Managing Engineers and Technical Employees or Global Governance

Managing Engineers and Technical Employees: How to Attract, Motivate, and Retain Excellent People

Author: Douglas M Soat

Companies today that expect to prosper tomorrow need the support of technical employees who are competent, motivated, reliable. This comprehensive, clearly written guide provides you with the tools and skills you need to line up a winning team of technical personnel, eliminate ineffective performance, and avoid costly employee turnover.

Through the author's unique perspective acquired from over 20 years of organizational psychology and HR management experience, this book addresses the special opportunities, challenges, and problems that come with managing a technical staff. It is filled with sound, practical ideas that show you how to...

• Attract top-notch technical people through competitive wages and benefits, and the development of an excellent product/service reputation

• Choose the right employees using realistic selection standards, effective interview techniques, and key selection criteria

• Improve your personnel's performance through one-on-one, group in-house, and outside training methods

• Keep your staff productive using sound motivational techniques

• Successfully retain your very best employees and minimize turnover

Supported by numerous examples and real-world case scenarios, this book is designed to help all levels of technical managers—from first-line supervisors to vice presidents—understand and apply these fundamental management strategies to their own companies. Managers who have little or no technical background, but who have some responsibility for technical employees will find this book particularly useful.

Booknews

Sloat, a psychologist and former human resources executive, characterizes technical employees as more intelligent, careful, creative, curious, introverted, and independent than the run of the mill cubicle inhabitant. His recommendations for employing and handling these rare birds revolve around a five point star: attracting, selecting, developing, motivating, and retaining. Within that sphere he points out the advantages of paying people competitive salaries, realistic selection standards, in-house training, and other corporate innovations such as clear communication and providing interesting work. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Ch. 1	Recruiting	1
Ch. 2	Selection Standards	23
Ch. 3	Effective Interviewing	29
Ch. 4	The Use of Selection Devices Other Than Interviewing	51
Ch. 5	Key Selection Criteria for Technical Employees	67
Ch. 6	One-on-One Development	77
Ch. 7	Inhouse Training	93
Ch. 8	Other Means for Developing Technical Employees	107
Ch. 9	Two Critical Motivators	119
Ch. 10	Other Key Motivators	129
Ch. 11	Minimizing Turnover	149
Ch. 12	Putting It All Together	155
	Appendix A Additional Information Relevant to Chapter 2	163
	Appendix B Additional Information Relevant to Chapter 3	167
	Appendix C Additional Information Relevant to Chapter 4	171
	Appendix D Some Interview Questions for the Design Engineer Position in the Case Study in Chapter 5	173
	Appendix E Additional Information Relevant to Chapter 6	175
	About the Author	179
	Index	181

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Global Governance: Critical Perspectives

Author: Rorden Wilkinson

In recent years, the role of global institutions such as the United Nations, World Trade Organization, International Monetary Fund and the World Bank has never been more important to the lives of individuals throughout the world. This edited book provides critical perspectives on the role of these institutions, and how they use their policies, procedures and practices to manage global political, socio-economic, legal and environmental affairs.