Leadership by Engineers and Scientists: Professional... - Hess, Dennis W.

Leadership by Engineers and ScientistsProfessional Skills Needed to Succeed in a Changing World\nAuthor(s): Dennis W. Hess\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: Wiley-AIChE\nISBN-13: 9781119436591, 978-1119436591\nSynopsis\nTeaches scientists and engineers leadership skills and problem solving to facilitate management of team members, faculty, and staff\n\n This textbook introduces readers to open-ended problems focused on interactions between technical and nontechnical colleagues, bosses, and subordinates. It does this through mini case studies that illustrate scenarios where simple, clear, or exact solutions are not evident. By offering examples of dilemmas in technical leadership along with selected analyses of possible ways to address or consider such issues, aspiring or current leaders are made aware of the types of problems they may encounter. This situational approach also allows the development of methodologies to address these issue.