ALIGNING INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION WITH INDUSTRY THROUGH ATOMIC CURRICULUM MANIPULATION

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https://doi.org/10.7166/31-4-2393

Keywords:

industrial engineering, curriculum, competence, industry alignment

Abstract

Curriculum is the primary factor that defines the competence and skill level of graduate industrial engineers as these professionals leave university and enter a dynamic industry that is affected by multiple social, economic, environmental, and political issues. If the curriculum is not adaptive, the quality of their education is compromised. This work proposes a rigid-skeleton flexible-body approach in which the architecture of the industrial engineering curriculum is rigid but has the flexibility, at a holistic level, to manipulate micro-components according to the needs of the industry. This work therefore examines the potential for atomic-type curriculum manipulation rather than molecular-type manipulation.

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Author Biographies

Piwai Chikasha, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of South Africa, South Africa

Doctoral student

Kemlall Ramsaroop Ramdass, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of South Africa, South Africa

Associate Professor

Kgabo Mokgokloa, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of South Africa, South Africa

Lecturer - Dept of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

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2020-12-14

How to Cite

Chikasha, P., Ramdass, K. R., Mokgokloa, K., & Maladzhi, R. W. (2020). ALIGNING INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION WITH INDUSTRY THROUGH ATOMIC CURRICULUM MANIPULATION. The South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 31(4), 92–103. https://doi.org/10.7166/31-4-2393

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General Articles