Technology & Engineering
Engineering Organisations
Engineering organizations are groups of professionals who work together to design, develop, and implement engineering projects. These organizations can be found in a variety of industries, including construction, manufacturing, and technology. They typically have a hierarchical structure and are focused on achieving specific goals related to their field.
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eBook - ePub- Benjamin S. Blanchard, John E. Blyler(Authors)
- 2016(Publication Date)
- Wiley(Publisher)
Chapter 7 Organization for System Engineering The initial planning for system engineering commences during the early stages of conceptual design and evolves through the development of the System Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) described in Chapter 6. To implement this plan successfully requires an organizational structure that will promote, support, and generally enhance the application of system engineering principles and concepts. The proper organizational environment must be created that will allow for the accomplishment of system engineering requirements in an effective and efficient manner—that is, the implementation of a top-down, life-cycle-oriented, integrated approach in system design and development. In addition, the organization must be dynamic in response to the many changes that are taking place worldwide. Figure 6.1 (Chapter 6) shows two sides of the spectrum: the technology issues that can be applied to enhance and facilitate the implementation of the system engineering process and the management issues that are necessary to meet the objectives in this area. Inherent in this overall spectrum is the organizational element. Organization is the combining of resources in such a manner as to fulfill a certain need. Organizations constitute groups of individuals of varying levels of expertise, combined in a social structure of some form to accomplish one or more functions. Organizational structures vary with the functions to be performed, and the results will depend on the established goals and objectives, the resources available, the communications and working relationships between the individual participants, the motivation of personnel, and many other factors
eBook - PDFSoftware Engineering Foundations
A Software Science Perspective
- Yingxu Wang(Author)
- 2007(Publication Date)
- Auerbach Publications(Publisher)
Chapter 8 Engineering Foundations of SE 593 8.3 Basic Engineering Principles The fundamental engineering objectives and the engineering approaches have been discussed in Section 8.2. This section elicits basic engineering principles, which focuses on those of engineering organization, technology, management, and professionalism. Applications of the basic engineering principles in software engineering will be explored in Section 8.4. A formal treatment of engineering organization in general and for software engineering in particular will be presented in Section 8.5 on the basis of the newly developed coordinative work organization theory [Wang, 2007d]. 8.3.1 PRINCIPLES OF ENGINEERING ORGANIZATION Engineering disciplines emerged and developed in the industrial revolutions share the following common principles in engineering organization: • Apply systematic processes • Adopt division of labor • Support co-operative work • Adopt quantitative measurement • Establish standards • Use tools and machinery • Plan actual schedule • Optimise resources allocation • Derive predictable outputs • Seek controllable quality The essence of the above principles is the establishment of efficient engineering infrastructures and the rational forms of engineering organization. The key organizational principle of engineering invented in the industrial revolutions is division of labor , or limiting and specializing roles of labors in the whole production processes, which plays an important role in engineering organization. For instance, in electronic engineering an electronic engineer is not supposed to be specialized in all application areas 594 Part III Organizational Foundations of SE of electric engineering: from low to high frequency circuits, from analogue to digital circuits, from real-time systems to home appliances.
eBook - PDFHow to Find Out About Engineering
The Commonwealth and International Library: Libraries and Technical Information Division
- S. A. J. Parsons, G. Chandler(Authors)
- 2013(Publication Date)
- Pergamon(Publisher)
C H A P T E R 7 ORGANIZATIONS D e w e y C l a s s : 6 2 0 . 6 THERE are organizations in many countries that have been established to permit persons actively engaged in the various branches of engineering to meet and consult together to further the advancement of the particular branch of engineering in which they are interested. Members of professional engineering institutions normally have to qualify before they are admitted to membership. In Britain certain classes of professional engineer have the status of chartered engineers. However, the success of an institution depends on the support given to it by its members, so that membership implies obligations. These organizations are discussed later. In addition to national societies there are international organizations concerned either directly with engineering and technology, or having responsibilities which are related to engineering activities. Some may be referred to as inter-governmental agencies. Many of them are primarily interested in various aspects of economic activity. They have been set up to encourage the establishment and maintenance of good relations and collaboration between member states. Each organization has specific tasks and responsibilities that are laid down in the form of a charter or constitution. Each body has a permanent staff under a director who is responsible for implementing the policy decisions made by the governing body. The governments in membership support the organizations financially. International Organizations THE UNITED NATIONS There were fifty-one member states when the United Nations (UN) was 92 ORGANIZATIONS 93 founded in 1943. In 1969 the number had risen to 126 member states. It aims to co-operate internationally in solving economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems. The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) was established in 1966 'to promote industrial development and to help accelerate the industrialization of developing countries'.
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