Engineers as Managers
•Introduction
•Differences in Work Done be engineers and
Managers
•Career Paths of a Typical Engineer
•Factors Affecting the Promotion of Engineers
to Managers
•Factors Causing Engineers to Fail as Managers
•Leaders and Managers
•Emotional Intelligence
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, Engineering Leadership
• Only 26% of CEO’s in the top 1000 companies had their
first degrees in Engineering (more in foreign countries)
• Only 10% of university presidents are engineers
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, Why So?
• Engineering mindset and attitude not compatible with management
work?
• Education preventing engineers from becoming great leaders?
• Strengths in engineering have become weaknesses in management?
• Differences in work done by engineers versus that by managers?
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•Introduction
•Differences in Work Done be engineers and
Managers
•Career Paths of a Typical Engineer
•Factors Affecting the Promotion of Engineers
to Managers
•Factors Causing Engineers to Fail as Managers
•Leaders and Managers
•Emotional Intelligence
Ethics in Information Technology - Dr.R.Sabitha 1
, Engineering Leadership
• Only 26% of CEO’s in the top 1000 companies had their
first degrees in Engineering (more in foreign countries)
• Only 10% of university presidents are engineers
Ethics in Information Technology - Dr.R.Sabitha 2
, Why So?
• Engineering mindset and attitude not compatible with management
work?
• Education preventing engineers from becoming great leaders?
• Strengths in engineering have become weaknesses in management?
• Differences in work done by engineers versus that by managers?
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