Management by projects in manufacturing industry

Author

Lim, K.K. ; Yeo, K.T.

Author_Institution

Nanyang Technol. Inst., Singapore

fYear

1995

fDate

28-30 Jun 1995

Firstpage

402

Lastpage

407

Abstract

Management-by-projects (MBP) and its call for less hierarchical and more flexible and responsive organisations have attracted much attention in the 1990s. MBP is relevant and useful in the manufacturing industry as it provides an ideal multi-project environment for MBP to be implemented. The organisational activities are viewed as a network of internal and external projects. The projects are interrelated and implemented at different levels within the base organisation. MBP is built on modern project management concepts and methods, but it also represents a new management paradigm which helps organisations to transform and in turn its implementation is enabled by such transformation. The link between MBP and TQM is also discussed

Keywords

manufacturing industries; product development; project management; quality control; research and development management; TQM; external projects; internal projects; management paradigm; management-by-projects; manufacturing industry; multi-project environment; organisation; project management concepts; quality assurance; Costs; Environmental management; Flexible manufacturing systems; Manufacturing industries; Modems; Organizing; Project management; Quality management; Technology management; Total quality management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering Management Conference, 1995. Global Engineering Management: Emerging Trends in the Asia Pacific., Proceedings of 1995 IEEE Annual International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2799-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMC.1995.524616

Filename

524616