Leadership and Management in Engineering: Recent submissions
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The Office in the Mind’s Eye
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Team Effectiveness Coaching: An Innovative Approach for Supporting Teams in Complex Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)Underlying team effectiveness coaching is the belief that the intangibles of human interaction frequently separate average performance from outstanding execution. Unless a team can improve its interpersonal, team, and ... -
How to Convince your Accountant that Asset Management is the Correct Choice for Infrastructure Under GASB 34
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)Government Accounting Standard Board Statement No. 34 gave state and local governments the choice of using depreciation or a modified approach when reporting on their infrastructure assets. The modified approach allows for ... -
Combating Corruption in the Construction and Engineering Sector: The Role of Transparency International
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Corruption in the construction/engineering sector across the world has taken a high toll including lost lives, financial losses, diverted resources, and destruction of the environment. In 2003, Transparency International ... -
Federalism and Change
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)It can be difficult for an organization transitioning to a new business model to maintain organizational continuity without discouraging innovation. Any change program must combine the benefits of existing structure, ... -
Grandpa Maschke
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011) -
We Are All Disabled . . . On Some of Us It ShowsDisability as a Form of Diversity: A Small Parable
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)Using words of wisdom from his father, the author explores his introduction to working with employees with disabilities. In telling his own story, the author demonstrates that sometimes the best employees can only be found ... -
Emerging Legal Risks for Construction Management Professionals
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006)The typical structure of a construction project contemplates a tripartite system of an architect, general contractor, and subcontractor. Recent changes in the tripartite system utilized in the construction industry through ... -
Forum
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007) -
Mentoring: A Magnet for Young Engineers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)Because academic programs for engineers must focus on technical content, the graduates of these programs need mentoring once they start their careers so that they can acquire the skills that were not part of the engineering ... -
First Class
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002) -
Leadership
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009) -
Implementing A U-Turn In a Strategic Direction In a Civil Engineering Consultancy
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)None of us likes change, and if a firm must undertake major strategic shifts in response to the highly competitive marketplace of today, it is better for all concerned if they are accomplished with minimum confusion and ... -
Basic Traits of Effective Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Common effective management practices are found among successful organizations. Among those practices are establishing well-defined values and goals and working to make employees accept those values as their own; knowing ... -
For Your Eyes Only (and Anyone with an Internet Connection)
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011) -
Forum
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005) -
Glacial Potholes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009) -
Mentoring—New Twists on a Familiar Topic
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)The traditional meaning of “mentoring” is discussed, and recent developments are reviewed. Attention is then given to a comparison of formal and informal mentoring arrangements, with the pros and cons of each summarized. ... -
Good News and Bad News
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007) -
Planned Obsolescence
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Planned obsolescence is usually looked down upon as a business trick to get consumers to buy more products. But in a fast-changing world that obeys Moore’s law, it might actually be a solution to better adaptation. When I ...