Title :
Engineers as managers: a conceptual model of transition
Author :
Seethamraju, Ravi ; Agrawal, Rakesh
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Quantitative Bus. Methods & Oper., Univ. of Western Sydney Nepean, Parramatta, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
Transition of engineers into management is influenced by several factors. Based on an empirical study of engineers in Australia, a conceptual model of the transition is proposed in this paper. According to this model, individual, educational and organisational factors influence the process of transition and as well as each other, within the overarching influence of societal factors
Keywords :
engineering; management; Australia; conceptual transition model; educational factors; engineers; individual factors; management; organisational factors; societal factors; transition process; Australia; Business communication; Control systems; Engineering education; Engineering management; Engineering profession; Industrial relations; Manufacturing industries; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Engineering and Technology, 1999. Technology and Innovation Management. PICMET '99. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-890843-02-4
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.1999.787818
