Ancient wisdom for Engineering Managers: Drucker and Judeo-Christian concepts for managing creativity

Author

Small, Albert W. ; Downey-Small, Elizabeth A.

Author_Institution

Downey & Small Assoc. Inc., Downey, MD, USA

fYear

2007

fDate

July 29 2007-Aug. 1 2007

Firstpage

49

Lastpage

53

Abstract

This paper discusses some of Peter Drucker´s management concepts for ldquoknowledge workersrdquo and correlates them with ancient Judeo-Christian principles. Drucker emphasized contribution and service, morality and the value of the individual-all reflecting wisdom of the ancient principles- all essential for productive engineering creativity. The paper addresses the challenge to engineering managers resulting from the decline in cultural values.

Keywords

engineering education; ethical aspects; management education; research and development; technology management; Peter Drucker management concepts; ancient Judeo-Christian principles; creativity management; cultural values; engineering managers; morality; Cultural differences; Decision making; Employment; Engineering management; Ethics; Humans; Knowledge engineering; Knowledge management; Research and development management; Technology management; Collaborative work; Ethics; Management decision making; Management education; Morality; Research and development management; Technology social factors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering Management Conference, 2007 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2145-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2146-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMC.2007.5235061

Filename

5235061