Basic Management Skills for managers, supervisors and team leaders is powerful and guaranteed method to become an effective modern leader and it gives you all the tools to get started and to stay on top of the pile.
Basic Management Skills for managers, supervisors and team leaders is powerful and guaranteed method to become an effective modern leader and it gives you all the tools to get started and to stay on top of the pile.
Based on the lifelong experiences of two authors as supervisors and teachers, the Fourth Edition of this bestseller provides up-to-date information for newly promoted or management-aspiring professionals and engineers in the fields of environmental health, occupational health and safety, water and wastewater treatment, public health, and many others. This first volume explains, through nine sets of tools, the basic principles supervisors need to understand the structure of their organization, what leadership is, how to effectively plan and budget, how to manage other people, and best practices for achieving success in a management position. In addition to those already practicing professionals in their fields, this book is an excellent resource for students interested in learning management skills prior to entering the workforce. Features of the Fourth Edition Helps to understand and utilize organizational structure to facilitate problem solving Offers a practical set of methods, tools, and techniques, all illustrated and easy to understand, for achieving leadership qualities Provides concise but essential discussion material for each topic, using the practical art of communications Includes thorough updates and many new case problems with answers provided Introduces self-testing questions for different situations and practical exercises utilizing an individual’s own work experience for answers
This first volume explains, through nine sets of tools, the basic principles supervisors need to understand the structure of their organization, what leadership is, how to effectively plan and budget, how to manage other people, and best ...
Innovation Management for Engineers is intended for both practitioners and engineering students. Whereas "innovation" has become part of daily language, in practice realizing new product and new service development is a complex and daunting task for engineers and engineering managers. While most books on innovation management approach this topic from a managerial or economic perspective, this text takes the engineering processes as a starting point. To that purposes, it relates product design and engineering processes and their management to sources of innovation, collaboration with suppliers and knowledge providers (inventors and universities, for example) and users. The managerial aspects get ample attention as well as the economic aspects in the context of product design and engineering. Moreover, the book includes a chapter on intellectual property and patents, which are becoming more important in specific industries. For this wide range of topics, it is the intent to provide both theoretical underpinning and practical guidance. Engineering students and practitioners will benefit from this book by not only understanding the key mechanisms for innovation, but also by the practical guidance it offers. To that purpose, diagrams, models, methods and steps guide the users to see more return out of innovation projects.
Most books on innovation management approach this topic from a managerial or economic perspective; this text takes the actual design and engineering processes as starting point.
