Title :
Is good engineering management related to a respectable performance?
Author_Institution :
Waseda Bus. Sch., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
The author tries to quantify the measurement of good engineering management through interviews with operations management specialists. The engineering management score is obtained for a sample of large Japanese firms, and correlated against their financial performance. A positive correlation between the standard of engineering management and sales profitability among the sample companies was found
Keywords :
engineering; management; Japanese firms; correlation; engineering management; financial performance; sales profitability; Companies; Engineering management; Management training; Marketing and sales; Production; Profitability; Project management; Research and development management; Standards; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering Management Conference, 1990. Management Through the Year 2000 - Gaining the Competitive Advantage, 1990 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Santa Clara, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMC.1990.201306
