Chapter 7

Touchy-Feely Stuff

Publisher Summary

This chapter explains various skills that an electrical engineer needs to have in order to survive in the corporate world. One difficulty engineers often have in dealing with people is the fact that interactions between human beings cannot be described by slick mathematical formulae like the various circuits they are working with. This is why one often sees engineering groups managed by nonengineering majors. In any business organization, there are levels of hierarchy. Someone sits at the head and it goes down from there. The chapter further explains a few rules to deal with one’s boss, the person one reports to, and the person who takes responsibility for what one does. The chapter goes on to explain ...

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