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A review by edent_
Professional Practice in Engineering and Computing: Preparing for Future Careers by Riadh Habash
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Unreadable. Full of grammatical errors and run on sentences. Just incredibly difficult to read. There may be some useful information in here, but I'll be damned if I can find it. Seriously needs to be edited down by someone with a strong grasp of the English language.
Here's a typical sentence: "One of the key workplace trends of the future would be the downfall of the corporate ladder, dating back to the Industrial Revolution when thriving businesses were developed on a strict order."
I consider myself to be well educated, and I read a lot of books. But I struggle to understand what that sentence is trying to say. Does the trend date back to the Industrial Revolution? If this is a future trend, should the word "will" be used instead of "would"? Are businesses developed "on" a strict order, or "in" a strict order?
The book makes several illogical leaps. For example: "The industrial world was about reducing choices; however, the pre-digital world is about expanding choices."
What does that even mean? How did industrialisation reduce choice? Are we now in the pre-digital world? What choices have been expanded?
Here's another choice quote: "AI will change the future of work through automation by the use of
technology to complete tasks and augmentation by the use of technology to assist in completing tasks."
I *think* that's trying to say "Artificial Intelligence will change the future of work by automating and augmenting the way workers complete tasks." But I could be wrong.
If you've been told to buy this book for an MSc course - complain. Ask your tutor to explain what they thought of the book and if they understand what it is talking about.
Here's a typical sentence: "One of the key workplace trends of the future would be the downfall of the corporate ladder, dating back to the Industrial Revolution when thriving businesses were developed on a strict order."
I consider myself to be well educated, and I read a lot of books. But I struggle to understand what that sentence is trying to say. Does the trend date back to the Industrial Revolution? If this is a future trend, should the word "will" be used instead of "would"? Are businesses developed "on" a strict order, or "in" a strict order?
The book makes several illogical leaps. For example: "The industrial world was about reducing choices; however, the pre-digital world is about expanding choices."
What does that even mean? How did industrialisation reduce choice? Are we now in the pre-digital world? What choices have been expanded?
Here's another choice quote: "AI will change the future of work through automation by the use of
technology to complete tasks and augmentation by the use of technology to assist in completing tasks."
I *think* that's trying to say "Artificial Intelligence will change the future of work by automating and augmenting the way workers complete tasks." But I could be wrong.
If you've been told to buy this book for an MSc course - complain. Ask your tutor to explain what they thought of the book and if they understand what it is talking about.