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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Engineering managers"”.
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Development of automotive engineering managers
Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Industrial Management, 1960
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An Investigation into the Relationship Between an Engineering Manager's Purpose-Seeking Beliefs and Behaviors and the Engineering Manager's Perception of Employee Creativity, Initiative and Purpose-Seeking Behavior
… In addition, a diverse group of over 100 Engineering Managers was surveyed to determine their beliefs about seeking meaning and purpose to determine to what extent they engage in purpose-seeking behavior. The relationship between those beliefs and behaviors and their perceptions of the …
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An Investigation Into the Skills Necessary for the Success of Newly Graduated Engineers in Industry
A study of 94 engineers and engineering managers in 13 companies was conducted to determine what skills engineers need upon entering industry. The study used a structured interview format. The interviews provided information on what engineers typically do in industry and what skills they feel are …
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Engineering Management Competencies: A Framework for Present and Future Engineering Environments
<p>Managing and directing engineering requires engineering management competencies. Although perspectives may differ concerning competencies for engineering management, identifying competencies can direct and improve management. The purpose of this research is to develop a framework of competencies …
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An Investigation into the Analysis of Truncated Standard Normal Distributions Using Heuristic Techniques
… methods to characterize the data sets in various engineering disciplines, financial industries, medical fields, management, and other mathematic and scientific applications. For engineering managers, risk managers and quality practitioners, the use of the standard normal distribution and truncated …
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Diagnosing the Distance: An Exploration into Remote and Mobile Employee Viewpoints on Corporate Commitment and Wellbeing using Q Methodology
… N = 42 Area Engineers (AEs) and N = 8 Regional Engineering Managers (REMs).<br/><br/>The results revealed four distinct factors (shared viewpoints) within the Area Engineers’ category, Factor 1: ‘Supported and Proud’; Factor 2: ‘Remote and Distant’; Factor 3: ‘Controlled and Concerned’; Factor …
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Healthcare Technology: A Strategic Approach to Medical Device Management
… In this paper I will investigate how biomedical engineering has addressed the issue of equipment management and identifies strategies to successfully maintain an inventory of medical devices. Through research, on-the-job experience, and in-depth discussions with various biomedical engineering …
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Agile Knowledge Management; A Review, Reconceptualization, and Extension to Military Applications
… <p>The results of this research can be used by engineering managers and knowledge management practitioners and academics with particular focus on the military environment as foundation for (a) further research and development in agile knowledge management (b) developing customized agile …
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Productivity in the Workplace for Product Development Teams
… development project will provide insight to engineering managers and project leaders about the effects of these inefficiencies in the workplace. The findings will help pave the way toward a more accurate project estimation and better modeling of project dynamics to reduce the amount of …
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A Framework to Simplify the Choice of Alternative Analysis and Selection Methods
… contributes a framework for analysts and engineering managers to investigate and choose alternative analysis and selection methods based upon their problem and its context. It began as an investigation into the alternative analysis and selection methods used in military planning. The …
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Quantifying restoration costs in the aftermath of an extreme event using system dynamics and dynamic mathematical modeling approaches
… costs from a whole system perspective. Engineering managers, city planners, and policy makers can use the methodologies developed in this research to develop effective disaster planning schemas and to prioritize post-disaster restoration operations"--Abstract, page iv.
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Context characterization for synthesis of process architectures
… The proposal is offered as an aid to engineering managers and process designers for coping with the unique challenges of implementing processes from their inception - for example, at a new enterprise. As such, the thesis focuses on the creation of LPD, as opposed to traditional Lean …
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Issues in strategic management of large-scale software product line development
… the issues and challenges large software product engineering managers face. Software is hard to engineer on a small scale, but at a larger scale, engineering and management tasks are even more difficult. In the context of software product line evolution, the goal of this work is to look at current …
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Contextualizing Renewable Energy Adoption: An Examination of the Role of Community Choice Aggregation
… information to design targeted incentives and engineering managers to devise a strategic plan for the future development of the U.S. electricity grid with a focus on renewable generation infrastructure"-- Abstract, p. iii</p>
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An Investigation of Business Transformation Disruptors at the Military Strategic Command Level
… The results of this research can be used by engineering managers, practitioners, and academics as a complement to their research and teaching efforts with respect to organizational change and transformation.</p>
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Establishing Relationships Between Risk Management and Knowledge Transfer
… results have implications for academics and engineering managers and suggest areas for future research.</p>
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An Investigation of General Criteria for Assessing Space Flight Systems of Diverse Mission Concept Designs
… 2010). This research provides a method that engineering managers can use to analyze and to refine a qualitative measurement instrument for assessment by a group of experts. This method could be useful in assessments that require a broad scope of required expertise.</p>
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Development of a strategic capital-expenditure decision model incorporating the product abandonment option
… The accelerated rate of change in product engineering and process technology has led to decreasing product life cycles and made equipment obsolescence a primary concern to U.S. manufacturers. Researchers in academia, industry, and the government have unanimously agreed on the primary role …