Archive of posts tagged Skills

Short takes week of July 9

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Ovum Comments:  New Skills and Service Science http://www.ovum.com/go/content/c,77654 Best Paper Award Health INFORMS: http://www.informs.org/Recognize-Excellence/INFORMS-Community-Prizes-and-Awards/Pierskalla-Best-Paper-Award Urban Dive Experience http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNnuFkMrMPM Earthmine (US Berkeley) collect-process-deliver pixel-level-accurate urban-maps  http://www.earthmine.com US Dept ED SCANS http://www.arp.sprnet.org/default/curric/scans.htm Service Innovation (Netherlands) Rene van Buuren http://www.novay.nl/about-novay/22 Water Test Kits  for Students http://www.worldwatermonitoringday.com/Test_Kits/Kits_Main.html Making Service Science Mainstream: http://www.servicefactory.aalto.fi/fi/wp-content/themes/default/Service_Science_Summit_White_Paper.pdf Executive Masters in Service Science (Switzerland) EMISS …

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IAMOT

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Academic Discipline Growth and Management of Technology (MOT): Prof. Yasser Hosni (US University of Central Florida) is the President of the International Association for Management Of Technology (IAMOT). He recently invited me to serve as a member of IAMOT’s Management of Technology Accreditation Board (MOTAB). Prof. Tarek Khalil (Egypt Nile University and US University of …

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updates – Japan, India

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Japan Service Science. Yuriko Sawatani, Fellow, Service Science, Management and Engineering, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) recently provided me with an update on JST’s approach to developing a theory of service systems as well as improved service system implementations.  Many proposals are currently being evaluated for funding. Aligning universities, cities, and IBM to promote …

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Skills Gap A Growing Problem Worldwide, Columnist Writes.

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In a column for the Contra Costa Times (4/16), Tapan Munroe writes that there is “a growing gap between skills and education of workers and the needs of employers.” However, “this is not just an American problem, but a problem of the industrial world including China and India.” Munroe notes Manpower Inc’s 2009 worldwide talent …

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