1. E&M overview Delft Dec 20091 TAIZ University Engineering & Management Master program Enhancing Yemeni Industry, Government and Academia

2. E&M overview Delft Dec 20092 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

3. E&M overview Delft Dec 20093 Taiz University mission (from NPT-YEM-271 Strategy paper) … to contribute to Yemeni and Arab Regional societies in general, and the Yemeni industrial entrepreneurial 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 …

4. E&M overview Delft Dec 20094 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.

5. E&M overview Delft Dec 20095 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.

6. E&M overview Delft Dec 20096 The knowledge, understanding and skills for applying industrial engineering methodologies !?

7. E&M overview Delft Dec 20097 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

8. E&M overview Delft Dec 20098 Only fair items on the table !

9. E&M overview Delft Dec 20099 Program Outline (1) : Schedule Block 0 Prereq courses English, Statistics, ICDL, OR/mathematics Block 1 Method 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

10. E&M overview Delft Dec 200910 Program Outline (2) : A balance between engineering and management EngineeringManagement Prereqs3 non credit1 non credit Foundation11 Engineering3 Management3 Electives1 (2)1 (0) Master research11 Totals9 (10)7 (6)

11. E&M overview Delft Dec 200911 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

12. E&M overview Delft Dec 200912 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

13. E&M overview Delft Dec 200913 Modern participative teaching, like this ?

14. E&M overview Delft Dec 200914 Modern participative teaching, or like this !

15. E&M overview Delft Dec 200915 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 the Internet. (See Moore, Moore, Bodwen, Coasdale, 2003). Teaching, technology, and the modern classroom Tim Walters Zayed University, Dubai Steve Lydiatt Zayed University, Dubai

16. E&M overview Delft Dec 200916 ??? ? ! !!! PwPw PmPm SmSm SwSw Methodological Concept Systems view is leading From simple to complex problems

17. E&M overview Delft Dec 200917 Systems Engineering IEM Bachelor knowledge/skills Methods of Research (Introduction Master’s research) Individual Master’s research Trainee/designer Industry Scientific / PhD position Managerial courses cluster Technical courses cluster Courses (cluster) relations in methodological learning path master E&M

18. E&M overview Delft Dec 200918 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

19. E&M overview Delft Dec 200919 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.

20. E&M overview Delft Dec 200920 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

21. E&M overview Delft Dec 200921 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/ http://wps.pearsoned.co.uk/ema_uk_he _johnson_excorpstrat_7/ Case study & caput in final report Intermediate presentations mandatory Grading final report 100%

22. E&M overview Delft Dec 200922 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

23. E&M overview Delft Dec 200923 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

24. E&M overview Delft Dec 200924 Future developments (2): Small business consultancy A success story: Abdul Salam Ghaleb “I made 40 tanks to heat water with solar energy.”

25. E&M overview Delft Dec 200925 Plans, ambitions and reality According to general Eisenhower : plans are nothing, planning counts ! So, we plan and act dynamically.