A case study of the space telescope science institute's learning community

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, 2003. IPCC 2003. Proceedings. Pub Date : 2003-11-17 DOI:10.1109/IPCC.2003.1245470

F. Tanner

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Professional development opportunities are critical in any scientific or engineering discipline. Engineers need professional development in order to apply state of the art concepts and techniques to solving company problems. Basically, there are three broad categories of professional development opportunities: individual, group, and organizational opportunities. Individual opportunities include technical sabbaticals and planned professional development. Group opportunities include engineering colloquia with guest lecturers from industry and seminar courses on specific topics. Organizational opportunities include tuition refund program and other human resources initiated opportunities. All of these techniques intertwine to foster a strong organizational learning culture. The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has implemented a successful program of sustained learning opportunities for its employees. This paper provides a case study of the STScI's learning community. This paper explores the professional development opportunities available to employees and examines the costs and benefits associated with them based on the STScI model.

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太空望远镜科学研究所学习社区的案例研究

职业发展机会在任何科学或工程学科中都是至关重要的。工程师需要专业发展，以便应用最先进的概念和技术来解决公司的问题。基本上，职业发展机会有三大类:个人、团体和组织机会。个人机会包括技术休假和计划的专业发展。小组机会包括与来自行业的客座讲师进行工程座谈会和特定主题的研讨会课程。组织机会包括学费退款计划和其他人力资源发起的机会。所有这些技巧交织在一起，形成了强大的组织学习文化。太空望远镜科学研究所(STScI)为其员工实施了一项成功的持续学习机会计划。本文提供了一个STScI学习型社区的案例研究。本文基于STScI模型，探讨了员工可获得的专业发展机会，并考察了与之相关的成本和收益。

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