Introduction
History
1971
The Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
was established to provide high school graduates with a specialized two-year
education.
1983
A three-year night school program was added.
1986
The Department was renamed the Department of
Industrial Engineering and Management for both the day-time and night school
programs.
1988
A five-year program for junior high
school graduates was set up.
1997
The Department was renamed the Department of Industrial
Engineering and Management Technology. The department started an undergraduate
program that offered Bachelor degrees.
1998
The Department was renamed the Department
of Industrial Management.
2001
Graduate school program started.
2002
The Department was renamed the Department of
Management and Information Technology.
2002
The graduate school program of Industrial
Management for part time students was established.
2015
The department was renamed the Department of Industrial
Management and Information. Two majors included are Industrial Management and
E-commerce.
The Department
of Management and Information Technology was changed from the Department of
Industrial Engineering and Management of Southern Taiwan Junior College of Technology
and Commerce in 1990; since then, it has evolved into a comprehensive,
well-organized, and multi-program department. It includes an undergraduate program for
Management and Information Technology (for day and night schools), a graduate
program for Industrial Management (for regular and on-job weekend students),
and a new graduate program (for regular students), founded in 2007, for
Technology Management. In the 2003 MOE
(Ministry of Education) assessment for technological and vocational universities,
our department was recognized at the rank one standard. In recent
years, to foster a more global outlook the
department has cooperated with the College of Business and has been accredited by AACSB since 2017.
Characteristics
of the department
The courses are
designed to feature the following four characteristics:
A globalized
learning environment
(1) Reinforce
English teaching: Increase the number of English courses in the undergraduate
program, and provide an English teaching environment for many professional
courses.
(2) Strengthen
international academic exchange: Sponsor the『International Conference on
Knowledge-Based Economy & Global Management』 yearly, and invite outstanding
overseas scholars as visiting professors.
(3) Encourage
students to study abroad: offer an overseas studying option for the graduate
program, for which students must complete one year of study at a STUST
affiliated university, and also provide short-term overseas learning
opportunities for elite junior undergraduate students.
Emphasize both
theoretical and practical applications in teaching
Design diverse curriculums to meet industrial needs, and
invite professional lecturers from industry to share their hands-on experiences
with students to broaden the prospect of students in their major.
Cultivate
professional knowledge and assist students in acquiring certification
Provide courses which incorporate both professional knowledge and help students obtain professional
licenses, such as the certification of ERP software, IC3, Techficiency Quotient
Certification (TQC), or Quality Control Technician (CQT), which incorporates
both professional knowledge and qualifications acquired in learning.
Design diverse
courses
The undergraduate program offers a broad range of courses
which meets the varying interests of students and provides a good balance
between theory and application. Students in this four-year program will obtain
professional preparation in various types of businesses and learn skills for
the integration of industrial management and information technology. The
design of the courses emphasizes fields including Management of
Technology, Industrial Management, and Electronic commerce.
Four Year Undergraduate Program
Objectives
The program is designed to cultivate qualified personnel
for the integration of industrial management with information technology and places an emphasis on logistics management, systems analysis and design, enterprise
resource planning, electronic commerce, customer relationship management, and
supply-chain management. The goal is to enable students to plan, analyze, and
manage business or production and service systems.
Curriculum
The program
offers a broad range of courses which meet the varying interests of students
and provides a good balance between theory and application. Students in this
four-year program will obtain professional preparation in various types of
businesses and learn skills for the integration of industrial management and
information technology.
Many recent
graduates have obtained positions offered by newly developed industries in
Tainan Science Park and Tainan Technological and Industrial Park.
The design of the
courses emphasizes the following fields:
1. Operations and quality management.
2. Logistics and supply-chain management.
3. Enterprise resource planning and electronic commerce.
4. Information system design and management.
Employment
The program prepares graduates for a career in
the fields of operations and quality management, logistics and supply chain
management, enterprise resource planning, electronic commerce, and database
design and management. Any positions related to the fields will be
suitable for graduates. Many of the recent graduates have obtained the positions
offered from the new developed industries in Tainan Science Park and Tainan
Technological and Industrial Park.
Prospects
With Tainan Science Park, Tainan Technological and
Industrial Park, and the Asian-Pacific Center of Management and Transportation,
the department is dedicated to preparing technically qualified personnel.
The department also aims to work with these industries and establish
cooperative systems to reinforce practical training for students.
Perspective
The educational goal of the department emphasizes a solid
professional training for students; in addition, it stresses interest-oriented
instruction based on the strengths of students to build up their leadership,
team work ability, creativity, capability of innovation, and the concept of
business ethics for promoting their advantages in competitive
environments. Methods for achieving the department goal are as follows:
(1) Enhance
the proficiency of IT application: In addition to arranging fundamental IT
courses, the department offers several courses for software implementation with
the aid of computer based teaching.
(2) Assist
students to acquire professional certifications: Providing license-oriented
courses is the main emphasis for curriculum designation, which support students
to obtain professional qualification licenses. These license-supporting
courses include the certification of ERP software, Techficiency Quotient
Certification (TQC), and Quality Control Technician (CQT).
(3) Enhance
foreign language capabilities: Graduation requirements are imposed for
foreign language proficiency in our four-year undergraduate program.
English placement exams are given to classify students into different levels of
English courses in their freshman and sophomore years. A short-term plan
for studying aboard is provided in the junior year. TOFEL and other
English enhancing courses are also provided. To promote the
foreign language capabilities of graduate students, the department provides
diverse learning channels, incorporating elite counselling courses during the
first summer break before the new students enter the graduate program.
(4) Experience
team work operation and spirit: Many of our professional classes
encourage students to complete cooperative lab reports in order to build up a
team concept for students. The『Practical Training』 course also supports students if
they attend different types of creation and innovation competitions where they
can actually experience working as a team.
(5) Cultivate
business and professional ethics: Business ethics is a required course in the
department, which delivers business ethics to students by means of case studies
and seminars, supported by lecturers from industries.