INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT V. RAVI
THE BOOK The book is primarily intended as a text for all branches of B.Tech, M.Tech and MBA courses. Wrien with the aim of providing beer understanding of industrial operaons, the book is divided into six parts. Part 1 discusses contribuons and thoughts of classical (Taylor, Fayol, and Weber’s), neo-classical (Hawthorne) and modern thinkerss with a brief introducon thinker introducon.. It explains dierent funcons of management, and also dierenate between management and administraon. Various types of business organisaons with their structures and personnel management also nd place in this part. Financial aspects related to business operaons, such as nancial management, management accounng, breakeven analysis, depreciaon and replacement policies for equipment are detailed in Part 2. Numerical examples have been solved at appropriate places for clear understanding of the concept. Theory of depreciaon followed followed by the principles of replacement analyses is also discussed. Concepts related to designing operaons with insight into plant layout, materials handling and work study are focused in Part 3 of the book. Subsequently, the importance of job evaluaon and merit rang are brought about. For maintaining industrial peace, good relaonship between employers and employees is essenal. Thus, Part 4, namely, ‘Factors Aecng Industrial Relaon’, discusses industrial relaons, industrial safety and industrial legislaons along with wages and incenve plans. Whereas, Part 5 of the book elaborates on the producon planning and control, and gives insight on the related topics, such as markeng management, sales forecasng, materials management, inventory control, quality management, maintenance management, producvity, value analysis and ergonomics. Good decision-making is what dierenates a good manager from an inecient one. Thus, the last part includes a chapter on decision-making to examine managerial skills. Network construcons, CPM, PERT have been covered under project management. Quantave techniques for decision-making as linear
programming, transportaon problems, assignment problems, game theory, queuing theory, etc., are also discussed. • • • •
KEY FEATURES Lucid presentaon of the concepts. Illustrave gures and tables make the reading more fruiul and enriching. Numerical problems with soluons form an integral part of the book, making it applicaon-oriented. Chapter-end review quesons test students’ knowledge of the fundamental concepts.
THE AUTHOR V. RAVI, Ph.D. (Indian Instute of Technology Delhi), is Associate Professor, Department of Humanies, Indian Instute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram. He has 15 years of experience of teaching the undergraduate and postgraduate students of management. His areas of interest include reverse logiscs, supply chain management, quantave techniques and general management. He has published a number of research papers in leading internaonal journals and conferences. CONTENTS Preface Part 1: Introducon to Industrial Engineering and Management 1. Introducon to Industrial Engineering 2. Development of Management Thought 3. Funcons of Management 4. Organisaon Structure 5. Types of Business Organisaons 6. Personnel Management Part 2: Financial Aspects Related to Business 7. Financial Management 8. Management Accounng 9. Breakeven Analysis 10. Depreciaon 11. Equipment Replacement Policy Part 3: Designing Operaons 12. Facilies Locaon and Plant Layout 13. Material Handling 14. Work Study 15. Job Evaluaon and Merit Rang
Part 4: Factors Aecng Industrial Relaons 16. Wages and Incenves 17. Industrial Relaons 18. Industrial Safety 19. Industrial Legislaons Part 5: Producon Planning and Control of Operaons 20. Producon Planning and Control 21. Markeng Management and Product Development 22. Sales Forecasng 23. Materials Management, Purchasing and Storekeeping 24. Inventory Control 25. Quality Management 26. Reliability and Maintenance Management 27. Producvity and Value Analysis 28. Ergonomics Part 6: Managerial Decision Making Through Quantave Techniques 29. Decision-Making 30. Project Management 31. Operaons Research Bibliography • Appendix • Index
2015 / 424 pp. / 17.8 × 23.5 cm / ISBN-978-81-203-5110-3 / ` 450.00
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