Transcript 17- Achieving Effectiveness as an Engineer.pptx

Managing Engineering and
Technology
Sixth Edition
Morse and Babcock
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Managing Engineering and Technology
Sixth Edition
Morse and Babcock
Achieving Effectiveness
as an Engineer
Chapter 17
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Personal Technology
Ethics
Career
Diversity
Time Management
Global
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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)
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Growth
Exploration
Establishment
Maintenance
Disengagement
0–14
15–24
24–44
45–65
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Charting Your Career
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Operational
Research and Design
Management
Entrepreneurial
Consulting
Writing
Academic
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Effective Communication
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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 32
• Font size 20
Font size 36
Font size 32
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
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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
2007
4.2
5.0
11.8
6.5
4.9
13.3
6.2
0.2
0.5
0.5
Engineering
African Americans 3.6
Asian Americans 9.9
Hispanic
Americans
Native Americans
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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
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Inadequate Information
Ineffective Delegation
Telephone Interruption
Meetings
Unclear Communication
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Time Wasters, cont
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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
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