DEM 312 MANAGEMENT FOR ENGINEERS

CHAPTER 1 - I

What is Engineer?
The words engineer in Latin, ingenium, which means a talents, natural capacity, or clever invention. Early application of clever invention often were military ones Inventor of products and services that solve problems of interest to society.

What is Engineer?
The Profession in which a knowledge of the mathematical and

natural sciences gained by study, experience, and practice is

applied with judgement to develop ways to utilize,

economically, the materials and forces of nature for the benefit

of mankind.
American Engineering Societies, acting together through the Engineers Council for Professional Development, ECPD

What Engineer Do?

1. Expert in application of science and mathematics to solve problems of interest to society.

2. Expert in application of technology, generally technology limited to the specialty field of the engineer, to solve problems of interest to society. 3. Businessperson or manager of activities that solve problems of interest to society.

Summary
Engineering means, which people make possible the realization of human dreams by extending our reach in the real world.

Engineers are the practitioners of the art of managing the application of science and mathematics

Engineer Thinking Chart

COMMUNICATION barriers
Commitment. Dispersed team members do not feel as connected or committed to the team. They tend to let local priorities, which appear more real, take precedence.
Trust. People naturally trust those they see and work with every day. Time zones. Communication problems between team members are directly proportional to the number of time zones that separate them.

Language. Hesitant to ask questions that would reveal their ignorance, thus widening the communication gap.
Culture. There are also cultural differences between companies and professions that complicate the communication, commitment, and trust factors.

Rules for communication

Every communication method a team uses should have its own rules of use, often known as protocols. Consider voice mail. Its protocols could include: When senders can expect a response. What to do if you cannot provide all the information requested in the voice-mail, or you can't provide it quickly enough. How should senders identity themselves, and how and when can they be reached. What to do if you think the message being sent may be misunderstood. What to do if you don't understand a message you received.

Three kinds of cultures in Industry:

Functional. Engineers, for instance, reason differently, react differently, and are motivated differently than marketers. And any inherent differences have been reinforced over time through training and exposure to other likeminded people.
Organizational. Each company and organization has its own unique style. Apple and IBM, for example, might make similar computers, but their employees have developed quite different values and behaviours. An Apple employee would probably be uncomfortable at IBM, and vice versa. National. Different countries have developed different styles of human interaction too.