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External Works, Roads and Drainageby Phil Pitman
Spon Press 2001; US$ 104.95External Works Roads and Drainage: A Practical Guide bridges the gap between theory and practice in building, construction and civil engineering, providing practical guidance, and the knowledge required 'on the job'. more...
What Every Engineer Should Know About Decision Making Under Uncertaintyby John X. Wang
Marcel Dekker Inc 2002; US$ 99.95This publication offers insights into the realities of high-stakes engineering decision-making in the investigative and corporate sectors by optimizing engineering decision variables to maximize payoff. more...
Engineering and Technology Management Tools and Applicationsby B.S. Dhillon
Artech House 2002; US$ 98.00Career success for engineers who wish to move up the management ladder, requires more than an understanding of engineering and technological principles ? it demands a profound understanding of today?s business management issues and principles. In this unique book, the author provides you with a valuable understanding of contemporary management concepts and their applications in a technical organization. You get in-depth coverage of product selection and management, engineering design and product costing, concurrent engineering, value management, configuration management, risk management, reengineering strategies and benefits, managing creativity and innovation, information technology management, and software management. The large number of... more...
Management for Engineers, Scientists and Technologistsby John V. Chelsom; Andrew C. Payne; Lawrence R. P. Reavill
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2005; US$ 65.00Significantly 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. ... more...
Managing Qualityby Barrie Dale
Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2003; US$ 62.95"Managing Quality" reflects contemporary developments and includes information on the latest international standards and the excellence model. It should provide readers with an understanding of the principles of TQM whilst explaining the links between TQM theories and other business models. more...
Construction in Citiesby Patricia J. Lancaster
CRC Press 2000; US$ 109.95Bringing together over 500 years of combined professional experience, "Construction in Cities: Social, Environmental, Political and Economic Concerns" provides readers with a compendium of knowledge with which to solve problems and propel projects. more...
Macroengineeringby John Darabaris
CRC Press 2006; US$ 99.95Environmental restoration has entered an era of faster, better, cheaper. Uniquely suited to meet all of those requirements, macroengineering has become one of the hottest concepts in the field. Macroengineering: An Environmental Restoration Management Process provides a comprehensive understanding of all the technical, cost, and regulatory issues that an environmental project manager would potentially face on a large scale environmental restoration project. The author makes the case for integrated planning and management of environmental restoration projects and provides money-saving solutions. The text delineates the many issues a project or program manager will typically face on a complex, large-scale environmental restoration project. The... more...
The Entrepreneurial Engineerby David E. Goldberg
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2006; US$ 55.95"Informative, provocative, and practical...developing the skills outlined in The Entrepreneurial Engineer is a necessity for a productive engineering career." —Raymond L. Price, William H. Severns Professor of Human Behavior Director, Illinois Leadership(r) Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "I believe that The Entrepreneurial Engineer has the potential to change the landscape of what engineers learn and do." —John R. Koza, former CEO and chairman, Scientific Games Inc. and Consulting Professor, Stanford University "Dr. Goldberg provides the road map for engineers of the future to stay at the front of the wave by learning to think more like entrepreneurs. . . Consider this book your survival handbook for the rest... more...
Engineering Project Managementby Nigel J. Smith
Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2002; US$ 80.95Many sectors of industry, including engineering, appreciate the importance of good project management for delivering projects in accordance with predetermined objectives. As a result, industrialists and engineering institutions have called for the inclusion of a significant proportion of project management in higher level degrees and there has been a marked increase in Continuing Professional Development, CPD, courses for professionals. This book provides a clear description of the aims of project management and discusses the theory and practice of project management, particularly in relation to multi-disciplinary engineering projects, both large and small, in the UK and overseas. The new edition features:. · new chapters on stakeholders, on... more...
Financial Fundamentals for Engineersby George Solt; Richard Hill
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 39.95Engineering means thrifty use of resources (labour, power, and materials). Money is the common measure for these however engineers are rarely taught how the realities of finance and economics will impact on the engineering decisions they make. Financial Fundamentals for Engineers sets out to show how finance interacts with engineering and why it matters. Basic financial concepts - money, profit, cash-flow - are explained using real-life examples. Key steps in the engineering cycle, like winning tenders, managing projects and getting paid are all explained in the context of becoming profitable and staying solvent. In the same accessible style that has been so popular with his students, George Solt tells engineers how finance can keep the wheels... more...









