Managing Engineering and Technology Sixth Edition Morse and Babcock

1. Managing Engineering and Technology Sixth EditionMorse and Babcock

2. Managing Engineering and TechnologySixth EditionMorse and Babcock Achieving Effectivenessas an Engineer Chapter 17

4. 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

5. Your Career

6. 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

7. Getting off to Right Start:Boss • Be careful in selectionUnderstand the boss • Keep boss informed • Make boss’s job easy

8. 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

9. Career Stages – Super (1957) • Growth 0–14 • Exploration 15–24 • Establishment 24–44 • Maintenance 45–65 • Disengagement

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

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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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 tobe creativecan alsobe bad

15. Background • Use light color backgrounds • Use the same background consistently throughout your presentation • Black- or white-out a screen

16. Background : No • Avoid backgrounds that are distracting or difficult to read from • Always be consistent with the background that you use

17. Fancy slide transitions and fly-ins get old quickly • Avoid sound effects • Have all bullets appear at once • Avoid reading slides

18. Staying Technically Competent • Knowledge explosion • Master technical literature • Continuing Education • On-the-job activities • Technical societies

19. Professional Societies • Get involved • Do presentations • Write papers

20. Professional Activity • Accreditation • Professional registration • Certification

21. Diversity

22. Percent Bachelor Degrees: Women

23. Percent Bachelor Degrees:Minorities

24. Management and the Engineer

25. Engineering Management: Career • Making the right choice • Preparation Formal degree programs Non-degree coursework Experiential training

26. Time Management

27. Managing Your Time: Time Wasters • Inadequate Information • Ineffective Delegation • Telephone Interruption • Meetings • Unclear Communication

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

29. Tools for Time Management • List Goals • Set Priorities • Develop Action List • Develop Time Log • Handle Mail Once • Consider your energy cycle and environment