Conference Session

EM Program Design

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn D. Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology; Anirban Ganguly, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

this in mind, an investigation into the current aspects of Quality/Process Management courses as taught within an Engineering Management (EM) graduateeducation was undertaken. The fundamental objective of the current research rests in exploringthe structure of Quality/ Process Management courses that are taught as part of EM graduatecurriculum. A set of Quality and Process Management topics were identified and subsequentlyprioritized, using a survey of the Quality instructors or EM Program Directors, to assess theirrelative criticality. The findings of this research are expected to provide a guideline to EMcurriculum developers to evaluate and improve the structure of their own Quality /ProcessManagement courses, and in the process improve the