PPT Presentation of Understanding Engineers

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Ue Final.Presentation

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Interview with Boris

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One Chance for a Positive New Employee Experience

"It’s been proven that happy employees are more productive employees. So, if you’re looking to drive bottom line results with state of the art talent management tactics, it’s time to get “onboard.”"

Read more about how best to utlize information technology to standardize, streamline, track, and coordinate the onboarding process to make your company’s most recent hires feel valued and supported. Here

A History of Information Technology and Systems

Check out the timeline of Information Technology.

Four basic periods
Characterized by a principal technology used to solve the input, processing, output and communication problems of the time:

Premechanical,
Mechanical,
Electromechanical, and
Electronic

Reflection on Ray Price's Presentation

Professor Raymond L. Price, from the college of engineering, at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign recently lectured on tech visionaries and implications for HR professionals. During his lecture he illustrated how HP's culture of being engineering led versus business led fostered an environment where serial innovators and technical visionaries could create market leading products. His model describing how organizations are either enhancers or creators helps explain why 90% of companies fall into the enhancement category which allows for cheaper, faster and sometimes better products rather than focusing on creating, like HP, where extended time, money and other resources are spent to create products. Professor Price’s hour glass model presents steps on how companies can become more innovative and that being more innovative is what's necessary to set a company apart.

The implications for HR, as he explains in his lecture, will be to help organizations transform to engineering led companies by developing methods to recognize, recruit and retain innovative talent while creating an environment where they can be nurtured and allowed to flourish for the success of the company.

Read more about his new book, the HP Phenomenon.

Grand Challenges - Engineering Challenges

Grand Challenges - Engineering Challenges

Engineering Challenges of the 21st century.

In the book Engineering and the Mind’s Eye, chapter 6 discusses the origins of engineering, the need for experience and a PHd, the declining ability of design, gov’t support of engineering and the rise of engineering technology schools and its effect on the discipline. In another book, Revolt of the Engineers, chapter 7 and 8 discuss engineering reform and revolt surrounding membership and ownership when battling large enterprises that applied engineers as opposed to those with more theoretical education.

Despite the sea of changes the profession has gone to assert status, ownership and membership I believe personal views of status, ownership and membership of engineers and the engineering profession will always be overshadowed by the fundamental question of what societal problems need solving and how can engineers solve them.

Click here to see the new challenges for engineers for the 21st century.

Bill Gates Predicts Software Revolution

Another visionary on technology is Bill Gates. In this article he talks about how continual expansion of Internet services will provoke a revolution in software development to enable voice and touch recognition.

In this innovation for the better, how will HR professionals think about tackling Professor Price's and Goldberg's technology implications for recruiting, retention and development?

Read Bill Gates article.

Reflections on Professor Price’s Lecture

Professor Raymond L. Price, Severns Chair for Human Behavior, joined the UIUC faculty in the fall semester 1998. During his lecture last week, in Understanding Engineers, he spoke of implications that technology will have for HR professionals.

In the war for talent, I agree that technology affects hiring, training, development and promotion with retention. Technology companies like Microsoft, Google and Oracle will have to find new ways to creatively compete for engineering talent.

Read more about Professor Price’s lecture and Professor David E. Goldberg's lecture on tech visionary research.

STEM

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Be Empowered with Information Technology

I believe that we are in a knowledge economy. Employees will be rewarded more by how they work with their heads instead of their hands. Watch, Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, describe how the effectiveness of the Google organization is embedded within its culture.

You Tube Video of Eric Schmidt

To better understand information technology along with growing concerns and usage, watch the video bar.

Engineering Trends

As we move towards a knowledge economy, will engineering in the USA sustain? More investments are going overseas, along with the international engineering talent returning to home countries to launch careers. To exacerbate the situation, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) researched three years ago that lower pay along with educational unpreparedness discouraged students to enter the field.

Read the (STEM) science technology engineering and mathematics report by the GAO on what the government is doing to turn things around.

See where the engineering jobs are.

Engineering Trends

NSPE Code of Ethics

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Reflections on Engineering Ethics

During week four, we discussed professional societies that establish guidelines to help engineers face ethical challenges whether in the field or as they assume managerial roles that many aspire to. We used the following three standards IEEE, NSPE and SHRM. As you read the standards from each you will see the contrast in language. For example, IEEE is comprised of a list of 10 guidelines that leaves one with the impression that an attempt should be made to be ethical. The NSPE on the other hand uses words like Preamble to paint a serious picture that one can equate to a constitutional document. SHRM’s document, the Society of Human Resource Management delves into ethical, professional responsibility, intent, justice and conflicts of interests and uses of information. It leaves nothing to interpretation as does the IEEE guidelines.

Learning about different professional societies helps me as a HR professional to understand Engineers and the dilemma they face as they practice a discipline sometimes seen with a capitalistic view as opposed to one with understanding of great societal implications.

Click the below links to learn about the above three standards:
1. IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
2. NSPE - National Society of Professional Engineers
3. SHRM - Society for Human Resource Management