2 research outputs found
Evaluation of career readiness at an industrial technology program using a fuzzy approach
In this research, a quantitative model to measure the “career readiness” performance level of the current curriculum of the Industrial Technology and Packaging program at California Polytechnic State University is proposed. Career readiness is first defined through performance attributes and these attributes are further classified into specific categories and metrics. Using a fuzzy logic computational approach, “career readiness” measures are developed and a “career readiness” score referred to as (CRS) is calculated. The model is designed to be flexible, dynamic and easy to use. It should enable a systematic measurement of career readiness by producing a final integrated unit-less score. Results from the data collected for the Industrial Technology program’s main employers and graduates provided various insights about the level of career readiness the program currently provides in terms of strengths and weaknesses. In addition, these results, and the developed CRS approach, may serve as a practical tool for decision-making and improvement to various educational components to increase readiness level. Finally, the overall CRS, as well as its constituting scores, can be used to monitor progress along such improvements programs
Recommended from our members
A Fuzzy Logic Based Decision Support System for Business Situation Assessment and e-Business Models Selection
A new decision support system is developed for assisting business executives in deciding the e-business models to adopt for new business ventures. The developed system is based on a new framework using fuzzy logic theory. A detailed conceptual design is developed. The proposed system solves important challenges such as the use of linguistic terms to capture the executives’ assessments of the key business measures. It uses fuzzy assessment rule to find the overall grade for each business dimension. Moreover, its rule-base allows adding large number of new e-business models. A prototype is tested with business executives and received positive feedback