WordNet
n. the branch of engineering that deals with the creation and management of systems that integrate people and materials and energy in productive ways [syn: industrial engineering]
Usage examples of "industrial management".
His tireless search for a foolproof industrial management job had ended only in a government appointment, but it had not impaired his ability to count cadence.
Captain Swing's influence might still be felt occasionally in rural Ireland, or even in Scotland, but Oliphant attributed this to the Rads' agricultural policies, which tended to lag behind their brilliance in industrial management.
A rather impolitic remark, as Ustinov wore the uniform of a marshal of the Soviet Union, earned for his Party work and industrial management, it nevertheless demonstrated that Filitov was a true New Soviet Man, proud of what he was and mindful of his limitations.