The human dimension of systemic department-level change: A change agent's retrospective on a case of reform

Advances in Engineering Education

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Vanasupa, Linda ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change agents; Diversity; Global and societal issues; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

BALANCED LEARNING; CHANGE AGENTS; DESIGN ENGINEERING; DIVERSITY; ENGINEERING DEGREES; EXPORT RATE; EXTERNAL AGENTS; GLOBAL SOCIETY; HUMAN DIMENSIONS; MENTAL MODEL; MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; SAT SCORES; SOCIETAL ISSUES; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS;

CURRICULA; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 82655180408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19411766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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