Business skills for engineers and technologists

Business skills for engineers and technologists

The scope of Business Skills for Engineers and Technologists is wider than many traditional business texts, including hot topics such as e-commerce, business ethics and law, as well as fully up-to-date coverage of management issues and finance. The interactive style of the book is ideally suited for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cather, Harry (-)
Autor Corporativo: Institution of Incorporated Engineers (-)
Otros Autores: Morris, Richard, Wilkinson, Joseph W.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann 2001.
Edición:1st edition
Colección:IIE textbook series.
Materias:
Industrial management.
Engineering > Management.
Engineering > Management > Problems, exercises, etc.
Industrial organization.
Industrial laws and legislation.
Project management.
Customer relations.
Personnel management.
Information technology.
Engineering > Finance.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Business Skills for Engineers and Technologists; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Series Preface; Chapter 1. Organizations and organizing; 1.1 The business world; 1.2 Structures and links; 1.3 Improving the organization's performance; 1.4 Business and society; Chapter 2. Human resource management; 2.1 The manpower plan - recruitment and termination; 2.2 Making the most of people - work design, training and development; 2.3 Rewarding employees - pay and benefits; Chapter 3. Law; 3.1 The English legal system; 3.2 Product protection; 3.3 Contracts; 3.4 Liability
  • Chapter 4. Project management4.1 What is project management?; 4.2 Project scheduling - the critical path; 4.3 Dealing with uncertainty; 4.4 Controlling projects; Chapter 5. Money in the organization; 5.1 Investment appraisal; 5.2 Cost determination; 5.3 Producing the accounts; 5.4 Budgeting and the interpretation of results; Chapter 6. Meeting customer needs; 6.1 The marketplace; 6.2 Forecasting the future; 6.3 Marketing research; 6.4 Market strategy; Chapter 7. Information technology and electronic commerce; 7.1 IT and change in organizations; 7.2 Using computer applications efficiently
  • 7.3 Using the major office applications7.4 Industry specific applications; 7.5 Electronic commerce; Index

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