Management Subject Guide


The Information and Library Service compiles occasional subject guides for engineers and students. The aim is to highlight sources of information available in the library and the Institution itself, along with some useful websites to take you further afield.

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Locating Management Information in the IMechE Library

The following is a list of key shelf numbers for the management subject area. If you are looking for a particular book please check the Library Catalogue.

Topic Shelf Number
Benchmarking 658.501
Contracts 620.03
Corporate management 658.4
Financial management 657
Health and safety 614.8
Human resources 658.3
Law 620.07
Management 658
Marketing 658.8
Organisations 658
Operations research 658.51
Production management 658.5
Project management 658.51
Quality and reliability 658.562
Risk management 614.8
Systems failures 614.8

Useful Books

The benchmarking handbook: step-by-step instructions
(Anderson B and Petterson P) 		658.501 AND
From engineer to manager: mastering the transition
(Aucoin BM) 		658.4 AUC
Production planning and control
(Bolton W) 		658.5
BSI, Quality management systems - fundamentals and vocabulary
(BS EN ISO 9000:2000) 		Standards Shelf
Managing projects: how to plan, implement and achieve specific objectives
(Chalmers J) 		658.51 CHA
Owning the future: integrated risk management in practice
(Elms D) 		614.8 ELM
Management of technology and operations
(Gehari RR) 		658 GEH
Just in time
(Hutchins D) 		658.502 HUT
Competitive manufacturing
(Mather H) 		658.5 MAT
Management and organisational behaviour
(Mullin LJ) 		658.1 MUL
Practical reliability engineering
(O'Connor PDT) 		658.562 O'CO
ISO 9001:2000 Quality management system design
(Schlickman J) 		658.562 SCH
Gower handbook of quality management
(Seaver M) 		658.562 GOW
The handbook of health and safety practice
(Stranks JW) 		614.7 STR
Six Sigma: continual improvement for businesses
(Truscott WT) 		658.562 TRU
Marketing across cultures
(Usunier JC) 		658.8 USU
Purchasing and supply train management
(Van Weele AJ) 		658.7 VAN
Butterworths employment law handbook
(Wallington P) 		620.07 WAL

E-books

The following titles are available via Knovel in the IMechE Virtual Library:

Center for Chemical Process Safety/AIChE
Guidelines for Integrating Process Safety Management
Environment
Safety, Health and Quality (1996)
Cloud PA, Developing and Managing Engineering Procedures - Concepts and Applications (2001)
Updated April 2006
Cox S & Tait R, Safety, reliability and risk management: an integrated approach (2nd Edition) (1998)
Juran JM & Godfrey AB, Juran's Quality Handbook (5th Edition) (1999)
Kutz M, Mechanical Engineers' Handbook (2nd Edition) (1998)

The following titles are available via Books24x7 in the IMechE Virtual Library:

A survival guide for project managers, AMACOM, 2006
Engineering and technology management tools, Arctech House, 2002
Developing effective engineering leadership, IET, 2003
Essentials of project management, John Wiley, 2003
Fundamentals of project management, AMACOM, 2007
Harvard business essentials: hiring and keeping, 2002
Implementing Juran’s roac map for quality leadership, John Wiley, 2000
Manager’s toolkit: the 13 skills managers need, Harvard Business School, 2004
Managing complex technical projects, Artech House, 2003
Planning and managing change, AMACOM, 2005
Simplified TRIZ: new problem solving applications, St Lucie Press, 2002
AMA handbook of project management, AMACOM, 2006
The first time manager, AMACOM, 2005

Recent IMechE Management Conferences and Seminars

Please visit Management Papers and Presentations (Archive)

Useful Management Journals

The library has an extensive collection of historical journals including:

Health and safety at work 1 year
Management today 2 years
Proceedings of the Institution of
Mechanical Engineers Part O Journal of
risk and reliability 2006-
Professional manager 2 years
Railway strategies 2002-
The ROSPA occupational safety and
health journal 5 years
What to buy for business 2 years
Works management 5 years

Please check the Library Catalogue to see if the library subscribes to your required journal.

E-journals

The following titles are available via EBSCO Business Source in the IMechE Virtual Library:

Academy of Management Executive
British Journal of Management
Business Strategy Review
European Business Forum
Harvard Business Review
International Journal of Management Reviews
Journal of Economics & Management
Strategy
Journal of Management Studies
Journal of Product Innovation Management
Leadership & Management in Engineering
Manufacturing and Service Operations
Management
R&D Management
Total Quality Management

Databases

Please visit the Virtual Library page for information about the library's databases.

Websites

Please visit Management Web Links

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