Journal of Management in Engineering: Recent submissions

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    • Records Management in Engineering Firms 

      Dennis O. Hamilton (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)
      A records management program needs to be an essential tool for controlling records in any engineering firm. Once top management gives full support for such an undertaking, the responsibility of implementing and running ...

    • Editor's Letter 

      Gary D. Bates (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)

    • Modern Communication as Training Aid 

      Owen Miyamoto (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)
      Technological advances in communication provide many opportunities that are not readily available to the practicing engineer for training, continuing education, and self‐improvement needed to keep pace with his chosen ...

    • Managing during Organizational Change 

      C. Dallavalle (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)
      To be successful in today's complex, dynamic, and ever‐changing business, socioeconomic, and political environments, organizations must learn to adapt to survive. For managers, these periods of organizational change can ...

    • Trend in Local Area Network Utilization 

      Luh‐Maan Chang; Li‐Chung Chao (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      This paper begins with a brief review of the conceptual background of local area network (LAN). LAN technologies are classified by topology, access method (protocol), signalling method, and medium. This paper also presents ...

    • Pricing Hazardous‐Waste Risk Revisited 

      Andrew J. Frano (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)
      The technique to price the risk of liability cost from hazardous‐waste projects, engineering or construction of disposal facilities, or cleanup of contaminated sites, is refined and expanded. The price of the hazardous‐waste ...

    • Managing Problems Associated with Using Computer Programs 

      Dennis A. Randolph; L. Marshall Barron, III; James E. Clark (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)
      Computers have been a useful engineering tool for several years. As computers have become more inexpensive and easier to use, engineers have increased their use of them. Associated with increased use of computers are a ...

    • Discussion of “<i>Performance Evaluations: Key to People Development</i>” by Everett S. Thomson (October, 1990, Vol. 6, No. 4) 

      Michael Lee Smith (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)

    • Discussion of “<i>Action versus Planning</i>” by C. R. Pennoni (April, 1989, Vol. 5, No. 2) 

      Richard P. Long (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)

    • Management Forum 

      Mel Hensey; Anthony Robbins; Lowell Getz; Robert Riley (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)

    • Four Propositions for Quality Management of Design Organizations 

      Donald H. Kline; Gregory B. Coleman (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      A lot of emphasis today is being placed on quality management of design organizations through restructuring of management philosophy. This paper offers suggestions on how to proceed if such is not the “best step” for an ...

    • Situational Leadership Training 

      Mike Smith (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)
      Engineering managers do not receive management training as part of their education. Training in management, situational leadership, in this instance, will give them a model to follow as they interact with others in the ...

    • Editor's Letter 

      Gary D. Bates (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)

    • Forging New Project Value Chain—Paradigm Shift 

      K. T. Yeo (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)
      This paper discusses a major shift in systems thinking from the hard “systematic” to the soft “systemic” approach in project management. The systematic thinking treats project organizations as organic human activity systems ...

    • Construction Contract Bonds 

      Jeffrey S. Russell (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)
      The surety industry and its procedures are unfamiliar to many project owners, design professionals, and contractors. This lack of knowledge often leads to misunderstandings and disputes. This paper outlines significant ...

    • Personnel‐Replacement Costs and Bottom Line 

      James J. Botz (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)
      The costs associated with replacing key personnel in a consulting firm can easily exceed the annual salary of the employee when considering all factors. To estimate this cost, a project manager employed with a national‐size ...

    • Development of In‐House Project Evaluation Checklist 

      Peter M. Longo (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)
      This paper describes the development of three checklists of factors that can be evaluated in analyzing the performance of an engineering consulting firm during the proposal, office technical, and construction monitoring ...

    • Engineers as Strategic Managers: Performance Assessment 

      Willie E. Hopkins (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)
      Effective strategic managers, those who are able to command high levels of organization performance, must be fully involved in and committed to the strategic management process (i.e., overseeing the entire organization and ...

    • Financial Management as Tool for Management Development of Engineers 

      Robert M. Bradley; Chris H. Tomasides (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)
      One of the most effective means of developing engineers as managers is to encourage their active involvement in key decision‐making areas linked to the financial implications of engineering operations. Performance budgeting ...

    • Construction Management with AutoCAD 

      Amir Tavakoli; Kenneth L. Klika (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)
      The advent of powerful microcomputers, the advances in computer hardware and computer‐aided design (CAD) software, and their low costs have led to increased use of microbased CAD by construction management or general ...