This book will enable engineering organizations to manage their valuable knowledge resources and the people who possess them. The authors show that the loss of experience and knowledge base due to staff turnover erodes corporate culture\ a process that keeps industry in a continuous need to reinvent itself. The book concentrates on process, culture, leadership, structure, and emphasizes employees as assets rather than as expendable resources. This book provides effective methodologies to...
This book will enable engineering organizations to manage their valuable knowledge resources and the people who possess them. The authors show that the loss of experience and knowledge base due to staff turnover erodes corporate culture a process that keeps industry in a continuous need to reinvent itself. The book concentrates on process, culture, leadership, structure, and emphasizes employees as assets rather than as expendable resources. This book provides effective methodologies to devise real solutions for challenges faced by today's engineering managers.
ForewordAcknowledgmentsCh. 1A Company of Crisis1Ch. 2The Company History13Ch. 3Learning and the Organization29Ch. 4Organizational Leadership45Ch. 5Followership in the Company Culture69Ch. 6Process and Engineering83Ch. 7Company Infrastructure99Ch. 8Process, Operations and the Financial Impact113Ch. 9Developing a Flexibility for Change127Ch. 10What is the Ultimate Goal?141References155Index159