Host: NPO: Transdisciplinary Federation of Science and Technology
In this paper, I analyze human resource development in small businesses from the view of multi-focal engineers. Recently, companies have to use various technologies to develop a new product and process technology such as mechanics, electronics, material engineering, etc. These technologies need to be combined appropriately. But even if the company employs a top engineer, it's hard for him or her to master all the areas and combine them because the technology may change rapidly. A multi-focal engineer is an engineer who is specialized in one specific area, but can understand other technologies at a basic level and consider technical problems from another point of view. Therefore multi-focal engineers can assist in combining technologies.
