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It's somewhat funny that the course that I'm using this book for is a course in professional communication, because the only thing that comes to mind as I read it is that this must be an example of what not to do. Throughout the entire book Goldberg seems to treat engineers as children who need to be told how to convey simple ideas and tasks. Needless to say, I do not need a section telling me how to multi-task, nor do I need one telling me that management and engineering are different and one must address each audience differently. Perhaps some engineers are socially inept and need a book to tell them how to live their lives, but I find Goldberg stroking his ego through this book and find that it adds nothing useful to my course or my knowledge.

Chapter 10 attempts to integrates Handy's Gods of Management with McGregor's The Human Side of Entreprise. Not sure that he really succeeds, but it's encouraging to find someone else--in good standing, an authority figure, and respectable no less--who holds these ideas important to really bright engineers.

Each engineer should read this book for achieve personal and interpersonal engineer goals. This book teach you the discipline to be a better person and engineer.