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CONCEPTION OF NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSES –
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION “HEALTH CARE
MANAGEMENT”
ABSTRACT
HEIKE KRAUSSLACH
University of Applied Sciences Jena, Jena, Germany
The University of Applied Sciences Jena has substantial competencies
for health issues in its engineering, business and social departments.
In 2010 the interdisciplinary centre of competence “Health”
was founded to concentrate these competencies. Among others it
deals with the challenges of an increasing rate of economy in the
health sector. In addition to practical research, the centre of competence
focuses on new teaching issues. One new offering is the establishment
of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) “Health
Care Management”, which aims to integrate education and health
even more closely. It provides a factor of success to meet the mentioned
needs. The target group of the MBA includes managers of
public health care in medical, nursing, social, and business fields.
The MBA is offered as a part-time course. A high expertise and the
practical knowledge in the respective area are assured by collaborating
with other universities and a university hospital. The curriculum
is highly interdisciplinary and teaches issues of business and
health economy as a holistic process.
With the establishment of the new course the University of Applied
Sciences Jena meets the current and future needs of medical institutions,
especially hospitals, for economic knowledge.
INNOVATIVE TEACHING USING INTEGRATED TASKS FOR AN
ENGINEERING COURSE
ROLITA R. LA COCK 1 AND IVAN F. MUZONDO 2
1 Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering &
Surveying, Cape Town, South Africa, 2 Tshwane University of Technology,
Department of Geomatics, Tshwane, South Africa.
ABSTRACT
This paper describes the use of innovative teaching methods in an
engineering discipline by members of that profession. It is set at two
University of Technologies (UoTs) that employ integrated tasks
training (ITT) and evaluation through a portfolio of evidence for final
assessment of the subject Engineering Surveying.
The ITT join various subjects from the various engineering courses,
to prepare the students for the reality of the work place, while teaching
them the basic skills of life. The ITT encourages and teaches the
students to develop skills, and empower them to become competent
to adapt to technological changes. Institutions cannot teach all the
theory in allocated timeslots, and reductions in staff numbers and
resources bring in higher staff student ratios, which without innovation
may compromise on quality.
The paper discredits the idea of extending course hours or programme
years to cover all content, recommending instead that
teaching concentrate on the basics, while developing the student’s
skills without reducing the overall outcome quality. In the end, the
engineering programs remain compliant with professional bodies’
standards.