Implementing Industrial Engineering Policies: A Systems Management Perspective

The iterative nature of the industrial engineering (IE) process requires that it be given managerial direction. This can be achieved through the development of IE policies as an integral component of corporate policies. Not only does this render perspective to IE policies, but it also serves as a motivating force in their implementation. Implementation is essentially a change process and this approach to the analysis of the function is to treat the organisation as an information processing unit in which both the formal and informal channels of organisational communication are utilised to transmit the substance of policy. Further, the relationship thus established between the needs of the organisation and those of its employees can lead to a better understanding and a greater probability of acceptance of policy.