The Offshoring of Engineering Facts, Unknowns, and Potential Implications (2008) / Chapter Skim
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4 Workshop Findings and Discussion
4 Workshop Findings and Discussion
Pages 33-41
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As Ralph Wyndrum, definition of offshoring is provided in Chapter 2. then president of IEEE-USA, points out in his paper on the The workshop discussions and commissioned papers on implications of offshoring for the engineering workforce six specific industries show how the offshoring of engineer- and profession, "virtually all bids for commercial work now ing work affects the U.S.
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In Similarly, construction engineering and services firms that addition, more information on citizenship and the migration operate globally have always required engineering help of engineers would make it easier to understand offshoring in the countries where projects are located (Messner, this and discern other trends in the engineering workforce. volume)
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On the personal level, the tech bubble and during the slow recovery that followed, individual engineers must have the information they need some U.S.-based companies announced large-scale layoffs to determine the most promising career paths and prepare in the United States, at the same time launching new opera- themselves accordingly. tions overseas, particularly in India.
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educated in the United States remain among the best trained Like the initial movement of manufacturing activity to and most flexible in the world. At a time when other nations overseas locations, much of the upsurge in offshoring of are making significant efforts to upgrade their engineering design and engineering work has been motivated by at- education capabilities, the United States will be challenged tempts to keep costs under control, or even to reduce them.
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Most professional societies and many engineering schools Engineering educators and the engineering profession will already offer continuing education programs for mid-career have to monitor the global marketplace for engineers and professionals. To determine what else might be done, it consider how well current educational approaches are pre- would be helpful to have an in-depth assessment of current paring students to meet the demands of that marketplace.
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. Robert Galvin, Chairman Emeritus of perception causes fewer of the "best and brightest" to pursue Motorola Inc., described how addressing global challenges engineering careers were raised numerous times at the work- in energy and transportation would create engineering jobs shop and in several of the commissioned papers (e.g., Stevens in the United States (this volume)
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project management and mar- is unlikely. First, as described in Chapter 3, the gaps and deket savvy, Indian engineering implementation, and, perhaps, ficiencies in the science and engineering enterprises of large Chinese manufacturing capabilities, can stretch the dollars emerging economies will take time to address.
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. Immigration Policy Similar concerns have been raised about offshoring of engi neering work that involves geospatial data (MAPPS, 2006)
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2006. Services Offshoring Working Group Final Report.
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