Leadership and Management in Engineering: Recent submissions
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Integrity and Vision of Firm's Founders Ease Leadership Transitions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)A leadership transition at an engineering firm in Ohio is examined. The various factors that must be taken into consideration in deciding whether to promote from within or look outside are discussed. The structure of the ... -
Everything I Needed to Know about Leadership I Learned in the Boy Scouts
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Leadership is one of the most important skills an engineer can possess in the twenty-first century. A Google search on the term “leadership” yields more than 170,000,000 hits indicating it is one of the most written about ... -
Niche Knowledge
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Diversity: The Future of Engineering
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)The changes that have taken place at one corporation during the past 25 years in the area of diversity are surveyed by one of its executives. The various ways in which diversity has enriched the firm, raised its stature, ... -
Bernie Lieder: Engineer and Elected Leader
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008) -
New Soldiers in the War on Disasters
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012) -
How Preparing for Preschool Reveals Inequality of Opportunity and Diversity Deficiency
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013) -
Infrastructure Renewal: The Need for Political Leadership
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)In past times of critical national need, presidents have used major, once-in-a-generation types of initiatives to marshal the assets of the country and overcome whatever crisis may have been impacting the nation. It has ... -
Raising the Bridge
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Classification of Knowledge within the Electrical Contracting Industry: A Case Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)This paper provides electrical contractors with important information related to the future vision for the industry and how knowledge management can play a key role in a firm’s success. The methodology involved conducting ... -
The Effects of GASB 34 on Asset Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004) -
Dollars and Disasters
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006) -
Erratum: “Partnering in Construction: Improvement through Integration and Collaboration” by Sevda Bayramoglu
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)There were two errors in the article “Partnering in Construction: Improvement through Integration and Collaboration” by Sevda Bayramoglu, which was published in the July issue. First, through an editing error a reference ... -
Effective Construction Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)The role of the project manager in construction management is one of great responsibility. It is the project manager’s job to direct and supervise the project from beginning to end. An effective construction manager must ... -
Managing Employee Life Cycles to Improve Labor Retention
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)Since much has been written about how to hire and recruit good people, the focus of this article is on how to retain employees. After briefly examining the cost of employee turnover, the author provides a management framework ... -
Editor’s Note
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009) -
Art for Engineers: Encouraging More Right-Mode Thinking
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012) -
Creativity Plus Persistence Equals Breakthroughs
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011) -
Musings on Managing for the Long Term
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)This article represents the juxtaposition of two vintage articles that originally appeared in The Zweig Letter: The Voice of Reason for Architecture, Engineering, & Environmental Consulting Firms. Though they were published ... -
The Future Is Drying Up: The Other Water Problem
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)Scientists sometimes refer to the effect a hotter world will have on this country’s fresh water as the other water problem because global warming more commonly evokes the specter of rising oceans submerging our great coastal ...