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Despite the gloomy national labor market situation, the college segment of the market is poised to rebound this year. While overall hiring across all degrees is expected to increase 3%, hiring at the Bachelor’s level is expected to surge by 10% according to the 4,600 employers who responded to Michigan State University’s Recruiting Trends 2010-2011 survey … more at the CERI site.
The 300 dollar house challenge
Book: Collaboration and Co-Creation: New Platforms for Marketing and Innovation
The book uses a variety of case studies and stories involving companies, organizations, and individuals, such as Unilever, Hallmark, NASA, Electrolux, Nokia, P&G, BMW-Mini, Blizzard Entertainment, Frito-Lay, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Ellen Degeneres, and IBM to demonstrate how the new platforms of collaboration and co-creation are being used to rethink marketing and innovation, and how value is created in a connected, collaborative world by Listening, Engaging, and Responding to customers.
Design Thinking To Mobilize Science, Technology, and Innovation for Social Challenges
Sunday, February 20, 2011: 8:30 AM-11:30 AM
Washington, DC
Frontiers in Service
Co-Chairs: Roland T. Rust, Neeli Bendapudi, and Shashi Matta
Date: June 30 – July 3, 2011
Location: Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University
Conference Website: http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/frontiersconference/
IBM and Atılım University initiate Information Technologies Service Management (ITSM)Master Science Program aimed at training IT service management specialists.
Signing ceremony of the cooperation agreement was held on September 2, 2010 with the participation of Jale Akyel, IBM Turkey University Relations Leader, Prof. Dr. Abdurrahim Özgenoğlu, Rector of Atılım University and Prof. Dr. Ali Yazıcı, Head of Software Engineering Dept.
Under the ITSM Masters Program which will be conducted in the field of SSME / Services Sciences Management, development of the IT service system is aimed in line with the targets related to productivity, quality, performance, compliance, growth and learning. Students graduated from undergraduate departments of the universities in IT systems, software, computer, management and industrial engineering and those currently working in the IT field in the industry will be entitled to apply for the ITSM program to commence in the fall semester of academic year 2010-2011. Students graduated from business administration and other fields of engineering will also be entitled to apply for the program which will be given with or without thesis with the condition of taking few prep classes.
Curriculum, which will be offered to the students, has been prepared jointly by IBM Turkey University Relations team, Paul Kontogiorgis, IT Services Program Director at IBM USA and Atılım University. Under the program, cooperation is made with the universities and research centers abroad in addition to the industry. Thereby, students and instructors will have the opportunity to observe various projects, teams and fields of study as well as specializing by practicing at IBM software labs which will be established at the university.
Aimed at training the managers acquainted with technologies to support business strategies and bridging the gap in the industry, the ITSM program is currently conducted at the leading universities such as “Massachusetts Institute of Technology”, “University of California”, “École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne”, “Bocconi School of Management” and “University of Manchester ” with IBM’s cooperation.
I really like this short video that Matti Kokkala at VTT sent me:
short video we made about the Service Science & Business Network, see http://www.vtt.fi/img/video/vtt_ssb.wmv (in Finnish, English subtitles).
On the theme of short – here is also an updated short presentation – I probably should add a slide after # 5 and # 6 on something from Finland or VTT…
http://www.slideshare.net/spohrer/ssmed-short-20101118-v8
Also, Germany has its MARS study and just released the following study:
http://www.ksri.kit.edu/Upload/Publications/92d75a33-9e07-473b-9091-7398a0557f0b.pdf
http://www.service-monitoring.eu/Images/Flyer_MARS_engl_Internet_tcm384-94133.pdf
Hershey, PA – October 29, 2010 – IGI Global, an international publishing company specializing in high-quality research publications in the fields of computer science and information technology management, is pleased to announce the successful completion of the inaugural year of the International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology (Editor-in-Chief Miguel-Angel Sicilia, University of Alcalá, Spain).
Services play a central role in the economies of nations and in global commerce. Every organization is involved in service to some extent, and service systems are often complex and need a multi-disciplinary approach to be fully understood. IJSSMET provides an open forum for researchers and practitioners to share leading-edge knowledge in service science understood as a broad research field that encompasses all the aspects that relate to services, their planning, design, operation, evaluation, and improvement.
For more information on the International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology, please visit http://www.igi-global.com/ijssmet. For purchasing information, please contact cust@igi-global.com, 717-533-8845 x100 or 866-342-6657.
the next IPS² Spring School is going to be organized at the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany during 4th – 8th April 2011.
The Spring School will be accessible for all CIRP Research Affiliates as well as the Research Assistants and PHD-students of the CIRP working group members.
The maximum number of participants will be 20.
Contact: springschool@cpk.uni-kl.de
Please note, that the cost per person will be 250,- € for the week (excluding accommodation). The fee will include the Spring School running costs, food during the day and a Spring School Dinner.
See the portal here.
Latest edition!!
http://www.sersci.com/ServiceScience/magazine_details.php?id=8