Fundamentals of business engineering and management (e-Book)

Fundamentals of Business Engineering and ManagementA systems approach to people and organisationsThe approach to management problems introduced in this book is known as the 'Delft School of Business Engineering and Management' approach. It is a school of thought that is well known in the Netherlands and which has proved to be successful. Outside the Netherlands interest in this approach is also increasing.This Delft method has been developed at the renowned University of Technology in Delft. When summarised the method may be characterised in the following main ways:Business means: service provided for people, by people;With the analysis and therapy attached to organisation problems it is best for one to look at processes and to describe those processes according to the systems and model approach;An interdisciplinary approach is what best suits modern, complex problems of leadership and organisation;This book has in the first place been written to help up and coming managers, students still in training or managers with a technological background to orient themselves to the way in which companies and institutions operate. The book is also of interest to colleagues with different backgrounds who are interested in adopting a systematic approach to management problems.ContentsPreliminariesPART ONE. Systems approach to organisations1 Business engineering and management, an introduction to the field of study2 Companies in the context of society3 Introduction to the system approach4 The main functions in an enterprise5 Organising operations6 Management of product development from a life cycle perspective 17 Management of product development from a life cycle perspective 28 Objectives and policy9 The integration and application of modelsPART TWO. Systems approach to co-operation10 Basic forms of co-operation11 Working together in a task group12 A fundamental problem approach model13 Forms of leadership14 A history of managementPART THREE. Economic aspects of entrepreneurship15 Cost price calculations 1 principles and main outlines16 Cost price calculations 2 principles and main outlines17 Market mechanismsReferencesIndexhttp://www.vssd.nl/hlf/b001.htm