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.... Table of Contents, vii
.... Foreword, xi
.... Note from the Editor   (you are here)
.... Preface, xv
.... Acknowledgments, xvii
.... Chapter 1

Note From the Editor
By Traci Nathans-Kelly, Ph.D.

With Steven Cerri's The Fully Integrated Engineer: Combining Technical Ability and Leadership Prowess, the IEEE Professional Communication Society (PCS), with Wiley-IEEE Press, continues its book series that aims to help engineering practitioners, instructors, and students alike with their technical communication efforts as they impact engineering work. However, any manager or project leader will certainly find gems of wisdom in this book, enabling active, positive change in workplace or classroom settings.

In my daily work, I have the privilege to see how engineering undergraduates, graduates, and practicing professionals (all levels) do their work. What intrigued me about Cerri's approach to retooling engineering praxis was how spot on he was with the limiting actions that hold engineers back. He sees clearly how years and years of being a good student doesn't necessarily translate into being a good team player in a technical atmosphere beyond school. The breakthrough is how he asks people to recraft their approaches, acknowledging that shifting those old practices can be uncomfortable, and showing people how to methodically overhaul problem areas towards a fresh, collaborative, and productive work life.

Cerri's book combines the best of his many career talents: a career of engineering, an ability to see how engineering work gets done (or not done), and the patience and insight to help others move forward with their work and the satisfaction it can provide. Bringing all of these into alignment, Cerri's book is about good management skills, great communication skills (internal and external, for you have to communicate honestly with yourself before you can communicate well with others), and modes of action in the workplace that bring practitioners closer to solid engineering work.

The series has a mandate to explore areas of communication practices and application as applied to the engineering, technical, and scientific professions. Including the realms of business, governmental agencies, academia, and other areas, this series has and will continue to develop perspectives about the state of communication issues and potential solutions when at all possible.

All of the books in the fast-growing PEC series keep a steady eye on the applicable while acknowledging the contributions that analysis, research, and theory can provide to these efforts. There is a strong commitment from the Professional Communication Society of IEEE and Wiley to produce a set of information and resources that can be carried directly into engineering firms, technology organizations, and academia alike.

For the series, we work with this philosophy: at the core of engineering, science, and technical work is problem solving and discovery. These tasks require, at all levels, talented and agile communication practices. We need to effectively gather, vet, analyze, synthesize, control, and produce communication pieces in order for any meaningful work to get done. Cerri's insights helps move that mandate forward, and we welcome his contribution to the series.

Browse the Book 
(click on a blue link below to look inside the book)
.... Table of Contents, vii
.... Foreword, xi
.... Note from the Editor, xiii
.... Preface, xv
.... Acknowledgments, xvii
.... Chapter 1

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