Stuff You Don't Learn in Engineering School: Skills for Success in the Real WorldISBN: 978-0-471-65576-3
Paperback
192 pages
November 2004, Wiley-IEEE Press
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Chapter 1: Stuff you don't learn in engineering school.
Chapter 2: Writing.
Chapter 3: Speaking and listening.
Chapter 4: Making decisions.
Chapter 5: Getting feedback.
Chapter 6: Setting priorities.
Chapter 7: Being effective at meetings.
Chapter 8: Understanding yourself and others.
Chapter 9: Working in teams.
Chapter 10: Learn to negotiate.
Chapter 11: Being more creative.
Chapter 12: Ethics in the workplace.
Chapter 13: Developing leadership skills.
Chapter 14: Adapting to the workplace.
Chapter 15: Dealing with stress and having fun.
Chapter 16: Taking action and summing up.
Appendix 1: Manager's survey on nontechnical skills of young engineers.
Appendix 2: Engineers' concerns with the real world and other issues.
Appendix 3: List of professional societies.