Engineers and Management: International Comparisons

ISBN-13: 9780815365631 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 232 str.

Gloria Lee; Chris Smith

Opis

Originally published in 1992. Engineers, often viewed as nothing more than technicians, are a valuable but neglected human resource. Their expertise has helped to generate the recent organizational restructuring throughout the manufacturing industry. This study compares the situation of engineers in Britain with those in other countries.

Spis treści

List of Tables;  Acknowledgements;  1. Engineers and Management in Comparative Perspectives Gloria L. Lee and Chris Smith  2. Wheels within Wheels: Predicting and Accounting for Fashionable Alternatives to Engineering Ian A. Glover  3. The Engineering Dimension and the Management Education Movement Peter Armstrong  4. Japanese Engineers and Management Cultures Kevin McCormick  5. Engineering and Management in West Germany: A Study in Consistency? Peter A. Lawrence  6. The Work of Engineers in Hungary and Their Place within Management Cultures and Hierarchies Gyula Fülöp  7. Symbolizing Professional Pride: The Case of Canadian Engineers Gloria L. Lee  8. Engineers and Trade Unions: The American and British Cases Compared Peter Meiksins and Chris Smith  9. Irish Engineers: Education for Emigration? James Wickham  10. British Engineers in Context Gloria L. Lee and Chris Smith;  References;  Index

O autorze

Gloria L. Lee, Chris Smith