TAIZ University Engineering & Management Master program

1. TAIZ University Engineering & Management Master program Enhancing Yemeni Industry, Government and Academia E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

2. Overview of presentation • Taiz University mission • E&M master program mission & objectives • Program outline • Methodological concept • Course specification example • Status per 1 Dec 2009 • Future Developments E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

3. Taiz University mission (from NPT-YEM-271 Strategy paper) … to contribute to Yemeni and Arab Regional societies in general, and the Yemeni industrialentrepreneurial sector in particular by delivering graduates with knowledge, skills and attitudes to assume leading responsibilities in the process of innovation, knowledge transfer and in sustainable development … E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

4. E&M master program mission (from NPT-YEM-271 Strategy paper) The mission of the ME&M program is to deliver excellent graduate engineering education with a pedagogy that begins from an ethical perspective and leads to a class of engineers who not only are technically outstanding but who possess leadership/management skills and competencies needed to respond to the growing needs of the public and private sectors, locally and globally. … alike mission statements of foreign (Industrial) Engineering and Management programs e.g. Linköping university in Sweden and Purdue university in USA. E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

5. E&M master program objectives (1) knowledge, understanding and skills • The knowledge to describe a complex or advanced technological process and product in a managerial context. • The understanding to diagnose the functionality and performance of such processes and products in a multi-disciplinary way. • The skills to (re)design such processes and products. • The knowledge, understanding and skills for applying industrial engineering methodologies in research. E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

6. The knowledge, understanding and skills for applying industrial engineering methodologies !? E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

7. E&M master program objectives (2) knowledge, understanding and skills • The knowledge, understanding and skills for long life learning, including information retrieval and ICT-use. • The skills to communicate scientifically about a chosen solution approach with engineers and managers. • The knowledge and understanding of advanced technology, managerial sciences and mathematics to enter a PhD-program in Engineering & Management or a related discipline. • Professional skills for managerial, societal and ethical behavior when applying technology E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

8. Only fair items on the table ! E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

9. Program Outline (1) : Schedule • Block 0 Prereq courses English, Statistics, ICDL, OR/mathematics • Block 1Method engineering,Product design, Marketing, Production systems • Block 2 Management & cost accounting, Elective 1, Systems Engineering, Strategic management • Block 3 Elective 2, Methods of Research, Individual master research E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

10. Program Outline (2) : A balance between engineering and management E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

11. Program Outline (3) : Electives • Engineering electives SHE, Materials manufacturing, Supply chain management • Management electives TQM, Project management, HRM • Students must choose at least one engineering elective E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

12. Program Outline (4) All courses count for 3 units All courses in intensive two week scheme For all courses modern participative teaching and examination of knowledge, understanding and skills Master research (6 units) either university thesis or industrial project E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

13. Modern participative teaching, like this ? E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

14. Modern participative teaching, or like this ! E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

15. Teaching, technology, and the modern classroom Tim Walters Zayed University, Dubai Steve Lydiatt Zayed University, Dubai One of Zayed University’s publicly articulated missions is to lead higher education in the United Arab Emirates through teaching, learning, research, and outreach and to achieve this leadership in a technologically advanced environment. In fulfilling this goal, the university actively promotes laptop computer use among faculty, staff, and students; delivery (and completion) of lessons though advanced technology; use of sophisticated software; and information gathering via theInternet. (See Moore, Moore, Bodwen, Coasdale, 2003). E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

16. Methodological ConceptSystems view is leadingFrom simple to complex problems ??? !!! Sw Pw ? ! Pm Sm E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

17. IEM Bachelor knowledge/skills Systems Engineering Managerial courses cluster Technical courses cluster Methods of Research (Introduction Master’s research) Individual Master’s research Trainee/designer Industry Scientific / PhD position Courses (cluster) relations in methodological learning path master E&M E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

18. Course specification template • Defines course objectives • Defines course outline • Defines literature • Teaching and examination must fit with program objectives • Is interface document for course development E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

19. Course specification template (Strategic management objectives) • Knowledge of strategic vocabulary e.g. Business model, Balanced scorecards, CSF, Five forces framework, Learning organization, Market segmentation, PESTEL, Product development, SWOT, Value chain . • Understanding of strategic management process : positioning, choice, action. • Skills to diagnose corporate and business strategies from company documents. • Skills to design corporate and business strategies under laboratory conditions. • Knowledge and understanding of the applicability the field Strategic management in Engineering & Management. E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

20. Course specification template (Strategic management outline) • Introduction: The nature of strategy, strategic decisions and strategic development • Strategic position : Environment • Strategic position : Capabilities • Strategic position : Expectations and purposes • Strategic choices : Corporate level • Strategic choices : Business level • Strategic choices : Development methods • Strategic action : Organizing for success • Strategic action : Enabling success • Strategic action : Managing strategic change E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

21. Course specification template (Strategic management lit & exam) • Literature Exploring Corporate Strategy 7th edition,Prentice-Hall Johnson, Scholes and Wittington. See http://wps.pearsoned.co.uk/ema_uk_he_johnson_excorpstrat_7/ • Case study & caput in final report Intermediate presentations mandatory • Grading final report 100% E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

22. Status per 1 dec 2009 • Lecturer assigned for each course • All courses under development • Regular development supervison • Course available for acceptance test three months before teaching period • Courses soon available via Taiz E-learning system Moodle, in the meantime at http://www.rug.nl/staff/j.l.simons/projects E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

23. Future developments (1): Towards international PhD Being a leading University means having an international accepted accreditation e.g. by ABET to enable master students to enroll in PhD programs abroad E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

24. Future developments (2): Small business consultancy A success story: Abdul Salam Ghaleb “I made 40 tanks to heat water with solar energy.” E&M overview Delft Dec 2009

25. Plans, ambitions and reality According to general Eisenhower : plans are nothing, planning counts ! So, we plan and act dynamically. E&M overview Delft Dec 2009