Historical Development of Engineering Management
1) Stones for the pyramids were quarried far to the south (upstream on the Nile River) and were brought downstream on rafts only during the spring flood of the Nile. Discuss some of the planning and organizational implications of this immense logistic effort.
2) Summarize the contribution of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to the dissemination of better methods of (production) shop management. What does this say about your need to be active in at least one professional society?
3) What was the positive value of Max Weber's model of "bureaucracy?"