Overview
- Presents an innovative model that meets the challenges of all aspects of STEM initiatives for business development
- Features real case studies that illustrate the benefits of the MERge model
- Contributes to the field of innovation and entrepreneurship in STEM by merging and consolidating different methodologies and insights
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Business (BRIEFSBUSINESS)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Prologue
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Industry
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Academia: Faculty Members
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Academia: Administrative Staff
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First/Public Sector
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About this book
This Brief presents a new model for business development—MERge—to be implemented in practitioners’ professional development in general and in the context of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) initiatives, particularly, in industry, educational institutions and public sector organizations. The authors aim to contribute to the field of innovation and entrepreneurship by merging and consolidating different methodologies and insights borrowed from the "meta-professions" (referring to skills that can be expressed meaningfully after one has gained disciplinary and professional knowledge) of management, education, and research. Targeting three key groups—practitioners in industry, academic institutions and public sector organizations—this model proposes that all practitioners can further develop their unique expertise, as well as new skills, while acknowledging and applying the three meta-professions in their initiatives, on-going work and personal lives.
The authors acknowledge that in the postmodern era, where barriers between disciplines are falling in every aspect of professional life, managerial, educational and research skills are becoming increasingly essential and interdependent. Featuring case studies that illustrate how the MERge model is implemented in practice, this volume presents practical tools for integrating these key skills in a wide variety of initiatives in business, teaching and research contexts.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Ronit Lis-Hacohen is a project manager at the Technion of two main initiatives: a) establishment of the Technion Guangdong campus in China and b) Technion MOOCs strategic development. She is an industrial and management engineer and IT analyst with twenty years of experience in designing and managing information systems projects in various fields, especially ERP projects. She has a master degree in Education from the Open University of Israel.
The two authors have extensive experience in the implementation of the MERge model in industry, academia and the public sector in various managerial, educational, and research roles.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The MERge Model for Business Development
Book Subtitle: The Amalgamation of Management, Education and Research
Authors: Orit Hazzan, Ronit Lis-Hacohen
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Business
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30225-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-30224-9Published: 09 May 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-30225-6Published: 28 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2191-5482
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5490
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 122
Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership, Knowledge Management, Innovation/Technology Management, Science Education