* Presents assessment methods for organization and management processes. * Provides special tools and techniques for managing and organizing R&D, new product, and project-oriented challenges. * Includes real-world case studies.
About the Author
HANS J. THAMHAIN, PHD, is Professor of Management and Director of the Technology and Project Management Programs at Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts. His industrial experience includes twenty years in high-technology management positions at GTE/Verizon, General Electric, Westinghouse, and ITT. Well known for his research on project team leadership, he is the author of more than seventy research papers and five professional reference books on project and technology management. In 2000, he received the IEEE Engineering Management Society's Engineering Manager of the Year Award.
Features
Methods for assessing the effectiveness and performance of the organization and its management processes
Insight into the functioning of contemporary work processes, such as concurrent engineering, design-build, integrated product development, and phase-gate processes
Special tools and techniques for effectively managing technology-based projects, including dealing with organizational interfaces from R&D to markets
Discussion of real-world field studies, cases, and best practices
Emphasis on people issues, such as leadership, teamwork, communications, and commitment, throughout the book
