Richard J. Park

Value Engineering

A Plan for Invention

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

After more than 50 years as a manager and VE pioneer, Richard J. Park presents Value Engineering: A Plan for Invention. Park demonstrates how to adopt VE as a thinking process that can enable you to increase your problem solving skills, cultivate innovation, reduce costs, improve productivity, and more. Features

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Shows Value Engineering (VE) applicability to the corporate environment and other aspects of community and personal life. This work covers: VE to a full management discipline for planning and controlling operations, the range of knowledge required for successful application, and VE as an essential adjunct to Quality Engineering and TOC techniques.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• UK edition
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 161mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 592g
• ISBN-13: 9781574442359
• ISBN-10: 157444235X
• Artikelnr.: 21115955

Autorenporträt

Park, Richard

Inhaltsangabe

THE WORLD AROUND USBACKGROUND: Fire to FightMANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: Tools for
the ToolboxTHE TOOLBOX: The Application Benefit MatrixTHE ECONOMICS OF
PROFITCOST AND ITS ELEMENTS: The Driving ForceGoals and
ObjectivesComponents of Cost and PriceCost Analysis-Methods and
ApplicationsBenchmarking, Pareto and Comparative AnalysisCost as a
Measurement Tool, Models and Criterial AnalysisCost Estimates and TimeCost
Reduction-Risks and BenefitsFUNCTION, The Foundation of ClarityFunction is
the KeyThe Link-Function and CreativityDefine the FunctionVALUE, A Matter
of OpinionHistory and Meaning of ValueEconomic and Social ValueMeasuring
Economic ValueDefining and Measuring Social ValueDetermining and Setting
ValuesMotivation and ValueValue, an OpinionQUALITY, A Major Component of
ValueDefinitionMeasuring QualityQuality and ProfitQuality and ValueTHE
HUMAN ELEMENTCOMMUNICATIONS, a Two-Way StreetInformation
CollectionListening-Restrictive Habits and How to Improve Body Language and
Facial ExpressionsMeetings and ProductivityMOTIVATION, Different Things
Move Different PeopleWhy We Act-Pleasure and PainAwareness to Our
EnvironmentWants and Needs: Conflicts With Management
GoalsMotivation-Action and ReactionMaslow, and GravesStress, Action and
ReactionTEAMS AND TEAMWORK, A Synthesized Knowledge GroupWhy a Team?-The
Specialist SocietyTeam Composition and Structure to Compensate for The
Specialist SocietyTeam Building and DevelopmentOutlook and GoalsIdeas and
ActionGroup Problem-Solving and its BenefitsCREATIVITY, The Innate Drive to
ChangeMeaning and DefinitionThe Environment-Need, Potential, and
ConflictThe IndividualThe Creative ProcessBlocks to CreativityCreativity
BoostersBrainstormingCreative GamesTHE SUM OF THE PARTS-A PRACTICAL
METHODVALUE ENGINEERI