Unwritten Laws of Engineering: Revised and Updated Edition

This fully revised and updated edition of the 1944 classic serves as a crucial compilation of 'house rules' or a professional code. This new edition keeps the style of the original and much of its content. Changes reflect shifted societal values, changed employment laws and evolved corporate structures. Packed with contemporary examples, this new volume is a must for those entering the engineering field or for those interested in improving their professional effectiveness In any engineering organization, the chief obstacles to the success of individual engineers or of groups of engineers are of a personal and administrative rather than a technical nature. It is apparent that it is easier to get into trouble by violating the undocumented laws of professional conduct rather than by committing technical sins against the laws of science. Thus this book is written for younger engineers just starting their careers, and for older ones who know these things perfectly well, but who all too often fail to apply them. -- Publisher description

By James G. Skakoon and W.J. King

This fully revised and updated edition of the 1944 classic, serves as a crucial compilation of "house rules," or a professional code.

It addresses three areas: what the beginner needs to learn at once; "laws" relating chiefly to engineering executives; and purely personal considerations for engineers.

Packed with contemporary examples, this new volume is a must for those entering the engineering field or those interested in improving their professional effectiveness.

This fully revised and updated edition of the 1944 classic, serves as a crucial compilation of'house rules,'or a professional code. It addresses three areas: what the beginner needs to learn at once;'laws'relating chiefly to engineering executives; and purely personal considerations for engineers. Packed with contemporary examples, this new volume is a must for those entering the engineering field or those interested in improving their professional effectiveness. Content: Part I -- What the beginner needs to learn at once -- Part II -- Relating chiefly to engineering managers -- Part III -- Professional and personal considerations.