文档介绍：Lean Learning Academy: an innovative learning concept in engineering curricula
Ignace Martens1, Jan Colpaert2,3, Liesje De Boeck2,3
1Katholieke Hogeschool Sint-Lieven, Technologiecampus Gent (BE), Gebroeders Desmetstraat 1, 9000 Ghent, Belgium, ignace.******@
2Centre for Modelling and Simulation (CMS), HUBrussel, Stormstraat 2, 1000 Brussels, Belgium, jan.******@, liesje.******@
3Affiliated researcher Research Centre for Operations Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Naamsestraat 69, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Abstract
Today, companies are faced with decreasing profit margins due to economic crisis and petition. At the same time, in many higher educational institutions, students attend rather unattractive courses by sitting and listening to lecturers teaching ex-cathedra. This paper describes how Lean Learning Academy, an innovative training programme on lean manufacturing, can contribute to petitiveness panies, to the employability of employees and students, to the motivation of students, and to the attractiveness of engineering curricula. The training programme can be considered as a essful innovative alternative for the traditional way of teaching.
Keywords
Lean, game, training, course, company, higher education, engineering
1. Introduction
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