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Record Nr.

UNINA9910962720503321

Titolo

Progress in management engineering / / Lucas P. Gragg and Jan M. Cassell, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009

ISBN

1-61728-569-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

Business issues, competition and entrepreneurship

Altri autori (Persone)

GraggLucas P

CassellJan M

Disciplina

658

Soggetti

Industrial engineering - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Towards a new understanding of cross-cultural management in international projects : exploring multiple cultures in environ megaproject / Alfons van Marrewijk -- Project change management system : an information technology based system / Faisal Manzoor Arain -- Coupling mechanisms in the management of deviations : project-as-practice observations / Markus Hällgren -- Monetizing process capability / Fred Spiring and Bartholomew Leung -- Project scheduling / Jorge J. Magalhães Mendes -- Computerized blood bank information management and decision making support / Bing Nan Li, Ming Chui Dong and Mang I. Vai -- Risk management adopted by foreign firms in Vietnam : case study of a construction project / Florence Yean Yng Ling and Vivian To Phuong Hoang -- Evaluation of cooling, heating, and power systems based on primary energy operational strategy / Pedro J. Mago, Louay M. Chamra and Nelson Fumo -- Rheological investigations in soil micro mechanics : measuring stiffness degradation and structural stability on a particle scale / Wibke Markgraf and Rainer Horn -- On heuristic methods for the project scheduling problem / Dallas B.M.M. Fontes and Portio L.A. Liana-Inges.

Sommario/riassunto

Management engineering is a new field, which is quickly becoming a specific branch of engineering that takes a comprehensive approach to management. The underlying assumption is that the organization can be modeled as an interacting system, with cause-and-effect chains, feedback loops and other structures that behave like those in other



systems. Management engineering tools are used to make the system visible so that managers can understand it and guide it better. This book presents current research in this new field.