Engineering Management in a Global Environment Guidelines and Procedures

In today's global business environment with high speed interactions, engineering organizations are evolving continuously. Engineering Management in a Global Environment: Guidelines and Procedures provides guidelines for changing roles of engineering managers in the international arena. The book covers global, multidisciplinary, and flat engineering organizations. Recommended procedures for hiring, mentoring, work assignments, and meetings in the global arena are detailed. Guidelines for keeping up with technology and with the changing world, performance reviews, layoffs, necessary engineering tools, and work atmosphere are discussed. Procedures for engineering team building and for having good relationships with upper management, customers, subcontractors, and regulatory agencies are provided. Each chapter ends with a checklist summarizing engineering managerial guidelines in that chapter.

Preface Acknowledgements IntroductionChapter 1 – Typical Engineering Organizations Changing Engineering Environment Types of Engineering Organizations Engineering organization for a medium sized production company located in US A multidisciplinary, global and flat engineering organization for a medium sized production company located in US Engineering organization for a medium sized wafer production company in US A flat engineering organization chart for a medium sized wafer production company in US Engineering organization chart for a medium sized global production company A flattened engineering organization chart for a medium sized global production company Checklist for Chapter 1 Chapter 2 – Hiring Engineers and Technicians for an Engineering Organization Engineering Department’s Personnel Needs Candidate Interview Hiring a Potential Candidate Checklist for Chapter 2 Chapter 3 – Mentoring Engineers and Technicians in an Engineering Organization Assigning a Mentor A Mentor’s Responsibilities Typical Interactions between a Mentor and a Mentee Checklist for Chapter 3 Chapter 4 – Work Assignments for Engineers and Technicians Work Assignments for Novice Subordinates Work Assignments for Experienced Subordinates Work Assignments for Firefighting Unexpected Changes in Work Assignments Checklist for Chapter 4 Chapter 5 – Engineering Meetings Meeting Preparation Meeting Management Global Meetings Checklist for Chapter 5 Chapter 6 – Keeping up with Technology and with Changing World Avoiding Obsolescence Planning for Training Protecting Company’s Intellectual Property Annual Training Plans Checklist for Chapter 6 Chapter 7 – Engineering Department Performance Reviews Performance Review Preparation Areas of Performance and Conduct Salary Increases and Bonuses Promotions Checklist for Chapter 7 Chapter 8 – Laying off, Firing and Losing a Team Member Laying off a team member Firing a team member Losing a team member Checklist for Chapter 8 Chapter 9 - Engineering Tools and Atmosphere Needed to Perform Effectively and Efficiently Essential Engineering Tools Essential Engineering Department’s Atmosphere ISO-9001 and ISO-14001 Atmosphere Checklist for Chapter 9 Chapter 10 – Engineering Team Building Subgroups in an Engineering Department International Teams Multidisciplinary Teams Team Leaders Cross Training Checklist for Chapter 10 Chapter 11 – Relationships with Upper Management and with Other Departments Relationship with Upper Management Relationship with Customers Relationship with Subcontractors Relationship with Regulatory Agencies Checklist for Chapter 11 Index

M. Kemal Atesmen completed his high school studies at Robert Academy in Istanbul Turkey in 1961. He received his B. Sc. degree from Case Western Reserve University, his M. Sc. degree from Stanford University, and his Ph. D. degree from Colorado State University, all in mechanical engineering. He is a life member of ASME. He initially pursued an academic and an industrial career in parallel and became an associate professor in mechanical engineering before dedicating his professional life to international engineering management and engineering project management for thirty-three years. He helped many young engineers in the international arena to bridge the gap between college and professional life in automotive, computer component, data communication, and offshore oil industries. He published six books, sixteen technical papers, and has four patents. His books are "Global Engineering Project Management", CRC Press, 2008, "Everyday Heat Transfer Problems – Sensitivities to Governing Variables", ASME Press, 2009, "Understanding the World Around through Simple Mathematics", Infinity Publishing, 2011, "A Journey Through Life, Wilson Printing, 2013, "Project Management Case Studies and Lessons Learned", CRC Press, 2015, and "Process Control Techniques for High Volume Production", CRC Press, 2016.