ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses skills to manage oneself and also a team. It addresses some of the concepts of management and outlines skills required by engineers to manage the resources of people and time. The chapter also addresses the need to manage people and time. It provides the importance of personality characteristics of individuals and the roles individuals take in teams. The chapter describes skills that are required in managing day to day activities and provide the basis for undertaking many basic engineering activities such as planning, design and construction. Engineers therefore have to develop good communication and interpersonal skills to perform in teams and manage people. Developing leadership skills in the workforce is a strategy of many organizations. The skills required by an engineer are many and varied. All engineers require some management expertise to undertake engineering work. Effective time management is crucial to accomplishing tasks and goals, as well as having time for personal enjoyment.
