Reengineering Yourself and Your Company: From Engineer to Manager to Leader

Synthesizing his years of management experience in systems and software engineering companies with others' observations about change, Eisner (engineering management and systems engineering, George Washington U.) employs a systems approach interweaving the themes of reengineering oneself, one's company as times and contexts change (Bill Gates is cited), and the journey from individual contributor to manager to leader. The chapters revolve around eight key issues: high-tech force fields ahead, the nature of personal change, corporate change, skills for the high-tech manager, leadership, the manager-to-leader shift, strategic directions/models, and enterprise performance levels. The appendix recaps chapter main points. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)