Engineering Management
Print ISSN
0960-7919
Online ISSN 1741-0487
Online ISSN 1741-0487
Published from 2003-2007, Engineering Management was a bimonthly magazine that was intended for engineers who were in senior management - the decision makers in design, manufacturing, quality and systems engineering.
This publication was previously known as Engineering Management Journal 1991-2002. ISSN 0960-7919. more..
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Focalpoint
- Author(s): P. Wilton
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Voluntary work improves employment chances as engineering managers gain new expertise.
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Working for the greater good? [corporate social responsibility]
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Climate protection, sustainable development and ethical behaviour are key facets of corporate social responsibility (CSR). It may sound worthy, but many managers now think having a CSR policy is good for business. The author reports on how engineers are starting to think globally.
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Consuming interest
- Author(s): C. Edwards
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Although the step could be dismissed as a gimmick, the move to sell carbon-neutral TVs is part of a plan to slash the power consumption of its products. Flat-panel TVs have come in for criticism from environmental campaigners because they threaten to push up home-electricity consumption. Although an LCD TV is more efficient per square inch than an old cathode-ray tube set, consumers are buying TVs with much bigger screens because the flat-panel devices fit so much better into the living room.
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News
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Get to know your customer
- Author(s): W. Altman
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He advises the UK government on wealth creation and globalisation, has been knighted for his contribution to the electronics industry and is the lET's outgoing President Sir Robin Saxby says success belongs to managers who know their customers.
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Handling counter-offers
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You have successfully kindle interest from an employer with your CV, impressed them during an interview and negotiated a salary and benefits package that reflects your capabilities. You have received written confirmation of a job offer and have handed in your letter of resignation to your current employer. So how do you prepare for the possibility that your resignation might be met with a counteroffer from your employer who doesn't want to lose the skills and experience you have brought to your existing role? Whether it is in the form of a salary increase, additional company benefits or a promotion, a counter-offer involves your current employer attempting to rival the one you received from your future employer to try to persuade you to stay.
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So you want to be a green manager?
- Author(s): C. Edwards
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Carmakers now routinely use software simulation to test drive concepts long before they are mocked up in hardware. Even when a new piece of hardware, such as an engine is ready to be tested, a computer simulation may pretend to be the rest of the car. This makes testing more efficient and safer. It also allows new concepts to be tried out at an earlier stage to gauge their effectiveness. It underlines how change is not just about finding a direct more eco-friendly alternative to an existing fuel or component.
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The importance of being different [business communication]
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Doing business with our overseas counterparts should present no challenge. We all use the same skills and we're all versed in the universal language of technology, right? Wrong. The author examines how working with colleagues from different cultures can create serious communication failures.
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Telecoms giant steps in to save the planet
- Author(s): N. Smith
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The first major survey of ice thickness in the Arctic will start in February 2008. Sponsored by telecoms multinational Vanco, it will help scientists understand the effects of global warming.
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Engineering projects in the real world
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Books and courses frequently seem to overlook key elements of engineering project management. They assume you have more or less limitless resources at your disposal and rarely deal with what happens when you inherit a project. How do you find out if things are going well or badly and how do you do it fast? This article will show you how to optimise your project and keep it that way.
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