Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Management Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew Pasek, University of Windsor

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

AC 2008-1466: IT'S ALL THERE: TEACHING COMPLEX MANAGEMENTCONTENT USING FEATURE FILMSZbigniew Pasek, University of Windsor Zbigniew J. Pasek is an Associate Professor in the Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Department at the University of Windsor. His interests include industrial automation, informal engineering education and engineering applications in health care. Page 13.820.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 It’s All There: Teaching Complex Management Content Using Feature FilmsAbstractWe all learn in a number of different ways and the

Conference Session

Tools of the Trade

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Niewoehner, U.S. Naval Academy; Craig Steidle, US Naval Academy; Eric Johnson, US Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

assuring the portability of the lessons; we don’t expect students to seesituations imitating those they’ve studied, hence the goal must instead be habits of mind andprinciples of action which the student can portage to the circumstances of their professionallives. This paper evaluates the suitability of Richard Paul’s Critical Thinking model as a templatefor evaluating engineering enterprise thinking habits and organizational behavior, using theColumbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) report1 as a case study. Specifically, the authorssought to answer the following questions: “Does the Paul model of Critical Thinking provide abeneficial vocabulary and construct for evaluating complex technological case studies?” and,“Does the structure of