Leonard, PierreKruger, P.S. (Paul Stephanus), 1944-Moll, C.M.2008-08-272008-08-272006-05Leonard, P, Kruger, PS & Moll, CM 2006, 'The development of a strategic industrial engineering philosophy', South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 1-12. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_indeng.html]1012-277Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/6752The proposed expansion of the Industrial Engineering discipline, termed Strategic Industrial Engineering, holds that scientific industrial engineering knowledge may be applied to capitalistic systems with the strategic goal of maximising wealth for the corporate shareholders. This paper provides an overview of the development of such a Strategic Industrial Engineering Philosophy and discusses the possible application of this philosophy in improving the capital productivity of an organisation.Die voorgestelde uitbreiding van die Bedryfsingenieurswesedissipline, genaamd Strategiese Bedryfsingenieurswese, beweer dat wetenskaplike bedryfsingenieurswesekennis toegepas mag word op kapitalistiese stelsels met die maksimisering van welvaart vir die korporatiewe aandeelhouers as die strategiese doelwit. Hierdie artikel verskaf ’n oorsig van die ontwikkeling van so ’n Strategiese Bedryfsingenieurswesefilosofie en bespreek die moontlike toepassing van hierdie filosofie in die verbetering van die kapitaalproduktiwiteit van ’n onderneming122680 bytesapplication/pdfenSouthern African Institute for Industrial EngineeringStrategic industrial engineeringIndustrial engineering philosophyIndustrial engineering knowledgeCapitalistic systemsMaximising wealthIndustrial engineering -- PhilosophyIndustrial productivityCurriculum planning -- South AfricaOrganizational changeArticle