Introduction to Industrial Systems (2nd Edition)

Author: Lu Daren
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: Several noteworthy perspectives: Gathering of world-renowned university presidents to discuss what qualities contemporary ideal university students should possess? Reaching consensus on three points: moral quality, general knowledge quality, and applied skills. The U.S. industry has criticized several aspects of American management education curriculum design: insufficient cultivation of students' perspectives; lack of interdisciplinary comprehensive subjects; excessive emphasis on quantitative and technical analysis; insufficient attention to human management; insufficient attention to communication skills; insufficient attention to the external environment of enterprises; insufficient attention to business ethics; insufficient attention to the international dimension of business. A famous American management professor said, "Future management talent will be divided into two types: one is macro, and the other is unemployed." In other words, without a broad knowledge base and working ability, one may only end up unemployed. Augustine, the former president of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, discussed the stages of engineering and believed that engineering has successively gone through the structural era, mechanical era, power era, information era, and is now entering the era of social engineering. The concept of the "holistic engineer" challenges traditional engineering and management disciplines. The concept of the "public intellectual" reflects society's higher expectations for high-end talent. What insights do these perspectives offer us? This book will present reflections on these issues from the perspectives of engineering practice and engineering culture.