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Managing Engineering and Technology

Sixth Edition

Morse and Babcock

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Managing Engineering and Technology Sixth Edition

Morse and Babcock

Achieving Effectivenessas an Engineer

Chapter 17

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Ethics

Career

Personal Technology

Global

Time Management

Diversity

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Chapter Objectives• Discuss steps in getting off to a right

start in a new job• Explain why communication skills

are important to an engineer• Discuss ways to remain technically

competent in the engineering field• Discuss the position of women and

minorities in engineering• Discuss techniques to manage time

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Your Career

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Getting Off to Right Start: You• Make your mark in first few years

• Go extra mile and meet deadlines

• Look for visibility

• Learn the corporate culture

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Getting off to Right Start:Boss• Be careful in selection

Understand the boss

• Keep boss informed

• Make boss’s job easy

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Getting off to Right Start:Associates• Don’t invade another division• Make your complaints to the person

responsible• Keep old school ties• You are the company’s

representative

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Career Stages – Super (1957)

• Growth 0–14• Exploration 15–24• Establishment 24–44• Maintenance 45–65• Disengagement

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Charting Your Career• Operational• Research and Design• Management• Entrepreneurial• Consulting• Writing• Academic

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Effective Communication• Active listening• Nonverbal• Written report• Oral brief• Visual aids• Grapevine

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Visual Aids : Slides• Font size 44 Font size 44

• Font size 36 Font size 36

• Font size 32 Font size 32

• Font size 20 Font size 20

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Color : Good

• Use a text color that contrasts sharply with the background Base on room’s lighting

• Use color to emphasize a point– But only use this occasionally

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Color : Bad• Using a font color that does not

contrast with the background color is hard to read

• Using a different color for each point is unnecessary

• Trying to be creative can also be bad

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Background

• Use light color backgrounds

• Use the same background consistently throughout your presentation

• Black- or white-out a screen

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Background : No• Avoid backgrounds that are

distracting or difficult to read from

• Always be consistent with the background that you use

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• Fancy slide transitions and fly-ins get old quickly

• Avoid sound effects

• Have all bullets appear at once

• Avoid reading slides

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Staying Technically Competent

• Knowledge explosion• Master technical literature• Continuing Education• On-the-job activities• Technical societies

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Professional Societies

• Get involved

• Do presentations

• Write papers

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Professional Activity

• Accreditation

• Professional registration

• Certification

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Diversity

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Percent Bachelor Degrees: Women

1985 1991 2000 2007 Engineering 14.5 15.6 20.6 18.1

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Percent Bachelor Degrees:Minorities

1991 2000 2007EngineeringAfrican Americans 3.6 5.0 4.9Asian Americans 9.9 11.8 13.3Hispanic Americans

4.2 6.5 6.2

Native Americans 0.2 0.5 0.5

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Management and the Engineer

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Engineering Management: Career• Making the right choice

• Preparation Formal degree programs Non-degree coursework Experiential training

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Time Management

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Managing Your Time: Time Wasters

• Inadequate Information• Ineffective Delegation• Telephone Interruption• Meetings• Unclear Communication

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Time Wasters, cont• Crises• Unfinished tasks• Drop-in visitors• Indecision/Procrastination• Lack of self-discipline

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Tools for Time Management–List Goals–Set Priorities–Develop Action List–Develop Time Log–Handle Mail Once–Consider your energy cycle and

environment