Engineering and Technology Talent for Innovation and Knowledge-Based Economies

Competencies, Leadership, and a Roadmap for Implementation

Mahmoud Abdulwahed, Mazen O. Hasna

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9783319464381
• eBook ISBN:
  9783319464398
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Management
• Index: Social Sciences

This book introduces and analyzes the models for engineering leadership and competency skills, as well as frameworks for industry-academia collaboration and is appropriate for students, researchers, and professionals interested in continuous professional development. The authors look at the organizational structures of engineering education in knowledge-based economies and examine the role of innovation and how it is encouraged in schools. It also provides a methodological framework and toolkit for investigating the needs of engineering and technology skills in national contexts. A detailed empirical case study is included that examines the leadership competencies that are needed in knowledge-based economies and how one university encourages these in their program. The book concludes with conceptual modeling and proposals of specific organizational structures for implementation in engineering schools, in order to enable the development of necessary skills for future engineering graduates.

Table of contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgement
• Contents
• About the Authors
• 1 Engineering and Technology for Innovation- and Knowledge-Based Economies (iKBEs), Book Objectives, and Overview
• 2 Literature Review of iKBE Competencies and Systemic Modelling
• 3 Leadership: Models, Competencies, and the Emergence of Engineering Leadership
• 4 On Industry—Academia Collaboration for iKBE
• 5 On the Response for iKBE Development: Excellence in Technology’ Innovation, Entrepreneurship, & Engineering/Education (TIEE), and a Proposed Structure
• 6 Methodology, Tools, and Systemic Framework for iKBE Competencies Investigation
• 7 Empirical National Case Study: Current and Future Engineering Skills Needs, and Engineering Education Systems Necessities in Qatar
• 8 Highlights of Foundational Principles of Engineering & Technology Innovation and Talent Transformation for iKBEs Development
• Appendix A Engineering Education Accreditation Criteria
• Appendix B Generic Definitions for Set of Mutual 22 Skills
• Appendix C Research Methodologies in the Literature
• Appendix D Targeted Groups Survey Design
• Appendix E Engineering Skills and Competency Analysis Between Junior Engineers and Senior Students
• Appendix F Engineering Skills and Competencies Between Faculty Members and Industry
• Appendix G Engineering Skills and Competencies Analysis Between Senior Students and Industry
• Appendix H Engineering Skills and Competencies Analysis Between Males and Females
• Appendix I Engineering Skills and Competencies Analysis Between Nationals and Non-nationals
• Appendix J Twenty-First-Century Skills Situational Gaps for SEM Design Project
• Appendix K Instruments
• References