International benchmarking of PhD programs in Technology Management for the assessment of the Philippine Graduate Programs in Technology Management / Owen Coo Gue

Year : 2014

Number of Pages : 144 leaves

Adviser : Dr. Roger D. Posadas

Executive Summary

The assessment of the TM study focused on the existing PhD-TM being offered by the Technological University of the Philippines (TUP), the UP-TMC's program in the Master of Technology Management program and that of the selected foreign universities and institutions offering the PhD-TM program. Foreign institutions with its resources and capability further strengthens its program through consortium, linkages, sharing of faculty capability, resource materials and affiliation with other international universities not only for its advantages but also to that of its students enrolled in the technology programs being offered by the foreign institution. The TM programs offered by UP-TMC (MTM) and TUP (PhD-TM) both have identified needs in terms of infrastructure, adequate facilities, resource materials, infrastructure, and needed linkages may adopt some of the foreign institution's strategies. The assessments across both of UP-TMC's MTM and TUP's PhD-TM would focus on the quality of faculty, admission criteria of students and curriculum offered. A general assessment of the two institutions graduate program's capability in their offering of the technology management discipline to evaluate the status quo and to identify the future needs of their corresponding programs in comparison with their international counterparts. Using the template of IAMOT-TIM BoK, an analysis was done to determine the specialized fields of TM studies in the Philippines and their supporting curricula. Major areas of specialization were identified to be a part of the curriculum for the in depth study and research. This is to better provide the industry with key personnel for its management team and developing its competitiveness through knowledge acquisition and innovation and to be at par with other ASEAN economies. The development of faculties and academic researchers both highly trained and experts in the identified area of expertise for sustainability of TM as an interdisciplinary field. The idea is not only to identify the institutional needs for both TM programs in the Philippines but also to identify the common set of core subjects that a doctoral student in TM needs to master, in terms of the depth of treatment of the topics.