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Exploring Undergraduate Education of Industrial Engineers:Result of Survey for Graduates with Industrial Engineering Degree  

Park, Yang-Byung (College of Advanced Eng., Kyung Hee University)
Rim, Suk-Chul (Division of Industrial & Information Systems Eng., Ajou University)
Hong, Sung-Jo (Dept. of Industrial and Systems Eng., Dongguk University)
Kim, Kwang-Jae (Dept. of Industrial and Management Eng. Pohang University of Science and Technology)
Yun, Myung-Hwan (Dept. of Industrial Eng., Seoul National University)
Kim, Jong-Hwa (Dept. of Industrial Eng., Konkuk University)
Lee, Deok-Joo (College of Advanced Eng., Kyung Hee University)
Cho, Nam-Wook (Dept. of Industrial and Information Systems Eng., Seoul National University of Technology)
Suh, Young-Bo (Dept. of Industrial Eng., Seoul National University)
Publication Information
IE interfaces / v.20, no.1, 2007 , pp. 1-10 More about this Journal
Abstract
The main purpose of this research is to find out whether curriculums of industrial engineering (IE) departments meet the demand of IE graduates working in various fields. The research was conducted as an online questionnaire survey selecting IE Graduates working in industries as practising engineers. 1,324 participants were validated among 1,477 participants. 13 fields were selected and used in the survey. Those were; 1) Mathematical statistics, 2) Computer, 3) Purchase, 4) Production system, 5) Logistics, 6) Marketing, 7) Monetary, 8) Experiment methods, 9) Operations Research (OR), 10) Human Factors, 11) Quality, 12) Engineering management, and 13) Information systems. Using the 5-scale Likert rating, each education subject was assessed both in terms of its usefulness in practices and the amount it being taught in school. As a result, courses such as motion/time study, linear programming that IE has traditionally focused showed less usefulness in practices while it is taught in relatively large amount in schools. However, courses such as 6 sigma, CRM which are closely related to industrial practices showed high usefulness in practices compared with low degree of teaching in school. This was the first ever large scalesurvey conducted for IE graduates in Korea. The result of survey displayed many helpful information on current status and future direction of IE education in Korea.
Keywords
questionnaire survey; usefulness in practices; amount of education in school; industrial engineering graduates; alumni survey;
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