Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Princy L. D. Johnson, Liverpool John Moores University; Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial leadershipand related concepts (entrepreneurial mindset)’. However, there was no explicit reference tocreativity. As an exception, all four MSc programs in the Electronics and Electrical EngineeringDepartment at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) have the module ‘Professional andLeadership Skills’ as the core. This module has dedicated sessions addressing creativity, inaddition to having creativity embedded throughout the teaching, learning, and assessmentprocesses; it is the focus of our study here.What is still missing from this picture? Why do so many engineers still consider creativity to be aminor topic, both in general and in terms of management/leadership? Could their perceptions ofcreativity be part of the