ABSTRACT
Transitioning new engineers into professionals who can blend in and contribute to the technical organization is, at best, doubtful. Trained in the "nuts and bolts" of a technical subject, new engineers have little to no training on the "soft" skills of how to work within an organization. This robust guide shows new engineers how to quickly operate and succeed within their new engineering organization.
Navigating the Engineering Organization: A New Engineer’s Guide
focuses on the group behaviors of technical organizations. It provides a rigorous organizational framework to operate from and delivers guidance using a dual approach of academic insight and professional experience. Through numerous case studies, the book presents actual experiential guidance and offers a method on how to extend the insights covered in the book and turn them into a valuable personal model, valid throughout the engineer’s career. It helps readers understand quickly the unique values and expectations within their new engineering organization and guides them in discovering the proper ways to respond to these expectations. They can then act on these insights to deliver successful results, now and throughout their careers.
The approach and goals found in this book provide a building block to help all new engineers cross the "Great Divide" from student to professional and succeed in their new engineering organization.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|62 pages
Preparing for Change
chapter 3|38 pages
Embracing a New Mindset
part Two|58 pages
Guiding the Way: Adopting the Essential Engineering Framework
chapter 4|26 pages
Establishing the Essential Engineering Framework
chapter 5|30 pages
A Tour of the Inner Core
part Three|162 pages
Operating within the Inner Core
chapter 6|36 pages
Navigating the Formal Organization
chapter 7|36 pages
Understanding Human and Hard Resources
chapter 8|26 pages
Exercising the Technical System
chapter 9|26 pages
Searching for the Hidden Organization
chapter 10|36 pages
Ubiquitous Communication
part Four|72 pages
Creating a Personal Roadmap