Implications for engineers aspiring to become top-senior managers

Chow, Kai Wen (2007) Implications for engineers aspiring to become top-senior managers. [USQ Project]

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Abstract

[Abstract]: Till today, the top-senior management of corporate Australia seems to be dominated by professionals such as accountants, lawyers and economist. From the current situation, it seems that the attractiveness of senior engineers as potential candidate for top-senior
management position such as managing director and CEO position tends to be low.

This thesis uses researches and analysis to assess the factors affecting the advancement of engineers to top-senior management levels and targeted to investigate one aspect of this observation. It involves undertaking literature survey in the area of leadership and
management especially in the field of engineering and researching attributes of professionals, including engineers, who are in influential leadership positions.

The overall project has attracted interests from Engineers Australia and its leadership arm, Centre for Engineering Leadership and Management (CELM). Based on the results
of such projects, they are able to modify the structure of education for engineering courses with the intention to prepare or groom them into potential future top-senior
management staffs.

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Item Type:	USQ Project
Refereed:	No
Item Status:	Live Archive
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Engineering and Surveying - Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering (Up to 30 Jun 2013)
Date Deposited:	15 Apr 2008 05:48
Last Modified:	02 Jul 2013 23:01
Uncontrolled Keywords:	engineering management; career; management; chief executive officer; CEO; executive; leadership; education
Fields of Research (2008):	16 Studies in Human Society > 1605 Policy and Administration > 160506 Education Policy 15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 1503 Business and Management > 150313 Quality Management 15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 1503 Business and Management > 150305 Human Resources Management
Fields of Research (2020):	39 EDUCATION > 3902 Education policy, sociology and philosophy > 390201 Education policy 35 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES > 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour > 350715 Quality management 35 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES > 3505 Human resources and industrial relations > 350503 Human resources management
URI:	https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/4066

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