Contents

Introduction ix

1. A Short History of the Organization of Engineering Work:

Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Likely to Go 1
The Organization Man Concept...................................................................1
The Change in the 1980s ..............................................................................4
The Resulting New Role of the Engineer ....................................................7

2. The Engineering Education Needs for the Future 11

The Skills Needs Assessment, Then and Now...........................................11
The Skills Philosophy Needed for the Successful Engineer
Practicing in the Early 21st Century ......................................................14
Current Training Regime for Engineers While in School,
and Why It Is Inadequate........................................................................16
How the Curriculum Must Change to Be an Effective Training
Mechanism...............................................................................................18
How to Introduce Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum ......................26
Summary.....................................................................................................32

3. The Entrepreneur’s First Step: Learning About and Using

the Art of Project Management 35
Enlightened Self-Interest ...........................................................................36
The Skills to Bridge the Engineer-Employee to the Engineer-
Entrepreneur ...........................................................................................39
A Short Tutorial on Project Management .................................................39
Some Final Thoughts on Project Management ........................................69

4. From a Business Team Member to a Business Owner 71

Purpose of a Business.................................................................................71
Vision and Mission Statement ...................................................................74
Functions of a Business .............................................................................78
The Basic Organization of a Business.......................................................79
Using the 7 Steps of the Manufacturing System ......................................81
The Intricacies of Organization in Applying the 7 Steps of
the Manufacturing System, Using the Basic Manufacturing
Resources Planning (MRP II) System ....................................................86
Developing an Organization Compatible to the 7 Steps
of the Manufacturing System .................................................................89

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