The Systems Engineer:a Communicating Saté Skewer

摘要

Communication is recognised as an important ingredient to execute projects. It isrnnot just a single capacity, but can be drawn along multiple dimensions. This paper describes thernSystems Engineer as a ‘Communicating Saté Skewer’, addressing his ability to concatenaterndifferent aspects (people, means and content) to secure that the system becomes successful.rnTo be able to act as a good Systems Engineer, this paper describes six dimensions that arernimportant for optimal communication and to fulfil the role of ‘concatenater’ of content. Theserndimensions range from the organisational- and system hierarchy to the intercultural aspects ofrncommunication within and between teams or organisations. Moreover these dimensions varyrnfrom East to West. Trying to find a person who meets the needs along all dimensions mayrnresult in looking for the impossible. Some thoughts are given that may help constructing arnbalanced team that meets the project needs.