Retaining Women in Engineering: The Empowerment of Lean Development
Provides leaders with strategies and methods to change the way learning and training occurs for new engineers Takes a holistic view behind the low numbers of women in engineering using a problem solving approach centered on Lean Development (LD) Provides a direct comparison with the field of STEM and medicine and how the methods of training and learning can help minimizes bias and increase gender confidence Explores the lack of written knowledge (reusable knowledge) and uses methods of Lean Dev…
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- Full title :Retaining Women in Engineering : The Empowerment of Lean Development / Alissa Stavig, Robert Stavig.
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Provides leaders with strategies and methods to change the way learning and training occurs for new engineers Takes a holistic view behind the low numbers of women in engineering using a problem solving approach centered on Lean Development (LD) Provides a direct comparison with the field of STEM and medicine and how the methods of training and learning can help minimizes bias and increase gender confidence Explores the lack of written knowledge (reusable knowledge) and uses methods of Lean Development (LD) to level the playing field between men and women Highlights the critical need for new female engineers to have access to mentors using technical coaching methods.
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- Publication Date:2022
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- Publisher(s):Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2022
Notes
Interessenniveau: 01, General/trade: For a non-specialist adult audience. (01).
Interessenniveau: 06, Professional and scholarly: For an expert adult audience, including academic research. (06).
The Physical Object
- Description:226 Seiten
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781032071886, 1032071885
- oclc:on1351869025
- Dewey Decimal:620.0082
Table of Contents
Part I: The Problem 1. The Female Engineer Retention Challenge 2. Two Sides of the Same Coin -- Gender Bias and Gender Confidence 3. It Begins with Pink and Blue Part II: Analyzing the Problem Using an Engineering Process 4. Medicine as a Model for Engineering -- Creating Job Satisfaction 5. Through the Lens of an Engineer 6. Finding Root Cause Through a Causal Diagram Part III: Developing a Solution: Lean as a Foundation for Change and Learning 7. Industry Efficiency Via Lean 8. Creating a Physician -- the Learning Process 9. An Engineer's Learning Environment Part IV: Strategy 1: Empowering Control of a Career 10. Building a Level Playing Field 11. It's Just Good Engineering -- The Basics of Lean Development 12. Accepting a Hand Up: Role Models, Technical Coaches, and Mentors Part V: Strategy 2: Enabling Leaders to Lead -- Creating Satisfying Work 13. Lead the Change to the Way the Work is Done 14. Leading the Development of Engineers and Managers 15. Leading Beyond the Causal Diagram Appendix A. Going Home On Time -- Lean Development -- The Principles Appendix B. Bringing Lean Development to a University Engineering Program. Appendix C. Books to Consider
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