Knowledge Surveys for LongRange Professional Development

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Knowledge Surveys for Long-Range Professional
Development

• Dr. Gary Foster, USAF Academy
• Johnny Weissmuller, ICODAP

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Project Background

• AFIT Dissertation Project at the Ohio State
  University (OSU) by Gary Foster (ex-OMC)
• Industrial Systems Engineering Program
• Author OASurv Provided by IJOA
• Processing Provided by ICODAP

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Project Overview

• Goal was to provide input to create the ideal
  non-discipline curriculum for the ISE Program at
  the Ohio State University
• To Develop a Repeatable Methodology
• Inventory of 350 Knowledge Items (KIs)
• Mail out to 1,100 OSU Graduates from 1983 to
  1998.

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Why This Presentation?

• To Highlight Lessons Learned such as
  Administering Non-military surveys Useable
  Returns 129 (11.7)
• To Explore the Problem with Training Needs for
  Professionals
• Level of Specificity
• Performance versus Need
• Use of Write-ins for Real-World Gaps

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Products

• One set of products to describe what is being
  done
• One set of products on what is recommended
• Analysis of Write-ins to identify training or
  opportunity gaps
• Analysis of Differences by Graduation Date (after
  major program overhauls)

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Knowledge Item Areas

• Biomechanical
• Safety
• Cognitive Science
• Information System Design
• Decision Analysis
• Scientific Computations Modeling
• Simulation
• Design of Experiments
• Engineering Statistics and Quality Control
• Quality and Continuous Improvement

• Engineering Economics
• Cost Analysis
• Productivity, Work Measurement and Methods
• Production Planning, Scheduling, and Control
• Facility Design, Layout and Material Handling
• Manufacturing Processes and System Design
• Management
• Personal and Professional Skills
• Disciplines

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Example Knowledge Items
1 1 Biomechanics analysis 1
2 Design concepts - anthropometry limits 1
3 Energy consumption measurement 1 4 Hand tool
design 1 5 Manual materials handling 1
6 Muscle performance 1 7 Physiological control
models 1 8 Task demand analysis 1 9 Tasks
design 1 10 Work-rest cycles 1 11 Workplace
design 1 12 Workstation design 2 13 Accident
investigation and analysis 2 14 Electrical
safety 2 15 Fall hazard control 2 16 Fire
safety
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Kinds of Questions

• Usage of KIs on the Job
• Recommendation of KI for Training
• Assessment of how well OSU training prepared the
  graduate
• Size of workgroup, number of employees
• How organization structures engineering

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Job Types Found

• Manufacturing Managers 48
• Manufacturing Engineers 43
• Safety Engineers 7
• Operations Research Personnel 4
• Cost Analysis 6
• General Managers 27

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Competencies of Ideal Graduate

• Time Management 7.36 80.29
• Spreadsheets 7.13 83.94
• Problem Solution Impl. 6.97 68.61
• Presentation 6.95 74.45
• Values/Ethics 6.92 70.07
• Process Thinking 6.90 70.80
• Teamwork Implementation 6.87 68.61

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Competencies of Ideal Graduate

• Neural Networks 3.61
• Philosophy 3.61
• Terminating vs Non-. 3.58
• Energy Consump. Meas 3.49
• Heat Stress 3.35
• Biological Sciences 3.31
• Linguistics 3.25

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Further Information Available

• Reported at several conferences, see
  (www.codap.com/papers)
• A Repeatable Methodology Approach for Determining
  Required Competencies and What to Teach
  Manufacturing Engineers and Managers for the 21st
  Century
• Evaluating the Multifaceted Needs of Industry in
  Assessing Industrial and Systems Engineering
  Academic Relevance
• Hard copy of the dissertation at ICODAP