In their infancy, business computers were used for the practical business of computing the payroll and keeping track of accounts payable and receivable. Today applications provide managers with information about sales, inventories, and other data that help in managing the enterprise. Decision Support Systems, Resource and People Management, project management, and Database Retrieval. 21st century engineers need to be astute makers, trusted innovators, agents of change, master integrators, enterprise enablers, technology stewards and knowledge handlers. They need more than first rate technical and scientific skills. They need to embrace complex systems and issues they present, and reach the right decisions about how huge amounts of time, money, people, knowledge and technology are tasked to a common end.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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