Pegasus Book Club » Engineering

The Laws of Simplicity

Alexis Leon — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:20:36 +0000

If you are a designer, then this book is for you. I use the word ‘designer’ very loosely. It should include everyone who has something to with designing—from housewives who design the daily meals, gardeners who plan and create beautiful landscapes, teachers who design their courses, software engineers who design software applications, writers who creates [...]

Kaizen

Alexis Leon — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 07:31:16 +0000

The Key to Japan’s Competitive Success

In this beautifully written and illustrated book, Imai brings together the management philosophies, theories and tools that have been developed and used over the years in Japan. Kaizen means continuous improvement. All the techniques and tools described in this book will help one achieve continuous improvement in his/her workplace.

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Introduction to Work Study

Alexis Leon — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 07:29:52 +0000

A very simple yet complete book on Work Study. This book has been used all over the world since its publication in 1957. The book presents the subject matter in a simplified manner with numerous examples of work study practice, a large number of which are based on the experience of ILO management development advisers [...]

Human Factors in Engineering and Design

Alexis Leon — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 07:26:40 +0000

Ever since the first edition was published in 1957, this landmark book (then titled Human Engineering) has been considered as a Bible in the area of Human Factors in engineering and design. This is a course book and a good reference for Industrial Engineers, Designers, Architects, etc. Any person who is involved in any way [...]

Engines of Innovation

Alexis Leon — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 07:23:19 +0000

U.S. Industrial Research at the End of an Era

This book is about research. The global competitiveness of any country depends on the fruits of scientific research. This book is about the state of research in America. In the past the research laboratories of AT&T, Bell Labs, IBM, Xerox, etc. were creating new and powerful technologies. [...]

Product Juggernauts

Alexis Leon — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 07:18:35 +0000

How Companies Mobilize to Generate a Stream of Market Winners

Product Juggernauts deals with the story of companies, which have become market leaders by producing world class, high quality products continuously; companies, which have redefined existing markets, created new ones, and have taken the war into the enemy camps. Such companies have achieved their phenomenal success [...]

Building a Chain of Customers

Alexis Leon — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:07:10 +0000

Linking Business Functions to Create World Class Company

There is a Indian proverb which says ‘ if you want learn something, learn from a master’. So when you want to learn about how to create a world class company, there is no better ‘master’ to learn from than Richard Schonberger. In this path breaking and landmark [...]