{"product_id":"engineering-your-future-isbn-9780470900444","title":"Engineering Your Future","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRound out your technical engineering abilities with the business know-how you need to succeed\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTechnical competency, the \"hard side\" of engineering and other technical professions, is necessary but not sufficient for success in business. Young engineers must also develop nontechnical or \"soft-side\" competencies like communication, marketing, ethics, business accounting, and law and management in order to fully realize their potential in the workplace. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis updated edition of \u003ci\u003eEngineering Your Future\u003c\/i\u003e is the go-to resource on the nontechnical aspects of professional practice for engineering students and young technical professionals alike. The content is explicitly linked to current efforts in the reform of engineering education including ABET's Engineering Criteria 2000, ASCE's Body of Knowledge, and those being undertaken by AAEE, AIChE and ASME. The book treats essential nontechnical topics you'll encounter in your career, like self-management, interpersonal relationships, teamwork, project and total quality management, design, construction, manufacturing, engineering economics, organizational structures, business accounting, and much more. Features new to this revised edition include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA stronger emphasis on management and leadership\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA focus on personal growth and developing relationships\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExpanded treatment of project management\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCoverage of how to develop a quality culture and ways to encourage creative and innovative thinking\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA discussion of how the results of design, the root of engineering, come to fruition in constructing and manufacturing, the fruit of engineering\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew information on accounting principles that can be used in your career-long financial planning\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn in-depth treatment of how engineering students and young practitioners can and should anticipate, participate in, and ultimately effect change\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf you're a student or young practitioner starting your engineering career, \u003ci\u003eEngineering Your Future\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the Third Edition xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations xxix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 Introduction: Engineering and the Engineer 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Playing Field 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinitions of Engineering 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Seven Qualities of Effective Leaders 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Engineer as Builder 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Thoughts: Common Sense, Common Practice, and Good Habits 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCited Sources 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Bibliography 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 Leading and Managing: Getting Your Personal House in Order 27\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStart with You 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmployment or Graduate School? 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Work Environment: Culture Shock? 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe First Few Months of Practice: Make or Break Time 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManaging Personal Professional Assets: Building Individual Equity 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Thoughts: Getting Your Personal House in Order 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCited Sources 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Bibliography 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 Communicating to Make Things Happen 73\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFive Forms of Communication 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Distinctions between Writing and Speaking 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eListening: Using Ears and Eyes 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriting Tips: How to Write to Make Things Happen 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpeaking Tips: How to Speak to Make Things Happen 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Thoughts about Writing and Speaking 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCited Sources 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Bibliography 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 Developing Relationships 123\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking the Next Career Step 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersonality Profiles 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaslow’s Hierarchy of Needs 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheories X and Y 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDelegation: Why Put Off Until Tomorrow What Someone Else Can Do Today? 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrchestrating Meetings 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorking with Technologists, Technicians, and Other Team Members 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelecting Co-Workers and “Managing Your Boss” 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCaring Isn’t Coddling 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoaching 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTeamwork 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEffective Professional Meeting and Conference Attendance 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Thoughts about Developing Relationships 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCited Sources 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Bibliography 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 Project Management: Planning, Executing, and Closing 167\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProject Broadly Defined 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProject Management Defined 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Centrality of Project Management 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelevance of Project Management to the Student and Entry-Level Technical Person 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlanning the Project 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExecuting the Project 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClosing the Project 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClosure: Common Sense and Self Discipline 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCited Sources 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Bibliography 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 Project Management: Critical Path Method and Scope Creep 195\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis Chapter Relative to the Preceding Chapter 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Critical Path Method 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScope Creep 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCited Sources 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Bibliography 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7 Quality: What Is It and How Do We Achieve It? 231\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEveryone Is for It! 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuality Defined 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Caution for Engineers and Other Technical Personnel 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuality Control and Quality Assurance 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for Developing a Quality Seeking Culture 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTools and Techniques for Stimulating Creative and Innovative Thinking 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClosure: Commit to Quality 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCited Sources 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Bibliography 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8 Design: To Engineer Is to Create 269\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Root of Engineering 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis Chapter’s Approach 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesign in the Context of Major Engineering Functions 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Disproportionate Impact of the Design Function 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesign in Terms of Deliverables 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesign as Risky Business 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesign as a Personally-Satisfying and People-Serving Process 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Words “Engineer” and “Create” 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClosing Thoughts About Design 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCited Sources 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Bibliography 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9 Building: Constructing and Manufacturing 283\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Engineer as Builder 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConstructing 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManufacturing 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDifferences between Constructing and Manufacturing 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClosing Thoughts about Constructing and Manufacturing 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCited Sources 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Bibliography 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 296\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10 Basic Accounting: Tracking the Past and Planning the Future 299\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelevance of Accounting to the Engineer 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Balance Sheet: How Much Is It Worth? 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Income Statement: Inflow and Outflow 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersonal Income Statement 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBusiness Income Statement 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelationship between the Balance Sheet and the Income Statement 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccounting for Your Future 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Impact of Time Utilization Rate and Expense Ratio on Profitability in the Consulting Business 314\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Multiplier 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Income Statement as Part of the Business Plan for a Consulting Firm 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProject Overruns: Implications for Profitability and Personnel 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Thoughts about You and Accounting 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCited Sources 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Bibliography 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11 Legal Framework 329\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Law for Engineers? 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLegal Terminology 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanging Attitudes: Forewarned is Forearmed 334\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiability: Incurring It 334\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiability: Failures and Learning from Them 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiability: Minimizing It 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaintaining Perspective on Liability Minimization 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLegal Forms of Business Ownership 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Comments about the Legal Framework 347\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCited Sources 347\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Bibliography 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12 Ethics: Dealing with Dilemmas 353\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInevitable Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions 353\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefining Ethics 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTeaching and Learning Ethics 356\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLegal and Ethical Domain 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCodes of Ethics 362\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDealing with Ethical Dilemmas: Using Codes and Other Resources 370\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthics Codes 371\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study: Discovering a Major Design Error after Construction Is Complete 374\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Thoughts: Seeing Sermons 376\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCited Sources 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Bibliography 378\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 379\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 13 Role and Selection of Consultants 381\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsultant Defined and Why You Should Care 381\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Retain a Consultant? Let’s Do It Ourselves! 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharacteristics of Successful Consultants 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsultant Selection Process 387\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrice-Based Selection: Three Costs to the Consultant 397\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions about the Role and Selection of Consultants 400\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCited Sources 401\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Bibliography 401\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 402\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 14 Marketing: A Mutually-Beneficial Process 403\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsider Your View of Marketing: Are You Carrying Some Baggage? 403\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter’s Scope 404\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Economic Motivation for Marketing Professional\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eServices 405\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarketing and Selling: Different but Related 406\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarketing Techniques and Tools 412\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Works and What Doesn’t Work 426\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarketing Concluding Comments 427\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCited Sources 428\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Bibliography 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 15 The Future and You 431\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Does the Future Hold? 431\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe World You Will Work In: Same Role but New Stage 432\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Lead Change 438\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Thoughts about You and the Future 451\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCited Sources 452\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Bibliography 453\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 454\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Engineering your Future Supports ABET Basic Level Criterion 3 455\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Engineering Your Future Supports ABET Program Criteria for Civil and Similarly-Named Engineering Programs 457\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix C: Engineering Your Future Supports the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge 459\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 461\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author 469\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTUART G. WALESH, P\u003csmall\u003eH\u003c\/small\u003eD, PE,\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent consultant who provides management, engineering, and education\/training services to private, public, academic, and volunteer sector organizations. With over forty years of engineering, education, and management experience in the government, academic, and private sectors, Walesh has worked as a project manager, department head, discipline manager, author, marketer, sole proprietor, professor, and dean of an engineering college.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRound out your technical engineering abilities with the business know-how you need to succeed\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTechnical competency, the \"hard side\" of engineering and other technical professions, is necessary but not sufficient for success in business. Young engineers must also develop nontechnical or \"soft-side\" competencies like communication, marketing, ethics, business accounting, and law and management in order to fully realize their potential in the workplace. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis updated edition of \u003ci\u003eEngineering Your Future\u003c\/i\u003e is the go-to resource on the nontechnical aspects of professional practice for engineering students and young technical professionals alike. The content is explicitly linked to current efforts in the reform of engineering education including ABET's Engineering Criteria 2000, ASCE's Body of Knowledge, and those being undertaken by AAEE, AIChE and ASME. The book treats essential nontechnical topics you'll encounter in your career, like self-management, interpersonal relationships, teamwork, project and total quality management, design, construction, manufacturing, engineering economics, organizational structures, business accounting, and much more. 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