How can Engineering Education better respond to the needs of

How can Engineering Education
better respond to the needs of
European Enterprises ?
An industrial perspective
SEFI - SEII Meeting
Oct. 27th, 2008
Leopold Demiddeleer
Automotive Industry needs for 2020
(IBM study)
The emphasis on priority skills varies across regions based on resource
availability and market maturity
The multiplex workforce will be driven by the need
to excel in the global environment
The Cross-Continental Divide : Europe Versus North America
The Cross-Continental Divide : Europe Versus North
America
• Engineering staff in Europe trade away all forms of
compensation for Base Pay – with a focus on equity that
is commensurate with their counterparts in North
America
• Focus on a strong Work Environment dominates the
European engineering profile
• Engineers in North America are far more sensitive than
their peers in Europe to where they spend their time (on
Vacation, in Travel, at Home, …) while engineers in
Europe place greater value on Work-Life services
available at a work location
The Engineering Workforce in Australia : Europe Versus
Australia
The Engineering Workforce in Australia : Europe Versus
Australia
• Stock Options are not a valued element of compensation
packages for engineering staff in Australia
• Engineers in Australia place more value on moderate
Hours than do employees in any other geographic
location
• Similar to their counterparts in North America, Australia
engineers favor moderate Travel-but place little value on
Work-Life services relative to peers in Europe
Industrial R&D requires different skills
(by RTEC)
Industrial R&D requires different skills
(by RTEC)
Industrial R&D requires different skills
(by RTEC)
Industrial R&D requires different skills
(by RTEC)
Teach them patience…
Thank you !
R&D Académique et Industrielle
•
R&D Académique
– Liberté
– Centrée sur l’individu et
déployée sur le monde
– Définit le champ du possible
– Pérenne – écosystème fragile
– Structure décentralisée par
nature de savoir, adaptative
sur le long terme
– Forme l’essentiel des cadres
R&D
– « Produit des publication » et
diffuse son savoir
– Fournit du savoir à une
structure sociale
– Crée des centres
d’excellences
•
R&D Industrielle
– Discipline
– Centrée sur une organisation
et déployèe sur le monde
– Définit le champ du réél
– Structurée par projet –
« machine de guerre »,
adaptative a court terme *
– Structure centralisée ou
décentralisée
– Fournit l’essentiel de l’emploi
des cadres R&D
– Produit des brevets et cache
son savoir essentiel
– Achète du savoir
– Doit servir des besoins de
clients