7. Conclusion So, to conclude, our T-shaped “New Transportation Professional” must have the breadth to cover the areas described above as well as in-depth knowledge of some important aspect of the transportation enterprise.
An understanding of the world of transportation systems, together with analysis tools, a sound grasp of the institutional framework and knowledge in technology and its potential are the sine qua non of the “New Transportation Professional”.
Changing our educational enterprise to properly capture this breadth of vision as well as in-depth understanding will require re-engineering of the transportation education organization. Many of us did this before in the 1960s and 1970s and we should not shrink from the challenge of doing it again.
The “New Transportation Professional” will be an educated person, as described in Peter Drucker’s Post-Capitalistic Society. He or she will be a “knowledge worker” as Drucker defines it, providing value-added through a fundamental understanding of information and the need for it within the system under consideration — in this case the transportation system.
I believe that the “New Transportation Professional” — Drucker’s “knowledge worker” — should be educated as a leader, with in-depth knowledge, breadth, a taste for continuous learning, and vision as to the importance of transportation to modern society.
We close with a quote from Edmund Burke:
“A leader tells people not where they want to go, but where they ought to go.”
The “New Transportation Professional” should be that leader.
Educating the “New Transportation Professional”
2005-01-01
11 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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