The Beneficial Effects of an Autonomously Operated Engineering Education Outreach Program: A Case Study of the Servant Leadership Program

The Beneficial Effects of an Autonomously Operated Engineering Education Outreach Program: A Case Study of the Servant Leadership Program

In 2014, the Innovation Center for Engineering Education (ICEE) at a large university in South Korea benchmarked the Servant Leadership Program (SLP), an engineering education outreach program of a nearby university. SLP operated continuously while recently undergoing a critical change in the operat...

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Published in:2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) pp. 944 - 949
Main Authors: Eunju Jung, Kwang Ho Song, Dongsik Jang, Jayoung Kim, Ilgeon Yoo, Bokyung Son, Jihyun Choi, Seo Jeong Hwang, So Yeon Lee, Youjin Chong, Eunmi Cho
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: IEEE 01-12-2018
Subjects:
case study
community service
Documentation
Engineering education
Interviews
leadership development
Organizations
outreach
Teamwork
Technological innovation
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Summary:In 2014, the Innovation Center for Engineering Education (ICEE) at a large university in South Korea benchmarked the Servant Leadership Program (SLP), an engineering education outreach program of a nearby university. SLP operated continuously while recently undergoing a critical change in the operating agency, from the ICEE to a student body participating in the program. The purpose of this case study documents the transformation of the SLP during its organizational change under a qualitative research framework. The results indicated this change caused the SLP to evolve serendipitously in three aspects: (1) improved program quality, (2) enhanced student leadership and professional skills and (3) extended scope and boundary of the program to broader communities. These improvements exceeded expectations from when the organizational transformation was planned and launched. The autonomously operated the SLP resulted in significantly more benefits to the community and participating students than under the previous management scheme. We hope that this autonomous approach can be disseminated to more universities, as an exemplary program for maximizing benefits to both the community and participating students.
ISSN:2470-6698
DOI:10.1109/TALE.2018.8615426