence Reavill have all taught for many years at City University in London. They are now retired from full-time teaching but Payne and Reavill still work as Visiting Lecturers at City University. Lawrence Reavill also works as a Visiting Lecturer at SOAS (School of African and Oriental Studies) at the University of London and at The Open University.

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Significantly revised and updated, this second edition of Management for Engineers, Scientists and Technologists is vital reading for all students of any of these subjects hoping to make it in the real world.

Increasingly, students of engineering, science and technology subjects are finding that their success depends as much on general management skills and understanding operational systems as on their technical expertise. This book offers students that all- important firm foundation in management training.

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 considers human resource management and communications, introduces tools and techniques for managing machines and materials, examines financial management, describes the procedures and tools of project management, analyses the supply system and the processes of inventory control, studies business planning and marketing, and concludes with a new chapter on the management of SMEs.

The authors’ significant experience in both teaching and industry provides valuable lessons in business management, and allows them to provide case studies with real insight.