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Textbooks for courses in Fall 2020 semester

(Update on Sept 8) ISE 5124 Management of Quality and Reliability has updated links for Steinway & Sons and Hank Kolb case studies.

(Update on Aug 18) ISE 3414 POR has a new link to the textbook.

(Updated on Aug 17) ISE 2014 Engineering Economy's textbook was changed to REQUIRED, and MyLab Engineering is no longer required.

(updated on Aug 3) ISE 4004 Theory of Organization has updates on the Required textbooks.

Course Textbook
ISE 2004
Intro to ISE
No textbook
ISE 2014
Eng. Economy
Engineering Economy (17th Ed., 2019) by Sullivan, Wicks, Koelling; Pearson; ISBN 978-0134870069 (hardcover), 978-0134838137 (loose-leaf, student value version), REQUIRED
ISE 2204
Manuf Proc
No Textbook: course materials will be posted online.
ISE 2214
Manuf Proc Lab
No Textbook: course materials will be provided in class
ISE 3034
Technical Communication for Engineers
Technical Communication (12th Ed., 2017) by Mike Markel, Stuart A. Selber; Bedford/St. Martin's; ISBN 978-1319058616, REQUIRED
ISE 3214
Facilities Planning & Logistics
Facilities Planning (4th Ed., 2011) by James A. Tompkins, John A. White, Yavuz A. Bozer, J. M. A. Tanchoco; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; ISBN 978-0470444047, Recommended
ISE 3414
Prob OR

1.  Modeling Random Processes for Engineers and Managers (1st Ed., 2009) by James Solberg; Wiley; ISBN 978-0470322550, REQUIRED
New! Here is the link to an e-book version: https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Modeling+Random+Processes+for+Engineers+and+Managers-p-9780470473092

2.  The Little Book of Probability: Essentials of Probability for Stochastic Processes and Simulation (2nd Ed., 2012) by Michael Taaffe and Bruce W. Schmeiser; CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; ISBN 978-1452882925, Recommended

3.  MATLAB (software), Available via VT student engineering software

ISE 3434
Det OR II
No textbook: Instructor will use his own open-source lecture notes.
ISE 3614
Intro to HF Eng

1. Designing for people: An introduction to human factors engineering (3rd Ed., 2017) by John D. Lee, Christopher D. Wickens, Yili Liu, and Linda NG Boyle; CreateSpace; ISBN 978-1539808008; REQUIRED

2. The design of everyday things (2013) by Don Norman; Basic Books; ISBN 978-0465050659; REQUIRED

Course Textbook
ISE 4004
Theory of Organization

1. The Functions of the Executive (30th Ed., 1971) by Chester Barnard; Harvard University Press; ISBN 978-0674328037; REQUIRED

2. A Very Short Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Leadership (2nd Ed., 2011) by Brad Jackson & Ken Parry; SAGE Publications; ISBN 978-1849207393.; REQUIRED

3. The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership (6th Ed., 2013) by Steven B. Sample; Jossey-Bass; ISBN 978-0787967079; REQUIRED CANCELLED

4. (new 3rd textbook) Leading Virtual Teams: Managing from a Distance During the Coronavirus (April 2020) by Catherine Mattiske; Tpc - The Performance Company; ISBN 978-1921547997.

ISE 4005
Proj Mgmt & Sys Design I
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) (6th Ed., 2017) by Project Management Institute; ISBN 978-1628251845; Recommended
Link to eBook at VT Library
ISE 4015
Mgmt Sys Theo, App & Dec
No textbook: course materials will be provided in class.
ISE 4214
Lean Manufacturing
Toyota Production System: An Integrated Approach to Just In Time (4th Ed., 2012) by Yasuhiro Monden; CRC Press; ISBN 978-1439820971; REQUIRED
ISE 4404
Stat Quality Control
Statistical Quality Control (7th Ed., 2012) by Douglas Montgomery; Wiley, ISBN 978-1118146811; REQUIRED
ISE 4424
Logistics Engineering

1. Logistics Engineering & Management (6th Ed., 2004) by Benjamin S. Blanchard; Pearson; ISBN 978-0131429154; REQUIRED

2. Introduction to Logistics Systems Planning and Control (2004) by Gianpaolo Ghiani, Gilbert Laporte, Roberto Musmanno; Wiley; ISBN 978-0470849163; Recommended

ISE 4644
Occup Safety & Haz Ctrl
System Safety Engineering and Risk Assessment: A Practical Approach (2nd Ed., 2017) by Nicolas Bahr; CRC Press; ISBN 978-1138893368; REQUIRED
ISE 4984
Machine Learning: Comp Data Analytics
The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction (2nd Ed., 2017) by Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani, Jerome Friedman; Springer; ISBN 978-0387848570; Recommended
Course Textbook
ISE 5015
Management of Change, Innovation & Performance in Organizational Systems, Pt 1

1. Leading Change (2012 or older versions) by John Kotter; Harvard Business Review; ISBN 978-1422186435; REQUIRED

2.  The Executive Guide to Understanding and Implementing the Baldrige Criteria: Improve Revenue and Create Organizational Excellence (2007) by Leonard, D. and McGuire, M.; American Society for Quality Press; ISBN 978-0873897174; REQUIRED

3. The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization (1990) by Peter Senge; Doubleday; ISBN 978-0385517256; REQUIRED

4. The resilient enterprise: overcoming vulnerability for competitive advantage (2005) by Yossi Sheffi; MIT Press Books; ISBN 978-0262195379; REQUIRED

ISE 5024
ISE Seminar
No Textbook in this course
ISE 5034
Mathematical Probability and Statistics for Industrial Engineers
Introduction to Mathematical Statistics (8th Ed., 2019) by Hogg, McKean, Craig; Pearson; ISBN 978-0134686998
ISE 5124
Management of Quality and Reliability

1. Managing for Quality and Performance Excellence (11th Ed., 2020) by James Evans & William Lindsay; Cengage; ISBN 978-0357118269 (e-book); REQUIRED

2. Steinway and Sons (1981) by David Garvin, Harvard Business School Case # 682-025; REQUIRED

3. Hank Kolb, Director, Quality Assurance (1981) by W. Earl Sasser, Harvard Business School Case # 681-083; REQUIRED

4. 2019-2020 Baldrige Excellence Framework (link on NIST); REQUIRED

ISE 5144
Performance and Productivity Measurement and Evaluation

1. Data envelopment analysis: a comprehensive text with models, applications, references and DEA-solver software (2nd Ed., 2007) by William Cooper, Laurence Seiford, Kaoru Tone; Springer; ISBN 978-0387452838; Recommended

2. No-Nonsense Guide to Measuring Productivity (1987) by W. Bruce Chew; Harvard Business School, Case # 88102; REQUIRED

3. The New Productivity Challenge (1991) by Peter F. Drucker; Harvard Business School, Case # 91605; REQUIRED

4. Why Some Factories are More Productive than Others (1986) by Robert H. Hayes, Kim B. Clark; Harvard Business School, Case # 86508; REQUIRED

ISE 5164
Transfer and Application of Emerging Technology

1. Managing Innovation: Integrating Technological, Market and Organizational Change (6th Ed., 2017) by Joe Tidd and John R. Bessant; John Wiley & Sons; ISBN 978-1119441090; REQUIRED

2. Willing at New Products: Creating Value Through Innovation (5th Ed., 2017) by Cooper; Basic Books; ISBN 978-0465093328; REQUIRED

3. Revolutionizing Product Development: Quantum Leaps in Speed, Efficiency and Quality (2011) by Wheelwright; Free Press; ISBN 978-1451676297; REQUIRED

4. Intellectual Property Strategy (2011) by Palfrey; The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series; ISBN 978-0262516792; REQUIRED

ISE 5204
Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Modeling and Analysis of Manufacturing Systems (1993) by Askin and Standridge; John Wiley & Sons; ISBN 978-0471514183; REQUIRED
ISE 5264
Modeling and Analysis of Semiconductor Manufacturing
No textbook: course materials will be provided in class
ISE 5405
Optimization I
Linear programming and network flows (4th Ed., 2010) by Bazarra, M.S., Jarvis, J.J., and Sherali H.D.; John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-0470462720; REQUIRED
ISE 5424
Simulation I
No textbook: Instructor will post course syllabus before semester starts, and it will have a link to the e-book
ISE 5434
Economic Evaluation of Industrial Projects

1. Contemporary Engineering Economics (6th Ed., 2016) by Park; Pearson/Prentice Hall; ISBN 978-0134105598; REQUIRED

2. Managing by the Numbers (2000) by Chuck Kremer, Ron Rizzuto, John Case; Basic Books; ISBN 0738202568; REQUIRED

ISE 5604
Human Information Processing
Engineering Psychology and Human Performance (4th Ed, 2012) by Wickens and Hollands; New York, NY: Psychology Press; ISBN 978-0205021987; REQUIRED
ISE 5614
Human Physical Capabilities
Occupational Biomechanics (4th Ed., 2006) by Don B. Chaffin, Gunnar B. J. Andersson, Bernard J. Martin; Wiley; ISBN 978-0471723431; Recommended
ISE 5654
Human Factors System Design
Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics (4th Ed., 2012) by Salvendy; Wiley; ISBN 978-0470528389; REQUIRED
ISE 5734
Occup Health Safety Practicum
No textbook
ISE 5984
Industrial Robotics

1. Robot Modeling and Control (2006) by M. W. Spong, S. Hutchinson, and M. Vidyasagar; Wiley; ISBN 978-0471649908; Recommended

2. A Mathematical Introduction to Robotic Manipulation (1997) by R. Murray, Z. Li, and S. Sastry; CRC Press; ISBN 978-0849379819; Recommended

ISE 5984
Machine Learning: Comp Data Analytics
The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction (2nd Ed., 2017) by Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani, Jerome Friedman; Springer; ISBN 978-0387848570; Recommended

 

Course Textbook
ISE 6604
Human Factors in Visual Display Systems

1. Displays: Fundamentals & Applications (2nd Ed., 2016) by Rolf R. Hainich, Oliver Bimber; Taylor and Francis; ISBN 978-1315367408; Link to the book via VT Library (login required); REQUIRED

2. Display and Interface Design (2011) by Kevin B. Bennett, John M. Flach; Taylor & Francis; ISBN 978-0429149801; Link to the book via VT Library (login required); REQUIRED