Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Management

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanna Long, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Hector Carlo, University of Puerto Rico; Jane Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Abhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Scott Grasman, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

workforce. The structure ofthe class projects will include goal setting behavior for the projects and intercultural relations.Research has shown that goal setting behavior significantly enhances the participant'sperformance 17 and plays an instrumental role in improving the student’s self-efficacy andintrinsic interest in the task. In addition the course design allows for the creation of specifictasks, roles, and learning goals. Specifically, each student is assigned tasks and is part of a team-directed management structure; this structure includes the election of leaders for each sub-teamand the team at large. In addition, tasks are divided up into smaller focused tasks with frequentreporting requirements, and specific questions that explore