The Entrepreneurial Engineer

David E. Goldberg 지음

Wiley 2006년 08월 25일 출간

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quot;Informative, provocative, and practical...developing the skills outlined in The Entrepreneurial Engineer is a necessity for a productive engineering career.quot;-Raymond L. Price, William H. Severns Professor of Human Behavior Director, Illinois Leadership(r) Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaignquot;I believe that The Entrepreneurial Engineer has the potential to change the landscape of what engineers learn and do.quot;-John R. Koza, former CEO and chairman, Scientific Games Inc. and Consulting Professor, Stanford Universityquot;Dr. Goldberg provides the road map for engineers of the future to stay at the front of the wave by learning to think more like entrepreneurs. . . Consider this book your survival handbook for the rest of your life.quot;-From the Foreword by Tim Schigel, Director Blue Chip Venture CompanyEntrepreneurial times call for The Entrepreneurial EngineerIn an age when technology and business are merging as never before, today's engineers need skills matched with the times. Today, career success as an engineer is determined as much by an ability to communicate with coworkers, sell ideas, and manage time as by talent at manipulating a Laplace transform, coding a Java(r) object, or analyzing a statically indeterminate structure.This book covers those nontechnical skills needed by today's entrepreneurial engineers who mix strong technical know-how, business and organizational prowess, and an alert eye for opportunity. Author David Goldberg unlocks the keys to ten core competencies at the heart of what entrepreneurial engineers need to master to be effective in a fast-moving world of deals, teams, startups, and innovating corporations. You'll discover how to:Feel the essence-and the joys-of engineeringExamine personal motivation and set goalsMaster time management and organizationWrite fast and well under pressurePrepare and deliver effective presentationsUnderstand and prac

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1. The Entrepreneurial Engineer: Ready for the 21st Century.1.1 21ST Century Engineers Moving at Internet Time.1.2 Engineering Education, Common Sense the Real World.1.3 Ten Competencies for the Entrepreneurial Engineer.1.4 Three Principles.1.5 Three Cautions.Exercises.2. The Joy of Engineering.2.1 A Joyous Confession.2.2 Engineering as Liberal Education, Launch Pad Lifelong Love.2.2.1 Who is Getting a &"Liberal Arts&" Education Today?.2.2.2 Engineering as Launch Pad.2.2.3 10 ways to Love Engineering.2.3 The Fundamental Tug-of-War.2.4 Science and its Little Secret.2.5 Engineers: First Masters of Modern Enterprise.2.6 Economy of Intellection: Separating Science from Engineering.2.6.1 The Modeling Plane.2.6.2 Spectrum of Models.2.7 Four Tensions Facing the Entrepreneurial Engineer.Summary.Exercises.3. Money, Work, and You.3.1 Money, Moola, the Big Bucks.3.2 The Roads to Wealth: 4 Dinner Table Platitudes.3.3 Hidden Lesson #1: Engagement.3.3.1 Why Engagement Matters.3.3.2 Matching Your Vocational Impedance.3.4 Hidden Lesson #2: Courage.3.4.1 Locus of Control: Internal versus External .3.4.2 Exploring Courage.3.5 Tactical Lessons of Handling Money.3.5.1 Spending and Earning Styles.3.5.2 Spending-Earning Impedance.3.5.3 Investing, Saving, and Thrift.3.6 Get a Life .3.7 Plotting Your Course: Values, Mission, and Goals.3.7.1 Creating a Personal Values Statement .3.7.2 Writing a Personal Mission Statement.3.7.3 Setting Goals .Summary.Exercises.4. Getting Organized and Finding Time.4.1 Time and Its Lack.4.2 Effective Ways&to Waste Time.4.3 Seven Keys to Time Management .4.3.1 A Place for Everything.4.3.2 Work for Mr. To Do.4.3.3 Sam Knows: Just Do It.4.3.4 A Trash Can Is a Person&-s Best Friend.4.3.5 Tuning Your Reading.4.3.6 Managing Interruptions.4.3.7 Getting H

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"Although this book is primarily intended for undergraduate engineering students, it may be good for continuing education courses for practicing engineers…recommended." (CHOICE, March 2007)"The author of the book... should be commended…" (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, January 2007)"…conversational and highly readable…a worthy read for anyone thinking of striking out on their own as an entrepreneurial engineer." (Electronic Design Online, September 11, 2006)"…I recommend this book. There are many fine practical ideas on how to improve oneself." (Computing Reviews.com, February 16, 2006)

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DAVID E. GOLDBERG is Jerry S. Dobrovolny Distinguished Professor in Entrepreneurial Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he also serves as the Director of the Illinois Genetic Algorithms Laboratory. He received his BSE, MSE, and PhD, all in civil engineering, from the University of Michigan. From 1976 to 1980 he held a number of positions at Stoner Associates of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, including project engineer and marketing manager.?In 2004, Dr. Goldberg cofounded Nextumi, Inc. (www.nextumi.com), a Web-infrastructure firm, and now serves as Nextumi's Chief Scientist.