Conference paper 2021

Teaching management skills to first year engineering students

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Burgos-Vera, Oscar
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Sotomayor-Beltran, C. A.
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Llulluy-Nuñez, David
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Reyes-Del-Carmen, Hipólito
EDUNINE 2021 - 5th IEEE World Engineering Education Conference: The Future of Engineering Education: Current Challenges and Opportunities, Proceedings
Conference · Art. 9429141
Abstract

Managements skills are very important in the job market today. In this study, we present a course where these skills were introduced to first year engineering students of a university from Lima North, Peru. We also gathered the points of views of the students in regards with this couse. In this study a total of 30 students from the systems and industrial engineering programs participated. We introduced the students to concepts such as teamwork, time management, emotional intelligence, assertive communication, critical thinking and authentic leadership using the diamond framework of management skills. The Organization and Management course was organized in three parts and consisted of debates, working in groups and evaluations that all were carried out using the Zoom platform. In general terms the course was well received by the students and they indicated that they wanted to learn more skills (e.g., resilience, negotiation, storytelling). © 2021 IEEE.

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Leadership communication teamwork management skills Engineering students

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Engineering education Human resource management Students Job market time management organization and management Critical thinking Emotional intelligence Management skills Teaching managements First-year engineering Diamond framework
Author Affiliations
Facultad de Ciencias e Ingeniería, Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades, Los Olivos, Lima, Peru
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