Title :
"They fought like cats and dogs..." [multi-disciplinary project management]
Author :
Siemieniuch, C.E. ; Sinclair, M.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Aero & Auto Eng., Loughborough Univ., UK
Abstract :
The paper discusses reasons for the mutual incomprehension that can exist in multi-disciplinary projects which involve both industrial or academic engineers and practitioners from the ´soft sciences´. It goes on to suggest ways in which this problem might be obviated in engineering projects.
Keywords :
project engineering; project management; technology transfer; academic-industry collaboration; engineering projects; multi-disciplinary project management; project conflict; soft sciences; Books; Cats; Collaborative work; Companies; Design engineering; Dogs; Engines; Humans; Operations research; Personnel;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering Management Conference, 2002. IEMC '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7385-5
DOI :
10.1109/IEMC.2002.1038537
