From Engineer to Manager: Mastering the Transition (Technology Management & Professional Development Library) - Hardcover

Aucoin, B. Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1580530044 ISBN 13: 9781580530040

Publisher: Artech House, 2002

Synopsis

If you are looking for a lively, down-to-earth experience in the journey to innovative engineering management, this is definitely the book for you. The author's 20-plus year perspective indicates that, while most engineers will spend the majority of their careers as managers, most are dissatisfied with the transition. Much of this frustration is the result of lack of preparation and training. This book gives you a solid grounding in the critical attitudes and principles needed for success. The book teaches you how to internalize the attitudes and master the associated skills needed to excel in, and be satisfied with your transition to management. Learn how to communicate more effectively and improve relationships with your colleagues. Realize an improved use of your time, resulting primarily from learning and practicing a number of "soft" skills which flow from developing the necessary attitudes for management. Use your newly acquired skills to solve immediate problems. Then, apply the six fundamental principles in your on-going work with engineering teams, and management.

About this title

Synopsis

This text is for engineers looking for help in making a smooth transition to the management team. The author's 20-plus-year perspective indicates that, while most engineers will spend the majority of their careers as managers, most are dissatisfied with the transition. Much of this frustration is the result of lack of preparation and training. This book aims to provide a solid grounding in the critical attitudes and principles needed for success. In this guide, new managers are taught to take on board the attitudes and master the associated skills to excel in, and be satisfied with, the transition to management. The book explains how to communicate more effectively and improve relationships with colleagues. Professionals learn how to use their newly acquired skills to solve immediate problems. Moreover, they are shown how to apply six fundamental principles to their on-going work with engineering teams and management.

Edition details

• Publisher: Artech House
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1580530044
• ISBN 13: 9781580530040
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 358