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1、AQFDDecisionModelforSelectingService,Teaching,andResearchOpportunitiesPaulKauffmannAbelFernandezCharlesKeatingDepartmentofEngineeringManagementOldDominionUniversityNorfolk,VA23529Office:757-683-4946Fax:757-683-5640pkauffma@odu.eduASEE-NewEngineeringEducatorsDivision199
2、9AnnualConferenceCharlotte,NCSession2275AQFDDecisionModelforSelectingService,Teaching,andResearchOpportunitiesPaulKauffmann,AbelFernandez,CharlesKeatingOldDominionUniversityAbstractNewfacultyareconfrontedwithabarrageofinformationreiteratingtheimportanceofperformanceint
3、he“bigthree”areas:teaching,service,andresearch/publications.Fromtheprovosttothedepartmenthead,anuntenuredfacultymemberfacesstrongandsometimesconflictingpressurestobecomeinvolvedinactivitiesrangingfromcommitteeassignmentstoparticipationindepartmentoruniversityresearchpr
4、ograms.Oftentheseopportunitiescomewithlittleguidance,advice,orobviouslinkagetolongtermsuccessinthethreepillarareasandultimatelytenure.Newfacultyareconfrontedwithacomplexdecisionproblemforwhichthereisunstructuredinformationavailabletodevelopasolution.Thispaperpresentsas
5、trategicandstructureddecisionprocessforchoosingservice,teaching,andresearchopportunitiestoachieveresultsforthetenureprocess.First,thispaperdiscussestheuseofstrategicplanningmethodstodevelopafocused,personalstatementofresearchandteachinginterests.Intheframeworkofthisstr
6、ategicresearchandteachingstatement,aQualityFunctionDeployment(QFD)approachisthendevelopedtorateandidentifyopportunitiesthathavethehighestimpactontenureobjectives.Thepaperpromotesastructuredcareerplanningprocessthatminimizesnon-focusedeffort,andprovidesafoundationforfut
7、uresuccess.I.IntroductionNewengineeringeducatorsarepresentedwithabewilderingarrayofopportunitiesastheyponderthepathstotenurethroughteaching,researchandservice.Thecontributiontotenuresuccessmadebyspecificactivitiesisnotclear,yetnewfacultymustmakedecisionsastohowtoalloca
8、tetheirtime.Serviceoptionsmayincludemultipleuniversityanddepartmentcommitteesthatcanabsorbtimeandeffort.Involvementin