Development of a postgraduate engineering management program for the Asia-Pacific region

Author

Wang, J. ; Chattopadhyay, G. ; Hargreaves, D.J.

Author_Institution

Mech., Manuf. & Med. Eng., Queensland Univ. of Technol., Brisbane, Qld., Australia

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

18-21 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

856

Abstract

Engineering management (EM) at postgraduate level is a pathway for practicing engineers to fast develop their careers. This work presents the development of a postgraduate engineering management program which looks into the market demand in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. It addresses the program structure, contents, delivery mode and relevant issues for meeting the needs of job market and students. This work addresses the challenges in developing engineering management program for onshore program in Australia and offshore programs in the Asia-pacific region and focuses on various modes of deliveries.

Keywords

engineering education; human resource management; management education; socio-economic effects; Asia-Pacific region; Australia; engineering management program; market demand; onshore program; postgraduate engineering management program development; program structure; Australia; Biomedical engineering; Education; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Engineering management; Manufacturing; Project management; Research and development management; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering Management Conference, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8519-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMC.2004.1407503

Filename

1407503