{"title":"A framework for optimizing a virtual learning system for minorities and industry in the field of engineering","authors":"P. Smith, B. Kleiner","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.1996.547892","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"While many attempts have been made to research and improve the academic achievements of minorities, results have been disappointing. The paper takes a unique sociotechnical systems analytical approach to identify important social, technical, and environmental variables. This research has implications for the use of cyberspace for organizational learning; for involving industry virtually in the upstream development of human resources, and for redesigning the overall support system for minorities.","PeriodicalId":138196,"journal":{"name":"IEMC 96 Proceedings. International Conference on Engineering and Technology Management. Managing Virtual Enterprises: A Convergence of Communications, Computing, and Energy Technologies","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1996-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEMC 96 Proceedings. International Conference on Engineering and Technology Management. Managing Virtual Enterprises: A Convergence of Communications, Computing, and Energy Technologies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.1996.547892","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
While many attempts have been made to research and improve the academic achievements of minorities, results have been disappointing. The paper takes a unique sociotechnical systems analytical approach to identify important social, technical, and environmental variables. This research has implications for the use of cyberspace for organizational learning; for involving industry virtually in the upstream development of human resources, and for redesigning the overall support system for minorities.