Education about Standardization: Recent Findings

Education about Standardization: Recent Findings

Henk J. de Vries (RSM Erasmus University, The Netherlands) and Tineke M. Egyedi (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Copyright: © 2007 |Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/jitsr.2007070101

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to provide insight in standardization education by presenting the results of an international workshop organized by the International Committee for Education about Standardization (ICES) together with findings from literature. The main topics are: needs for standardization education, audiences and learning objectives, contents of an academic curriculum, and available materials for academic teaching. We found an enormous gap between manifest and latent needs for standardization education. The lesson to be learnt from some Asian countries is that this gap can be bridged. First, by a strong national policy which may be part of a regional policy. Secondly, by cooperation between government, industry, national standards body, academia and other educational institutions. The increasing number of initiatives and activities of the last three years indicates that there is a momentum for education on standardization. Our paper provides a structured approach for using this momentum to further develop and implement standardization education. It challenges researchers in the field to interrelate research and education.

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