every Organization, Business, And Manager Is Unique, And Each Demands An Individually Tailored Management Style. Supposedly Universal Management Strategies Must Be Tailored To Suit The Specific Situations That Each Individual Faces Daily In The Work Environment. This Book Provides A Theoretical And Practical Foundation For The Adaptation And Tailoring Of A Universal Management Style Into A Specific, Effective Style With The Power To Produce The Desired Results. It Assists The Manager, Or Would-be Manager, In The Development Of A Management Style That Meets The Needs Of Any Kind Of Business. Each Chapter Begins With A Case Study Illustrating A Typical Problem Followed By Questions And Answers About The Presented Challenges. The Chapters Also Contain Thought Provoking One-sentence Suggestions That Can Be Immediately Immplemented, Enabling The Reader To Produce Results And Succeed In Today's Rapidly-evolving Economic And Technological Environments. This Work Combines The Best And Latest In Management Theory With Tested Practical Applications, Making It A Useful Tool For Managers Not Only In Technically-orientated Industries, But In Any Kind Of Company. Based Upon The Author's More Than 25 Years Of Experience In Management Consulting, Writing, Lecturing, And Teaching, This Work Is Designed To Help Readers Handle The Demanding Responsibilities Of Technical Management. It Features Important Information In Dealing With International Firms, Contracts, Tq, Iso 9000, And Cad Management. It Also Provides Essential Details On Personal Liability And Ethics In Decision Making, Motivating Employees, Leadership, And Creating Teams. The Technical Manager's Handbook Serves As A Valuable, Cross-method Reference For Engineers, Scientists, Researchers, And Students Who Are Or Soon Will Be Involved In Technical Management Operations. Managers In Quality Assurance, Manufacturing, Administration, And Computer Manufacturing Will Also Benefit From This Volume's Accessible And Applicable Exploration Of Pertinent Issues. booknews interprets The Latest Management Theories And Techniques And Suggests How To Use Them And Integrate Them In The Development Of Individual Management Styles. Includes Material On Dealing With International Firms; Tqm And Iso 9000; Information Systems; Cad Management; Ethics; Motivation; And Team Structures, With Chapter Summaries, Case Studies, And Questions. For Researcher, Engineers, And Students Involved In Technical Management Operations, And Managers In Quality Assurance, Manufacturing, Administrations, And Computer Manufacturing. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com) Front Matter....Pages i-xxv Technical Management: Who and What We Are....Pages 1-29 The Manager: Dealing with Yourself—The Most Important Individual....Pages 31-64 Beginning: Building Your Own Model/Theory....Pages 65-84 The Whole Organization Design: A Little History, Many Models....Pages 85-114 The Model Components....Pages 115-134 People—Basic Building Blocks Concerning Motivation....Pages 135-193 Putting Theory to Work: Motivation Prescribed....Pages 195-215 Structures: Description and Prescription Semi-Permanent Teams: Functions and Survival Today....Pages 217-255 Prescriptions for Structures: Temporary Teams....Pages 257-305 Technology: How We Do Things, Techniques and Systems....Pages 307-348 Leadership and Ethics Holding It All Together....Pages 349-391 Repetitive Decision Systems Information: Tell Me What’s Happening in the Organization....Pages 393-426 Costs and Measurement: What Do I Need as a Manager?....Pages 427-448 Getting Things Changed....Pages 449-482 Speculation on Future Uses and Personal Thoughts....Pages 483-495 Back Matter....Pages 497-505
