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050			_aTA 190 .C66 1997
100			_aCompton, W. Dale _eauthor
245		0	_aEngineering management : _bcreating and managing world-class operations / _cW. Dale Compton
260			_aLondon, United Kingdom : _bPrentice-Hall, _cc1997
300			_axi, 492 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes index.
505			_aThe "SYSTEM perspective" of the manufacturing enterprise -- The manufacturing sector -- Strategic goals and objectives -- Operating goals and objectives -- Early management focus-- historical highlights -- Current management focus-participative management -- The employees -- Leadership -- Organizing the enterprise -- The customer : their wants and needs -- Translating customer wants and needs into a product or process -- Creating and controlling the manufacturing operation -- Analyzing and describing the manufacturing system -- Investments in technology : why? when? by whom? and how much? -- Creating the technology roadmap for the enterprise -- Managing the technology.
520			_aThis book combines management principles and techniques with technical/engineering issues in a single volume. Organizes content around the ten Foundations of World Class Practice that must be followed to reach World Class Status. Topics include goals and objectives, metrics, management's personal commitment, employee involvement, etc. A book useful for managers and management trainees.
650			_aENGINEERING -- MANAGEMENT
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