Employment Expectations of ETM Students

This research aims to investigate some of the determining factors of three job expectations namely: salary, benefits and work-life balance, by analyzing the effects of gender, marital status and generation on student job expectations in a sample of graduate students from the Engineering and Technology Management Department at Portland State University. A study was designed to test the relationships between student salary expectations and gender, benefit expectations and marital status, and work-life balance and generation. A survey questionnaire was prepared based on relevant literature review and administered to a total of 102 current students. Cross-classification tables were used to summarize the information obtained in the survey; then chi-square and log-linear statistical models were used to analyze the relevance of the data obtained through the student survey. The results obtained from the survey were validated by comparing them with those presented in relevant literature in the same areas of research. The findings of the survey suggest that female students have lower salary expectations than male students with similar characteristics. There are no differences between single and married students in terms of their employment benefit preferences. Lastly, generation X and generation Y students have similar work-life balance expectations but different to those of older students

How to Market ETM for Prospective Students

This paper proposes a hierarchical decision model to identify the impact of the key decisions that influence a student to choose Engineering and Technology Management at PSU. As part of the overall methodology, criteria for choosing ETM are first identified through a preliminary survey. The criteria and their alternatives are compared to each other using pair-wise comparisons. This paper highlights the importance of the hierarchical decision model using pair-wise comparisons and shows its importance as a decisionmaking tool. The paper makes recommendations on some of the strategic decisions needed to be taken by Management in areas like enrollment, curriculum, etc for attracting more students to join the ETM Program at PSU