Industrial Management System: Submitted To: Dr. Amjad Shah
Industrial Management System: Submitted To: Dr. Amjad Shah
Section B-1
Mechanical engineering managers in industry lead teams, projects, and innovations in the
Soft Skills and Emotional Intelligence are Core to Effective Leadership: Being an effective
engineering manager requires not just the technical skills they learned as undergraduates, but
a new toolkit of soft, human leadership skills that don’t always come naturally to more
systematic, logical thinkers. These include: motivating and inspiring employees (“EQ”
or emotional intelligence), persuasion, servant leadership, communication, project
management, and more. Most MSEs (Master’s or M.S. Degrees in Engineering) typically
won’t focus on these important human leadership areas; instead, they'll push engineers deeper
into their chosen area of specialization.