Engineers’ collaborative skills are internationally recognized as an issue for professional efficiency and development.
Educational organizations, as ABET in the US and abroad, consider that these skills are essential for engineers, and companies agree on that statement.
And researchers identify some “good practices” for improving collaborative efficiency, in engineer’s companies and organizations.
The French situation is somehow different.
Even if French companies and engineers are involved in multinational organizations and markets, this issue is not addressed by many researches, articles or books. Nevertheless, some voices begin to mention that point as a very important one, especially in the current context of international competition, and with the need for innovative practices and products...