Getting it right : R & D methods for science and engineering / Peter Bock ; illustrations by Bettina Scheibe.

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Bock, Peter, 1941-

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9780080491370
0080491375

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Q180.55.M4 B595 2001eb

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Front Cover; Getting It Right: R & D Methods for Science and Engineering; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Biographies; Part I: Introduction; Chapter 1. Research and Development; Chapter 2. Process and Preparation; Part II: Project Organization; Chapter 3. The Project Hierarchy; Chapter 4. The Project Task; Part III: Knowledge Representation; Chapter 5. An Epistemological Journey; Chapter 6. Categories and Types of Knowledge; Chapter 7. Roles of Knowledge Propositions; Chapter 8. Limits of Knowledge; Part IV: The Scientific Method; Chapter 9. Overview; Chapter 10. Analysis.

Summary: Over the past decade, the author has met with directors of R & D departments in large industrial firms, who are frustrated by the lack of coherent and consistent methodologies in R & D projects. As a direct result the author was asked to design and present a seminar to provide R & D engineers and scientists a standard methodology for conducting coherent, rigorous, comprehensible, and consistent R & D projects. The author also realized that this training should be included in engineering and science curricula in universities and colleges. To this end, he designed and presented a pilot course for his de.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-334) and index.

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Over the past decade, the author has met with directors of R & D departments in large industrial firms, who are frustrated by the lack of coherent and consistent methodologies in R & D projects. As a direct result the author was asked to design and present a seminar to provide R & D engineers and scientists a standard methodology for conducting coherent, rigorous, comprehensible, and consistent R & D projects. The author also realized that this training should be included in engineering and science curricula in universities and colleges. To this end, he designed and presented a pilot course for his de.

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