{"title":"Another Look at Team Contracting","authors":"J. Bialik","doi":"10.1109/IRET-EM.1960.5007539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRET-EM.1960.5007539","url":null,"abstract":"Previous discussions concerning group contracting have been presented from a group leader viewpoint. The need was felt to view the group contracting arrangements from the associate contractor viewpoint. The experiences gained by over two and one-half years association in a group contract arrangement as an associate contractor are described. Areas of concern not normally encountered in a conventional contracting arrangement are described for prospective group contracting participants.","PeriodicalId":382847,"journal":{"name":"IRE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1960-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114885923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Ideology of Academic Scientists","authors":"S. West","doi":"10.1109/IRET-EM.1960.5007537","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRET-EM.1960.5007537","url":null,"abstract":"The moral values associated with scientific research were studied by means of interviews with 57 academic researchers of faculty status. The areas examined were freedom in research, impartiality, suspension of judgment until sufficient evidence is at hand, absence of bias, diffusion of information, and group loyalty. Two dimensions of creativity were measured in the respondents: rate of publication and strength of motivation toward research as judged by peers. Neither of these measures was significantly related to acceptance of the classical position in any of the six areas of value. It is concluded that the classical morality of science is not associated to any important degree with productive research.","PeriodicalId":382847,"journal":{"name":"IRE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"EM-7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1960-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129594372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Measuring the Effectiveness of Technical Proposals and Marketing Effort in Military Electronics","authors":"William J. Stolze","doi":"10.1109/IRET-EM.1960.5007538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRET-EM.1960.5007538","url":null,"abstract":"A study was made of the bidding experience of Stromberg-Carlson in the military electronics field over the past six years. The methods of analysis and presentation are reviewed. A model of a military marketing organization is developed which can be used to measure the effectiveness of the various components of the marketing effort on a long-term basis.","PeriodicalId":382847,"journal":{"name":"IRE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1960-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122067467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Systems Approach: Can Engineers Use the Scientific Method?","authors":"A. Hickey","doi":"10.1109/IRET-EM.1960.5007541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRET-EM.1960.5007541","url":null,"abstract":"Currently, the ``systems approach'' is more an attitude than a plan of action. The method and concepts of science can help this field achieve the latter status. A system is defined, and current practice in systems engineering is described. The methods of science are described and suggested as a guide for the systems approach. Some of the tools and concepts used in systems work are described.","PeriodicalId":382847,"journal":{"name":"IRE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1960-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114561024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Phasing and Utilization of Engineering Personnel","authors":"G. L. Wagner, J. Redding, F. B. Brown","doi":"10.1109/IRET-EM.1960.5007536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRET-EM.1960.5007536","url":null,"abstract":"A model is presented which permits an analysis of management policy relative to the utilization of engineering manpower. The model is derived by considering the flow of engineering personnel through an organization and the cost attributable to the flow. Analysis of the model indicates that costs will be minimized where engineering policies allow a smooth flow of manpower through the organization. Relative to the cost considered, smooth flow can most readily be achieved by a rather unorthodox organizational structure-the inverted pyramid. Since other costs normally prevent the use of inverted pyramids, another method of approaching the smooth flow idea is explored, in particular, the tactic of varying the time that engineers spend in grade.","PeriodicalId":382847,"journal":{"name":"IRE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1960-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125689767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Standards for Measuring the Effectiveness of Technical Library Performance","authors":"R. E. Maizell","doi":"10.1109/IRET-EM.1960.5007540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRET-EM.1960.5007540","url":null,"abstract":"Current criteria for the evaluations of technical library performance are examined. Data are lacking for establishing standards based on what the better libraries are doing. Guides are presented for evaluating the quality of book and journal collections, the adequacy of reference service, the library's effectiveness in meeting requests, and the impact of a technical library on its associated research laboratory.","PeriodicalId":382847,"journal":{"name":"IRE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1960-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130147807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regression Models for Company Expenditures on and Returns from Research and Development","authors":"I. Horowitz","doi":"10.1109/IRET-EM.1960.5007524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRET-EM.1960.5007524","url":null,"abstract":"Data were gathered on the research expenditures, sales, and profits of a sample of large firms which had been conducting organized research for 25 years or more. A linear relationship is hypothesized for explaining the size of the research budget. Several factors influencing the size of the research budget are examined. A regression model is developed for expressing the returns on R and D expenditures, with lags up to six years. Suggestions are made for the application and possible uses of the method by an individual firm.","PeriodicalId":382847,"journal":{"name":"IRE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1960-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129257931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enculturation in Industrial Research","authors":"Robert W. Avery","doi":"10.1109/IRET-EM.1960.5007526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRET-EM.1960.5007526","url":null,"abstract":"The new researcher undergoes a learning experience in the laboratory, in which he attempts to relate his technical competence to the needs of his employer. More than one hundred members of ten industrial laboratories were interviewed in order to discover the kinds of things the new researcher learns, the problems he encounters, etc., as he first adapts himself to the milieu of the industrial laboratory. Emphasis is placed, in the analysis of these data, on the factors influencing the kinds of ideas he produces and how he handles ideas.","PeriodicalId":382847,"journal":{"name":"IRE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1960-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125414407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Stochastic Model for Determining the Size and Allocation of the Research Budget","authors":"R. Freeman","doi":"10.1109/IRET-EM.1960.5007523","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRET-EM.1960.5007523","url":null,"abstract":"An analytical method is presented for determining the size of the research budget and allocating it among competing projects. A stochastic model is utilized. The over-all profit-maximization of the firm is used as a framework. A hypothetical example is given to illustrate the method.","PeriodicalId":382847,"journal":{"name":"IRE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1960-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116248839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Role Concept of Engineering Managers","authors":"Simon Marcson","doi":"10.1109/IRET-EM.1960.5007528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRET-EM.1960.5007528","url":null,"abstract":"This paper contains preliminary results of a questionnaire survey among engineering managers in a large electronics company. Engineering managers are divided into three levels and compared with respect to their degree of business and professional orientation, their conception of authority, and their understanding of the problems of nonsupervisory engineers.","PeriodicalId":382847,"journal":{"name":"IRE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1960-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114414414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}