Abstract
In this chapter the various types of organisation for which an engineer is likely to work are discussed. The second part of the chapter considers some of the economic and social pressures acting on an industrial enterprise.
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Further Reading
Bale, J., Location of Manufacturing Industry (Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1981).
Betts, R.J., Business Economics for Engineers (McGraw-Hill (UK), Maidenhead, 1980).
Burton, J., The Job Support Machine: A Critique of the Subsidy Morass (Centre for Policy Studies, London, 1979).
Glew, M.T., Watts, M.G., and Wells, R.M., Business Organisation and its Environment, Books 1 and 2 (Heinemann, London, 1979).
Norbury, P. and Bownas, G., Business in Japan (Macmillan, London, 1980).
Reekie, W.D., Macroeconomics for Managers (Phillip Allen, Oxford, 1980).
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Radford, J.D. (1984). Industrial Organisations and their Environment. In: The Engineer and Society. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17506-2_2
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