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Informationen zum Autor Anthony Sofronas, DEng, PE, has spent the past forty years troubleshooting field failures, designing machinery, and fixing equipment for ExxonMobil, Bendix, and General Electric. He is currently a consultant and presents seminars worldwide through his company Engineered Products. He has published forty-one technical papers and articles, along with a bimonthly column for Hydrocarbon Processing magazine on engineering case histories. Klappentext Providing engineers with the tools and skills to survive and become successful in the work place* Gives experience-based, highly realistic guidance to a cross-section of young and even established engineers* Delivers practical guidance and acts as a handy resource so that lessons do not have to be learned the hard way with numerous errors, and costly problems* Includes real world examples and case studies from a 45 year veteran in the engineering field Zusammenfassung Providing engineers with the tools and skills to survive and become successful in the work place* Gives experience-based! highly realistic guidance to a cross-section of young and even established engineers* Delivers practical guidance and acts as a handy resource so that lessons do not have to be learned the hard way with numerous errors! and costly problems* Includes real world examples and case studies from a 45 year veteran in the engineering field Inhaltsverzeichnis About the Author xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv 1 Getting Ahead 1 1.1 Finding your Niche 1 1.2 Twenty Rules to Remember 5 1.3 Calculated Risk Versus Reward 8 1.4 Advancement 9 1.5 Learn from Observing Failures 10 1.6 Keep Good Records of what you have done 12 1.7 Flexibility in your Career 17 1.8 You're Known for Your Work 17 1.9 Ethical Behavior in Engineering 19 1.10 Humor in the Workplace 20 1.11 Self-Preservation when Documenting your Analysis 21 1.12 Don't be Overwhelmed 22 1.13 Providing Guidance to Others 23 1.14 The Technical and Managerial Ladder to Advancement 24 References 26 2 The Politics of Engineering 27 2.1 What to do 27 2.2 What not to do 28 2.3 Disenchantment with your Job 30 2.4 Conducting yourself in a Meeting 33 2.5 Organize and Prioritize 35 2.6 Do as much as you can for your Colleagues 36 2.7 The Catch 22 of Engineering Project Work 37 2.8 Arrogance, Humility, Favors, and Courtesies 38 2.9 Be Curious and Inquisitive 40 2.10 Striving for Perfection 43 References 44 3 Utilizing the Input from Others 45 3.1 Just out of College 45 3.2 Mentors and Colleagues 46 3.3 Interaction Between Disciplines 47 3.4 It's Nice to be Appreciated 48 3.5 The Funny Look Test 49 3.6 Uncluttered Thinking 49 3.7 The Art of Visualization 51 3.8 The Importance of Alliances and Networking 52 References 53 4 Communicating Effectively 55 4.1 Speaking Effectively at Meetings 55 4.2 Effective Writing Skills 57 4.3 Learn to Listen 58 5 Problem Solving and Decision Making 61 5.1 Why is this Section Important? 61 5.2 The Simplest Solution First 62 5.3 The 80-20 Relationship 63 5.4 The Five WHY's used in Problem Solving 65 5.5 Being the Devil's Advocate 66 5.6 An Engineering Approach: Use the Scientific Method for Problem Solving 66 5.7 You Need to know the Whole Story 70 5.8 Failure Analysis and Accident Investigations Differ 72 5.9 Why Decision Making is Important in Engineering 73 5.10 Decision on Several Choices 74 5.11 The Importance of Personal Checklists 76 5.12 Confirmational Bias or Self-fulfilling Prophecies 78 References 79
