The Sociology of Engineering
Engineers must be able to work in teams; they must be able to communicate; the must be adaptable.
Throughout history engineers have been “agents of change”. We have not necessarily thought of ourselves as “civilization movers”, but in reality that is what we are.
We need to help engineers step back and consider the larger implications of what they have routinely seen as “small change”.
We need to help them contemplate their work in the larger context because what they do often changes the “big picture” dramatically overtime. That big picture encompasses economic, political, social, and ethnical components.