Leadership and Management in Engineering: Recent submissions

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    • Charles Ellet Jr. and Frank Heger 

      Richard G. Weingardt (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)

    • Cost-Effective Strategies for Arbitration 

      Kathleen M. J. Harmon (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)
      Arbitration is evolving from a swift, cost-effective alternative dispute resolution mechanism to a slow, laborious process akin to litigation in terms of procedure and costs without the safeguards of litigation. By use of ...

    • Make and Keep Commitments at Work 

      Tony Antich (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)
      The author, the Chief City Engineer, noticed that the city's business environment tended to encourage behaviors that were frustrating to staff and, therefore, staff actions could reflect poorly on the city's reputation. ...

    • Grenville Mellen Dodge and Elsie Eaves 

      Richard G. Weingardt (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)

    • Forum 

      Unknown author (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)

    • Leadership Effectiveness and Behavior 

      Gordon Culp; Anne Smith (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)
      There are demonstrable relationships between an individual's behavioral preferences (as measured by Myers-Briggs Type Instrument) and the perceptions by others of that individual's leadership effectiveness (as measured by ...

    • George Dewey Clyde and David Barnard Steinman 

      Richard G. Weingardt (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)

    • ESOPs for Liquidity and Succession in Engineering Firms 

      James G. Steiker (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)
      Several prominent engineering firms have used Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) to facilitate shareholder liquidity and management succession. This article explains what an ESOP is and how ESOPs work. ESOPs are ...

    • Fish 

      Brian Brenner (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)

    • Forum 

      Unknown author (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)

    • The On-Time, On-Target Manager 

      Ken Blanchard; Steve Gottry; Kevin J. Cooley (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)

    • New Trends and Bad Results in Construction Contracts, Part I 

      Ron Shumway; Alan Richard; Josh Ritti (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)
      “New Trends and Bad Results in Construction Contracting” reviews some of the more significant changes in construction contracts in the past 10 to 20 years that are the source of many problems between owners and contractors. ...

    • New Trends and Bad Results in Construction Contracts, Part II 

      Ron Shumway; Alan Richard; Josh Ritti (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)
      Part II of “New Trends and Bad Results in Construction Contracting” offers a review of a few “problem” trends that increasingly appear in the construction industry, including differing site conditions clauses that shift ...

    • QC/QA…Turning a Potential Problem into an Opportunity 

      Unknown author (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)

    • Employment History Survey of ASCE’s Younger Members–2003 Follow-Up Survey 

      Carol Reese (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)
      A follow-up employment survey to the original 2001 survey was sent out to 97 volunteer participants. Approximately 50% returned completed surveys. From this response, the author determined that, as in the first survey, a ...

    • Innovation—Engineering a Better Engineer for Today’s Workforce 

      Patricia D. Galloway (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)
      The typical engineer coming out of today’s university programs does not have all of the skills required to create innovative solutions for the public. Further, the demographic of practicing and graduating engineers is ...

    • Empowerment as a Strategy for Improving Construction Performance 

      Andrew D. F. Price; Alan Bryman; Andrew R. J. Dainty (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)
      This paper reviews the potential of team and individual empowerment as performance improvement strategies in construction. The important role of empowerment has been emphasized through a discussion of recent trends in the ...

    • A Partnering Success Story at the Woodrow Wilson Bridge 

      Lee L. Anderson, Jr.; James K. Brookshire; Paul J. Gudelski (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)
      The foundations contract for replacement of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge near Washington, D.C., presented an opportunity to profit from partnering. This article tells why partnering was necessary, the techniques used, and ...

    • Do We Really Know the Consequences of our Transportation Investment Decisions? 

      Charles J. Nemmers (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)
      This paper presents observations on why major shifts in an organization’s business model never seem to get accomplished. In the asset management arena, most top managers can easily accept the concepts that we should know ...

    • Human Systems Engineering™: A Trilogy, Part I: Elephant in the Living Room 

      William M. Hayden, Jr. (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)
      Part I of this trilogy presents evidence that we, as professional engineering managers, appear powerless to reliably deliver project outcomes that meet the expectations of clients and other major project stakeholders. ...