Skills critical to long-term profitability of engineering firms

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 46-56

  Gushgari, Shakir K ^a,d,e   Francis, Peter A ^b,d   Saklou, Jamal H ^c,d  

^a JMI and Associates   (United States)

^b Ctr for Executive Res   (United States)

^c Automated Solution Inc   (United States)

^d NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ASCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL; SURVEYS;

ENGINEERING FIRMS; LEADERSHIP MANAGEMENT; LONG TERM PROFITABILITY; PROJECT MANAGERS;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 0031103101     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(1997)13:2(46)     Document Type: Review

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