TY - GEN
T1 - Assessment of global competencies for the development of global engineering education
AU - Rawboon, Khwanruethai
AU - Yamazaki, Atsuko K.
AU - Oda, Sayoko
AU - Wongsatanawarid, Atikorn
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Association for Computing Machinery.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/10/25
Y1 - 2019/10/25
N2 - The engineering workplace is becoming increasingly multinational because of technological advances and global economic integration. Consequently, engineering students should learn how to use advanced and appropriate technologies, as well as develop transferable skills, such as global competence, which are necessary to successfully work in a global environment. However, the question of which global competencies are required from engineers by the global marketplace has not been addressed. In this study, we present the results of a survey in which we asked industrial engineering leaders and multinational companies in Thailand about the appropriate and essential skills that should be targeted by engineering departments and programs at universities in Thailand, Japan, and other countries to enhance the engineering curriculum of students. According to the survey results, well-known Thai companies value global competencies, whereas Japanese and other multinational companies in Thailand tend to emphasize on technical skills. All the respondents agreed that global competence is very important for engineering graduates to be recognized as professional engineers in the future.
AB - The engineering workplace is becoming increasingly multinational because of technological advances and global economic integration. Consequently, engineering students should learn how to use advanced and appropriate technologies, as well as develop transferable skills, such as global competence, which are necessary to successfully work in a global environment. However, the question of which global competencies are required from engineers by the global marketplace has not been addressed. In this study, we present the results of a survey in which we asked industrial engineering leaders and multinational companies in Thailand about the appropriate and essential skills that should be targeted by engineering departments and programs at universities in Thailand, Japan, and other countries to enhance the engineering curriculum of students. According to the survey results, well-known Thai companies value global competencies, whereas Japanese and other multinational companies in Thailand tend to emphasize on technical skills. All the respondents agreed that global competence is very important for engineering graduates to be recognized as professional engineers in the future.
KW - Company survey
KW - Engineering education
KW - Global competence
KW - Professional engineer
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U2 - 10.1145/3369199.3369244
DO - 10.1145/3369199.3369244
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85078489069
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 190
EP - 194
BT - ICDTE 2019 - 2019 the 3rd International Conference on Digital Technology in Education
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Digital Technology in Education, ICDTE 2019
Y2 - 25 October 2019 through 27 October 2019
ER -