This updated textbook provides a resource on the non-technical aspects of professional practice for both engineering students and young technical professionals. Coverage supports the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) s Engineering Criteria 2000, as well as ASCE s current BoK and ASME and AIChE s BoKs. The book treats essential non-technical topics like self-management, communication, interpersonal relationships, teamwork, project and total quality management, design, construction, manufacturing, engineering economics, organizational structures, business accounting, law,…mehr
This updated textbook provides a resource on the non-technical aspects of professional practice for both engineering students and young technical professionals. Coverage supports the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) s Engineering Criteria 2000, as well as ASCE s current BoK and ASME and AIChE s BoKs. The book treats essential non-technical topics like self-management, communication, interpersonal relationships, teamwork, project and total quality management, design, construction, manufacturing, engineering economics, organizational structures, business accounting, law, ethics, consulting, and marketing. Engineering Your Future concludes with the future world of work, paradigms, and leadership.
Stuart G. Walesh, PhD, PE, Dist.M.ASCE, F.NSPE, practicing as an independent consultant-teacher-author, provides management, engineering, leadership, and education services to business, public, academic, and other organizations. He earned engineering degrees from Valparaiso University, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Wisconsin. Walesh's technical specialty is water resources engineering, he researched and published eight books, and current interests include creativity and innovation and the education and early experience of engineers.
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Preface to the Third Edition xix Acknowledgments xxvii List of Abbreviations xxix Chapter 1 Introduction: Engineering and the Engineer 1 Chapter 2 Leading and Managing: Getting Your Personal House in Order 27 Chapter 3 Communicating to Make Things Happen 73 Chapter 4 Developing Relationships 123 Chapter 5 Project Management: Planning, Executing, and Closing 167 Chapter 6 Project Management: Critical Path Method and Scope Creep 195 Chapter 7 Quality: What Is It and How Do We Achieve It? 231 Chapter 8 Design: To Engineer Is to Create 269 Chapter 9 Building: Constructing and Manufacturing 283 Chapter 10 Basic Accounting: Tracking the Past and Planning the Future 299 Chapter 11 Legal Framework 329 Chapter 12 Ethics: Dealing with Dilemmas 353 Chapter 13 Role and Selection of Consultants 381 Chapter 14 Marketing: A Mutually-Beneficial Process 403 Chapter 15 The Future and You 431 Appendix A: Engineering your Future Supports ABET Basic Level Criterion 3 455 Appendix B: Engineering Your Future Supports ABET Program Criteria for Civil and Similarly-Named Engineering Programs 457 Appendix C: Engineering Your Future Supports the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge 459 Index 461 About the Author 469
Preface to the Third Edition xix Acknowledgments xxvii List of Abbreviations xxix Chapter 1 Introduction: Engineering and the Engineer 1 Chapter 2 Leading and Managing: Getting Your Personal House in Order 27 Chapter 3 Communicating to Make Things Happen 73 Chapter 4 Developing Relationships 123 Chapter 5 Project Management: Planning, Executing, and Closing 167 Chapter 6 Project Management: Critical Path Method and Scope Creep 195 Chapter 7 Quality: What Is It and How Do We Achieve It? 231 Chapter 8 Design: To Engineer Is to Create 269 Chapter 9 Building: Constructing and Manufacturing 283 Chapter 10 Basic Accounting: Tracking the Past and Planning the Future 299 Chapter 11 Legal Framework 329 Chapter 12 Ethics: Dealing with Dilemmas 353 Chapter 13 Role and Selection of Consultants 381 Chapter 14 Marketing: A Mutually-Beneficial Process 403 Chapter 15 The Future and You 431 Appendix A: Engineering your Future Supports ABET Basic Level Criterion 3 455 Appendix B: Engineering Your Future Supports ABET Program Criteria for Civil and Similarly-Named Engineering Programs 457 Appendix C: Engineering Your Future Supports the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge 459 Index 461 About the Author 469
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