What Alumni Value from New Product Development Education: A Longitudinal Study

Autor/inn/en	Cobb, Corie L.; Hey, Jonathan; Agogino, Alice M.; Beckman, Sara L.; Kim, Sohyeong
Titel	What Alumni Value from New Product Development Education: A Longitudinal Study
Quelle	In: Advances in Engineering Education, 5 (2016) 1, (37 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1941-1766
Schlagwörter	Interdisciplinary Approach; Qualitative Research; Design; Entrepreneurship; Longitudinal Studies; Graduate Students; Course Descriptions; Interviews; Surveys; Alumni; Industry; Career Development; Graduates; Skill Development; Competition; Outcomes of Education; Educational Attitudes; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Qualitative Forschung; Unternehmungsgeist; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Kursstrukturplan; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Industrie; Berufsentwicklung; Graduate; Absolvent; Absolventin; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Wettkampf; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Kalifornien
Abstract	We present a longitudinal study of what graduates take away from a cross-disciplinary graduate-level New Product Development (NPD) course at UC Berkeley over a 15-year period from 1996-2010. We designed and deployed a longitudinal survey and interviewed a segment of our NPD alumni population to better understand how well our course prepared these alumni for careers in design, innovation, entrepreneurship and product management. We questioned alumni regarding the value of specific NPD skills, methods, and tools taught in the course. This paper presents a quantitative and qualitative analysis of survey and interview data. The results reaffirm the value of engaging students in multidisciplinary design projects as a means for developing the skills needed in today's competitive NPD environment and highlight the similarities and differences that exist between academic and industry NPD practices. We believe the findings will inform educators about what is valued in NPD courses by graduates now working in industry. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01