Title :
Training Engineering Students for Intrapreneurship - Challenges and Dilemmas for Project Supervisors of Modern Engineers
Author :
Nielsen, Anders Paarup ; Vang, Jan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Production, Aalborg Univ. Copenhagen, Ballerup, Denmark
Abstract :
As economic and technological globalization continuously unfolds a new international division of labor for engineers start to emerge. Engineers in the OECD-countries increasingly have to participate in rejuvenating incumbents located in the OECD countries, hence have to become involved in intrapreneurship. This paper sheds light on two questions: what constitutes the core of an education in engineering management that focuses on intrepreneurship and which teaching challenges does it imply? Based on an original in-depth study of engineering management at Aalborg University, Denmark, the paper addresses six content areas that pose significant challenges and thus needs to be addressed.
Keywords :
engineering education; globalisation; management education; training; economic globalization; engineering management; engineering students training; intrapreneurship; project supervisors; technological globalization; Companies; Concrete; Continuous production; Electrical capacitance tomography; Engineering education; Engineering students; Globalization; Innovation management; Research and development management; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Transforming Engineering Education: Creating Interdisciplinary Skills for Complex Global Environments, 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dublin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6040-3
DOI :
10.1109/TEE.2010.5508886