Engineers as problem-solving leaders: Embracing the humanities

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 29-35

  Jablokow, Kathryn W ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ENGINEERING PRACTICE; SOCIO-TECHNICAL ASPECTS;

ENGINEERS;

EID: 37749030451     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MTS.2007.911075     Document Type: Article

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