Management of Technology and Operations
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-17906-1 (ISBN)
An accessible source of winning technology managementstrategies
In Management of Technology and Operations Ray Gehani reveals thebasic principles and best practices applied by toptechnology-driven organizations in the intensely competitive globalmarketplace. Using a model that technologists can relate to --ahigh-performance V-6 engine --he pinpoints the six sources ofcompetitive advantage that determine both short-term survival andmarket leadership over the long term. Then, with the help ofreal-life examples from leading technology-driven organizations, hedemonstrates how these global winners integrate project managementand pioneering leadership to exploit the full potential of each ofthese sources:
* Research and development
* Production automation and engineering
* Information integration
* Customer trust and market understanding
* Reliability and quality promise
* Building the best people.
For working engineers and managers in technology-drivenorganizations of any size, this book provides a commonunderstanding of the goals and methods of managing technology andoperations. It is also an excellent text for upper-levelundergraduate and graduate students in science, engineering, andbusiness.
Dr. R. RAY GEHANI teaches at the University of Akron and, until recently, was Chairman of the Technology Management Section of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS). He has a PhD in management and a doctorate in engineering (polymers).
Introduction to Technology, Management of Technology, and GlobalCompetitiveness.
CORE COMPETENCIES OF TECHNOLOGY.
Production Operations and Automation Engineering.
Proprietary Know-How, Intellectual Property, and Research andDevelopment: The Sources of Scientific Industrial Revolution.
Product Development and Customer Trust.
SUPPORTIVE COMPETENCIES OF TECHNOLOGY.
Promise of Quality: Products, Processes, and Management.
Processing Information and Communication.
People Resource and Human Capital: Innovators, Agile Learners,Creators, Decision Makers, Change-Agents, and Entrepreneurs.
INTEGRATION AND PIONEERING OF TECHNOLOGY.
Project Management and Integration.
Pioneering Vision and Leadership.
Projected Future of Technology and Success in Society.
Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.9.1998 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 774 g |
| Themenwelt | Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Logistik / Produktion |
| ISBN-10 | 0-471-17906-X / 047117906X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-471-17906-1 / 9780471179061 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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