Engineering a leader : technical career paths to the executive suite

Engineering a leader : technical career paths to the executive suite

This thesis will identify what career paths, advanced degrees, and supportive industries best enable engineers and other highly technical professionals to move past middle management layers into executive leadership. Specific questions to be addressed include: 1. Which technical degrees most often l...

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Main Author: Scarlett, Jason Randall
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
CEO
Executive
Career path
Functional background
Advanced degrees
Engineers
Technical degrees
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-08-1684
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spelling ndltd-UTEXAS-oai-repositories.lib.utexas.edu-2152-ETD-UT-2010-08-16842015-09-20T16:56:26ZEngineering a leader : technical career paths to the executive suiteScarlett, Jason RandallCEOExecutiveCareer pathFunctional backgroundAdvanced degreesEngineersTechnical degreesThis thesis will identify what career paths, advanced degrees, and supportive industries best enable engineers and other highly technical professionals to move past middle management layers into executive leadership. Specific questions to be addressed include: 1. Which technical degrees most often lead to CEO appointments? 2. Which industries offer the most advancement opportunities for technical degree graduates? 3. Which advanced degrees are most useful for ascension into CEO ranks? This research is specifically geared to extend the key learnings of the University of Texas at Austin Executive Engineering Management curriculum giving the reader foresight into what executive career paths are available for those with technical degrees.text2010-12-21T22:39:56Z2010-12-21T22:40:02Z2010-12-21T22:39:56Z2010-12-21T22:40:02Z2010-082010-12-21August 20102010-12-21T22:40:02Zthesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-08-1684eng
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topic CEO
Executive
Career path
Functional background
Advanced degrees
Engineers
Technical degrees
spellingShingle CEO
Executive
Career path
Functional background
Advanced degrees
Engineers
Technical degrees
Scarlett, Jason Randall
Engineering a leader : technical career paths to the executive suite
description This thesis will identify what career paths, advanced degrees, and supportive industries best enable engineers and other highly technical professionals to move past middle management layers into executive leadership. Specific questions to be addressed include: 1. Which technical degrees most often lead to CEO appointments? 2. Which industries offer the most advancement opportunities for technical degree graduates? 3. Which advanced degrees are most useful for ascension into CEO ranks? This research is specifically geared to extend the key learnings of the University of Texas at Austin Executive Engineering Management curriculum giving the reader foresight into what executive career paths are available for those with technical degrees. === text
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