Relationship between engineering and

We will examine the quantitative relationship between engineering and management work (broadly described as indirect costs) and hardware and construction costs (direct costs) in Chapter 8 the present discussion is restricted to qualitative aspects. The division of project costs into direct and indirect components is widely practised, and has very important implications, but it is often little understood. What seems to escape many is that it is a purely artificial distinction. 

Despite a sometimes tenuous relationship between engineering and liberal arts faculties, the role of humanists and social scientists stood out in efforts to reinvent engineers. Throughout the postwar era. 

In Chapter B2 we identified creativeness as a main characteristic of engineering in this chapter we shall examine that assertion in more depth and develop a detailed understanding of the relationship between engineering and creativity. To do this, we need to look at the process of engineering from a point of view that differentiates activities on the basis of their creative content, and that is the subject of the next section. We can then, in the further sections, focus on those activities where creativity is a major factor. But first, let us be certain that we have a clear understanding of what we mean by creativeness . 

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