Creating a New School of Computer Science and Engineering in Kansas City
Publication: Leadership and Management in Engineering
Volume 6, Issue 3
Abstract
A new school of computing and engineering was formed in 2000 by uniting two programs needing organizational legitimacy in the university. Program faculty members and a broadly supportive community created a bold, rapid plan using best practice business strategies to form the new school. The plan for joining these two programs was accepted by the university’s governing board six months after the planning group was convened. The new school continues to execute the business practices learned in the tumultuous formation period for ongoing success.
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Biographies
Deborah O’Bannon is an associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She can be reached by telephone at 816-235-1287, or via e-mail at [email protected].
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Leadership and Management in Engineering
Volume 6 • Issue 3 • July 2006
Pages: 93 - 96
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© 2006 ASCE.
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Published online: Jul 1, 2006
Published in print: Jul 2006
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