The engineer and management

The engineer´s relationship with management may be considered from three angles: the engineer as an employee of management, the engineer as an engineer, and the engineer as a candidate for managerial positions. However, as he moves further and further away from his slide rule up into the managerial brackets, he frequently finds that he is ill-equipped to handle the personal elements which enter into an executive position. Perhaps the solution is the inclusion of more of the so-called “cultural” and “human relations” subjects in engineering education.