An Approach to the Industrial Organization Engineering Background in Spain

[EN] In this article we review the historic background of Spanish Industrial Engineering and briefly compare it with its equivalents in the USA and other countries, indicating similarities and differences. We present the actions taken in Spain that have consolidated Organizational Engineering. First, we describe the early history in the older Schools of Industrial Engineering. We follow reporting the new Industrial Organization speciality in the Degree in Industrial Engineering and the Second Cycle of Industrial Organization Engineering that extends until the end of the last century. We present the actual academic organization to adapt to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) along with the impact that its adaptation has had on the new Degrees, Master Degrees and Postgraduate Courses. Finally, a short section deals with the Organizational Engineering Development Association (ADINGOR), given its importance for the visibility and consolidation of Spanish Organizational Engineering in Spain and elsewhere.Companys Pascual, R.; Lario Esteban, FC.; Vicens Salort, E.; Poler, R.; Ortiz Bas, Á. (2017). An Approach to the Industrial Organization Engineering Background in Spain. Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering. 11-23. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-55889-9_2S1123ADINGOR. (2008). Documento de Requisitos para la verificación del título de “Grado en Ingeniería de Organización Industrial”. Boletín de la Asociación para el Desarrollo de la Ingeniería de Organización.ANECA. (2006). Libro Blanco. Título de Grado en Ing: de Organización Industrial.Companys, R. (2001). La Organización Industrial en la ETSII. Sevilla: Congreso de Ingeniería de Organización.Fons Boronat, J. M. (2001). La Ingeniería de Organización: Una visión desde la Administració de Empresas. Sevilla: Congreso de Ingeniería de Organización.Mula, J., Díaz Madroñero, M., & Poler, R. (2012). Configuración del Grado en Ingeniería de Organización Industrial en las universidades españolas. Dirección y Organización, 47, 5–20

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