Engineering practice
4 points * 2 lectures per week plus tutorials * First semester * Clayton * Prerequisite: MTE3503
Economic and financial management: mini-macro economic issues, discounted cash flow, net present value. Marketing of technology, quality management: quality assurance, statistical methods. Ethics of professional engineering, legal considerations: OHS, the environment, employer-employee relations, product liability; intellectual property.
Recommended texts
Links P Marketing of technology Nelson, 1987
Peters T J and Watrman Jr R H In search of excellence Harper and Row, 1982
Nayak, P R and Ketteringham J M Breakthroughs Rawson 1986