Roles & Professionalism By Ezer Yeboah-Boateng 1Quote of the Week??//** Working together for the common good of society… 2Outline Introduction Roles of Engineers Engineers & the Environment Engineers as Professionals Engineers Today 3Books & Resources Engineering & Social Justice‚ by Donna Riley‚ 2008; Morgan & Claypool Publishers. Bridging the Gap Between Engineering & the Global World: A Case Study of the Coconut (Coir) Fiber Industry in Kerala
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Table of Contents P1.1 DEFINE ENGINEERING BUSINESS FUNCTIONS. 2 P1.2 Outline the Interrelationships Between Different Processes and Functions of an Engineering Organisation. 4 Analysis techniques. 6 Action plans. 11 P1.3 Organise Work Activities to Meet Specifications and Standards. 14 P1.1 DEFINE ENGINEERING BUSINESS FUNCTIONS. On the whole‚ businesses can be very clearly defined and categorised using government and business standards. These categories include‚ but are not limited
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Influence Competitiveness 4 Cost of Poor Quality 5 How Poor Quality Affects Competitiveness 5 Causes of Poor Quality 6 Man 6 Material 6 Machine 6 Management 6 Method 6 Environment 6 Case on Quality Failure 7 Quality Guru: Joseph Juran 8 Quality Failure 8 Toyota’s Recalls 8 Toyota’s Response 9 Implementation of Juran’s Teaching in Toyota 9 Quality Improvement 9 Quality Control 10 Methods to Overcome Poor Quality: Purpose and Usefulness 11 PDCA cycle 11 Benchmarking
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California State university Dominguez Hills The Hoshin Kanri Process Strategy Tool for Process Improvement Steve A Campbell Professor Kim Niles April 13‚ 2014 QAS 450 Abstract The author’s purpose is to demonstrate how Hoshin planning can be used as a solid Quality strategic management tool in directing focus towards the best process improvement projects for businesses. Hoshin ensures that precious assets and effective tools are being applied where they will provide the upmost benefit
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MGMT 610- OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 1. What are the differences between job-enlargement‚ job-enrichment‚ and job-rotation? Discuss the benefits of using each of these. Job design is an approach that specifies the tasks that constitute a job for an individual or a group. There are seven components of job design‚ and JOB expansion is one of them. It includes: • Job enlargement: We add tasks requiring similar skill to an existent job. You are using the same skills‚ but the tasks are different
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A Forefather of TQM Principles: Kaoru Ishikawa Total Quality Management (TQM) principles are based off of the philosophies of numerous individuals – W. Edward Deming‚ Joseph Juran and Philip Crosby‚ to name a few. One such individual is Kaoru Ishikawa. Touted as the “Father of Quality Circles and as a founder of the Japanese quality movement” (Beckford‚ 2002)‚ his philosophy on quality control is critical to understand TQM in general. Knowing the fundamentals/ building blocks of TQM can be used
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Productivity Press Inc. ‚ 733. Crosby‚ P. (2001). Let ’s Talk Quality: 96 Questions that You Always Wanted to Ask Phil Crosby. International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management ‚ 290. Crosby‚ P. (1979). Quality Is Free. McGraw-Hill ‚ 94. Deming‚ W. (1986). Out of Crisis. Cambridge University Press ‚ 94. Dow‚ D. S. (1999). Exploring the myth: Do all quality management practices contribute to superior quality performance. Production and Operations Management ‚ 25. Fco. Javier Llore´ns Montes
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Contemporary Approaches contemporary management approaches have dominated the field of management since the 1950’s. they are still very influential in both theory and practice. All of these approaches need to be taken into consideration by practicing managers when striving to compete in competitive business environment. Quantitative Management A more scientific and quantifiable approach introuduced during the world war 1 by military planners It applies a mathematical apprpoaches to managerial
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Harvard Business Review‚ September October 1983‚ pp. 64-75. Ishikawa‚ Kaoru‚ "How to Apply Company wide Quality Control in Foreign Countries‚" Quality Progress‚ September 1989‚ pp. 70-74. Juran‚ J.M.‚ "Japanese and Western Quality A Contrast‚" Quality‚ January 1979‚ pages 8 12; and February 1979‚ pp. 12-15. Juran‚ J. M.‚ "The QC Circle Phenomenon‚" Industrial Quality Control‚ January 1967‚ pp. 329-36. Kanigel‚ Robert. The One Best Way: Frederick Winslow Taylor and the Enigma of Efficiency. New York:
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that have helped to guide Japan‚ Corporate America‚ Corporate Canada and now Corporate Global (The rest of Europe‚ Asia and the Third World Countries) into a place of success and entrepreneurial enlightenment. Very knowledgeable people like Deming‚ Crosby and Juran have successfully brought countries out from the “Dark Ages” into the “New World” of business. The purpose of this case study will be to examine how Best Buy and Future Shop will react after being subjected to the two strategic principals
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