IEMC 2005 St John’s Newfoundland Page 1 Optimising the Content and Delivery of Postgraduate Education in Engineering Management for Government and Industry

Abstract- Optimising the content and delivery of postgraduate education requires a systems approach, and attention to a number of issues, the most important of which is the recognition that the needs (requirements) of postgraduate students employed in the workforce are different to those of traditio...

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Main Authors: Joseph E. Kasser, Elena Sitnikova, Xuan-linh Tran, Greg Yates
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Language:English
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.465.7964
http://www.therightrequirement.com/pubs/2005/Optimizing the Content and Delivery of Postgraduate Education.pdf
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Summary:Abstract- Optimising the content and delivery of postgraduate education requires a systems approach, and attention to a number of issues, the most important of which is the recognition that the needs (requirements) of postgraduate students employed in the workforce are different to those of traditional full-time students. This paper describes such a systems approach and addresses those issues in the context of a proposed new Master of Engineering Management Degree for implementation at the University of South Australia (UniSA). Key words – flexible delivery, distance education, engineering