Assessing the interest for systems engineering positions and other engineering positions' required capacity for engineering systems thinking (CEST)

Systems Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-174

  Frank, Moti ^a  

^a HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Capacity for engineering systems thinking; Engineering systems thinking; Interest for systems engineering position; Interest inventory; Systems engineering; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY FOR ENGINEERING SYSTEMS THINKING; ENGINEERING POSITION; ENGINEERING SYSTEMS THINKING; INTEREST INVENTORY; SYSTEMS THINKING;

ENGINEERS; SYSTEM THEORY; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 78649592433     PISSN: 10981241     EISSN: 15206858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sys.20140     Document Type: Article

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