Recently, in the fourth batch of national Master of Engineering Management (MEM) professional degree teaching case collections jointly organized by the Ministry of Education Degree and Graduate Education Development Center and the National Engineering Management Professional Degree Graduate Education Steering Committee, the case of Dispelling the Clouds and Seeing the Sun - Risk Management of ZJ Company's Walvis Bay Wharf Building Island Excavation Construction compiled by Teacher Shen Qiyu and postgraduate Chen Zhen from Department of Construction Management, School of Civil and Transportation, South China University of Technology was successfully selected into the case library of China Professional Degree Teaching Case Center. This is the first teaching case of School of Civil Engineering and Transportation to be selected into the Engineering Management Professional Degree Case Library of the China Professional Degree Teaching Case Center.
Case teaching is an important way to strengthen the practical ability training of professional degree postgraduates, promote teaching reform, and promote the organic integration of teaching and practice. In order to implement the Ministry of Education's Opinions on Strengthening Case Teaching and Joint Training Base Construction for Professional Degree Postgraduates ([2015] No. 1), and promote the development of case teaching for Master of Engineering Management, from 2016 to 2020, Master of Engineering Management has been The collection and storage of four batches of teaching cases were carried out. In 2017, the National Engineering Management Professional Degree Postgraduate Education Steering Committee included the submitted cases in the Basic Conditions for Authorization Review of Master of Engineering Management Professional Degree (Degree [2017] No. 12 Trial), which further emphasizes the importance of case teaching for the Master of Engineering Management.
More than 30 colleges and universities across the country have participated in the case collection since December 2019. Shen Qiyu's team selected the topic Dispelling the Clouds and Seeing the Sun - Risk Management of ZJ Company's Walvis Bay Wharf Building and Excavation Construction. It took nearly one year to conduct in-depth enterprise research, obtain first-hand information, write the first draft, and invite experts to conduct research. After argumentation and revision, the case finally passed the letter review and conference review and was approved to be included in the database. The successful storage of this teaching case is a major breakthrough since the construction of teaching cases in our school. It has effectively promoted the case teaching work of professional degree postgraduates in our school, and provided valuable experience for the construction of teaching cases in our school.
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