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Management of People

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Abstract

A large proportion of chartered engineers becomes managers and many find the task of managing people more demanding than the technical aspects of their work. This chapter starts with a discussion of leadership and motivation; it concludes with an outline of the personnel function.

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Radford, J.D. (1984). Management of People. In: The Engineer and Society. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17506-2_7

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