IN this issue PROFESSOR J. V. CONNOLLY brings to a conclusion the series of articles on Production Engineering, Administration and Management which have been written at our…
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IN this issue PROFESSOR J. V. CONNOLLY brings to a conclusion the series of articles on Production Engineering, Administration and Management which have been written at our invitation and the publication of which we started in May last year.
A CRITICAL stage in the process of making aircraft occurs with alarming frequency in the history of aviation.
5.31. There are two primary kinds of knowledge. The first includes all that class which is instinctive, intuitive, or accepted as a fact of authority (i.e. one which really arises…
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5.31. There are two primary kinds of knowledge. The first includes all that class which is instinctive, intuitive, or accepted as a fact of authority (i.e. one which really arises from an act of faith).
Some of the physical and intellectual requirements for management have been outlined, and in table ii, para 3.20, some generally agreed qualities are listed. Items 1 to 3 are…
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Some of the physical and intellectual requirements for management have been outlined, and in table ii, para 3.20, some generally agreed qualities are listed. Items 1 to 3 are individual and are not easily altered, certainly not at later stages in a career.
SI Units constitute an internationally agreed measuring system which we, and the rest of the world will use increasingly from now on. The author describes these units and…
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SI Units constitute an internationally agreed measuring system which we, and the rest of the world will use increasingly from now on. The author describes these units and continues with some specialised ones in use in Tribolgoy. He shows how a problem in Tribology is worked out in a fraction of the time that would be taken if using Imperial calculations.
6.01. The borderline between an art and a science can be a narrow one. In an over‐simplified description it might be defined in terms of the content which is susceptible to…
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6.01. The borderline between an art and a science can be a narrow one. In an over‐simplified description it might be defined in terms of the content which is susceptible to measurement by standard and objective means. Most arts have some theory and in them some things which can be measured. Nearly all sciences have a region wherein success is only attained by exercising skill in the art and where no predetermined answer can be got by theory and measurements alone. It can be stated that the conversion of the complex subjects of management or production engineering into sciences depends to a great extent on the use of measurements which will ultimately serve as the raw material for theories or laws. The term ‘scientific management’, when first used, was certainly premature. What should have been suggested is that scientific methods were being used to convert arts into sciences. Even now, after some forty years of development there is some doubt whether the term is not ambitious and a little boastful. But there are clear signs that, in the best cases, the content of art is diminishing to a point where it can reasonably be considered to be the junior partner.
THIS is the first of a scries of articles on the broad subject of Production Engineering. Its object is to introduce and to explain the framework of the subsequent parts; to clear…
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THIS is the first of a scries of articles on the broad subject of Production Engineering. Its object is to introduce and to explain the framework of the subsequent parts; to clear up some current misunderstandings, and to define the scope of the subject. The whole field will be reviewed briefly, not in a highly technical manner but for the practising aeronautical engineer regardless of his specialization; but it is hoped that even those who have an expert knowledge of many of the subjects included in this review will find some clarifications and some ideas which will be useful in their work.
WORK Study is today a much over‐worked word. Like others of its kind it deserves more accurate definition than it usually gets.
With the great advances made during the last decade or so in the fields of rocket engineering, materials research, supersonic aerodynamics, electronics and nuclear physics, the…
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With the great advances made during the last decade or so in the fields of rocket engineering, materials research, supersonic aerodynamics, electronics and nuclear physics, the problem of extra‐terrestrial space flight has been removed from the realm of fantasy to the field of large‐scale engineering problems. Rocket‐powered reaction units occupy a leading position in the field of aeronautical research relating to high speeds, and the industrial application of atomic power is the object of many huge projects at present under development.
The whole of the preceding chapters have attempted to show the various components of the ideal manager's knowledge and mental equipment. At the beginning it is seen that separate…
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The whole of the preceding chapters have attempted to show the various components of the ideal manager's knowledge and mental equipment. At the beginning it is seen that separate subjects, hardly related to one another, form a background of general knowledge necessary (or at least highly desirable) for the formation of sound judgments. These are joined by the specific tool subjects, technologies and skills which have a direct bearing on the practice of management. These, in turn, are combined in the field of control, dealt with in chapter 7.0, where perhaps two or more tools, guided by background knowledge, are used to perform certain important controlling functions necessary in the practice of management. It will, however, be clear from a reference to paragraphs 1.10, 1.20 and from TABLE 1 that all these things are merely part of the manifestations of Management and Administration and not the essence of the functions.