Leadership and Management in Engineering: Recent submissions
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Diversity In Engineering
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)The president of the National Academy of Engineering argues here that engineering is a profoundly creative profession. He contends that, as in any creative profession, what comes out is a function of the life experiences ... -
The Inherent Personality of Women As an Asset To the Engineering Workplace
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)In surveying the situation in South Africa, the author contends that, as females, the male emphasis on ordering, obeying, and dealing in facts is unnecessary. Females, she notes, see others predominantly as equals. There ... -
Global Engineering And Construction Change
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)As the World Wide Web is used increasingly worldwide, the AEC industry is being affected in many positive ways on a global scale. However, businesses must work cooperatively to ensure that such issues as security, standards, ... -
The Emerging Role Of Project Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)Today's project management is more challenging than ever before. And the most effective project managers well understand the importance of being skilled system managers. -
Ready! Aim! Inspire! Leadership in Engineering
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Mesa Verde
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Building Customer Loyalty—The New Paradigm for Construction Performance
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Fu Hua Chen and John Edwin Greiner
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Standing on the Shoulders of Our Forefathers
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Beyond Race and Gender: Unleashing the Power of Your Total Work Force by Managing Diversity
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Competitive Forces That Drive Civil Engineer Recruitment And Retention
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)To assess the prospects for an adequate supply of civil engineers in the future, a model developed by Michael E. Porter to analyze the strength of competitive forces within an industry is applied. In accordance with this ... -
Forum
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Collaborative Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)Multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) has been relegated to a process centered about a series of mathematical procedures. Although the early MDO framework of the 1990s was structured, it retained the basic elements ... -
Meeting Customer Expectations In the Construction Industry
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)Eight steps are described that a general contractor can use to meet customer expectations and maintain a relationship that will lead to repeat business. The steps include putting a number of questions to the customer for ... -
The Implementation Of the Taiwan High-Speed Rail Project as A Private-Sector Venture: Opportunity And Challenges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)In this speech, delivered in September 2000 in Taipei, Taiwan, at the 17th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, the chairman of the Taiwan High-Speed Rail Corporation summarizes her experiences ... -
Personal Experiences Of Cost Control On the China Merchants Plaza Project
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)An engineer and project manager on a major construction project in Shanghai, China, recounts his experiences. The efficacy of competitive bidding and of a system of incentives is discussed. The problems averted-and the ... -
Partnering In Construction: Improvement through Integration And Collaboration
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)The fragmentation of the traditional construction process is described, with attention given to the problems that can arise in the areas of time, cost, and quality. Because of the different phases and the different parties ... -
Can We Really Train Leadership?
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Continuous Improvement in the Construction Industry
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B2B in the Construction Industry—Putting First Things First
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