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Project engineering : the essential toolbox for young engineers /

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For newly hired young engineers assigned to their first real project, there has been little to offer in the way of advice on where to begin, what to look out for and avoid, and how to get the job done right. This book is intended to give just that sort of help from an author with long experience as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Plummer, Frederick B.
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, [2007]
Subjects:
Engineering > Management.
Project management.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1
  • When Opportunity Knocks
  • Chapter 2
  • What Do Project Engineers Do?
  • Chapter 3
  • A Crash Course in Management
  • Chapter 4
  • How Projects Work
  • Chapter 5
  • Learning Project Engineering on the Job: A Case Study
  • Chapter 6
  • Skills That Can Get You Ahead
  • Chapter 7
  • Things That Can Get You Fired
  • Chapter 8
  • International Business Skills
  • Chapter 9
  • Advice from the Pros
  • Chapter 10
  • Approach the Job with Confidence
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • About the Author.