Impact of ETM education on the graduates´ careers [engineering and technology management]

Author

Kocaoglu, Dundar F. ; Danh, Jaclyn

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng. & Technol. Manage., Portland State Univ., OR, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Abstract

Summary form only given. This paper presents the results of a survey conducted among the graduates of the Engineering and Technology Management (ETM) department at Portland State University (USA) to determine the impact of the ETM education on their career. 169 alumni who received their graduate degrees from the ETM department between 1987 and 1998 were contacted, and asked to answer questions about their jobs before, during and after their graduate studies, their reasons to pursue a degree in ETM, the impact it has made on their careers, and the degree of their satisfaction with the various aspects of the program. The response rate of 42%

Keywords

educational courses; engineering education; management education; professional aspects; teaching; USA; careers; engineering and technology management education; jobs; satisfaction; students; university graduates survey; Business; Educational programs; Engineering management; Engineering profession; Manufacturing industries; Remuneration; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Engineering and Technology, 2001. PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on

Conference_Location

Portland, OR

Print_ISBN

1-890843-06-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PICMET.2001.952185

Filename

952185