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Challenge the future

DelftUniversity ofTechnology

Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management

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TPM’s Mission

• The Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management intends to make a significant contribution to sustainable solutions to complex social problems through internationally oriented education and research.

• TPM is doing so by analyzing the structure and operation of technical multi-actor systems and by developing intervention strategies, practices and instruments for designing and improving systems of this kind.

Technology, Policy and Management


Typical TPM research issues


Typical TPM-problems (2)

How can we prevent electricity liberalization leading to widespread power failures?

Is there a relationship between the liberalization and power failures elsewhere in the world? What technological solutions and institutional arrangements are worth recommending?




How can air traffic at Schiphol expand within publicly determined noise limits?

By measuring noise differently, better sound insulation, steeper takeoff and landing angles or smarter air traffic control?




How do we deal with water management in the Netherlands?

A combination of higher river dikes, sacrificing polders as storage areas, more drinking water reservoirs and cooling towers for our power stations? By negotiating with countries upstream, or mainly through technical innovations?




How can we use our natural gas reserves sustainably?

Removing and storing carbon dioxide under-ground, mixing biogas or hydrogen in the natural gas network? Does our fine-grained natural gas network help us move to a hydrogen economy more quickly, or is the dialectics of progress at work?




How can we actualize spatial policy at different levels of aggregation?

By writing memoranda and formulating zoning plans? By mobilizing sustainable stake-holders? By co-production of policy? By public-private co-operation? Or by a more syste-matic and design-oriented approach to the decision- making process?




How can we ensure the continuity of tele-communication services?

Are technological innovations, such as third generation mobile tele-communication, the solution? Should we build a mobile emergency network? Do we needa more strict telecom regulator? What is the role of government and what can market players solve themselves?




How can organizations seize the strategic opportunities of ICT?

What are the consequences for organizations of offering electronic services? What technology is needed and what organizational adjustments have to be made? And how can business processes be improved by telematics? Technology, Policy and Management


Typical TPM problems occur in‘multi-actor systems’

Multi-actor systems:• Require attention to the physical system

• Require attention to the behaviour of actors in the decision- making process

• Require attention to the underlying interaction:

the interference between actor behaviour and physical system raises

questions about steering and (process) management



The object of TPM (1)Actor behaviour

• Actor behaviour renders the operation of multi-actor

systems complex and dynamic:Actors (government authorities, businesses, organized

interest groups, consumers, citizens, etc.) use their strategiesThe aggregate of strategies leads to an unpredictable

decision-making process and to unintended effects



The object of TPM (2)The physical system

• The physical system is complex and dynamic:It is not usually designed as one single system

Unpredictable behaviour by non-linearities, unforeseeable

reactions, indirect information about the status of

components

Nevertheless society demands high quality performance



The TPM perspective

• System perspectiveAnalysis of structure and behaviour of physical systems Focus on interactions between components

• Actor perspectiveAnalysis of structure and network of actorsAnalysis of underlying relationships and interactions: the

process of decision making



Action perspective

TPM analyzes, designs and develops

tools, concepts, models, strategies, practices of

action and arrangements

which can be used for intervention in, and management

and innovation of multi-actor systems.



Educational programmes



The degree programmes of TPM (portfolio)

• Bsc ‘Technische Bestuurskunde’ (Systems Engineering,

Policy Analysis and Management)

• MSc Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and

Management

• MSc Management of Technology

• MSc Engineering and Policy Analysis



Interfaculty/Interuniversity degree programmes

• MSc Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics (with Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering)

• MSc Information Architecture (with Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

• MSc Geomatics (with Architecture, Civil Engineering & Geo-Sciences, Aerospace Engineering

• MSc Geo-Information Management and Applications (with University of Utrecht, Wageningen University and ITC)

• MSc Industrial Ecology (with Applied Sciences, University of Leiden, Erasmus University Rotterdam)



The degree programmes of TPM (characteristics)

• Interdisciplinary

• Sciences and technology

• Policy and management

• International orientation

• Close relationship to research

• Public and private sector



BSc. ‘Technische Bestuurskunde’ (1)

Four fields of application

1. Transport, Infrastructure and

Logistics

2. Energy, Water and Industrial

Systems

3. Information- and Communication

Technology

4. Space: Use and Development

Target group: high-school students with aptitude in the sciences and interest in policy and management issues in a technological environment



BSc. ‘Technische Bestuurskunde’ (2)

• Structuring of complex problem situations

• Deducing of correct research questions

• Quantitative and qualitative analytical methods

• Knowledge of the fundamentals of a field of application

• Knowledge of decision making processes

• Communication skills



MSc. Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management

• Design of feasible solutions to unstructured problems in a complex (public/ private) multi-actor context

• Design/support of decision making processes

• Thorough knowledge of a field of application

Target group: students with a BSc degree in ‘Technische Bestuurskunde’ or an equivalent BSc



MSc Management of Technology

• Analysis of complex technological problems in large high tech companies

• Decision making on technological product and process innovations

• Knowledge management and R&D management

• Design of technological systems (ICT, logistics, risk)

Target group: Bachelors of Science (academic and vocational level)



MSc Engineering and Policy Analysis

• Analysis of problems in large scale complex systems (infrastructures)

• Focus on public decision making

• Interdisciplinary and intercultural communication skills




MSc Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics(in cooperation with Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering)

• Knowledge, understanding and skills in the field of traffic, transport, infra-structures and logistics

• Policy analysis and decision making

• Strong technical component




Interfaculty Education

• Profession-oriented knowledge in fields

as economics, management and law

• Skills (e.g. presenting, reporting) and

languages

• Reflection on technology

(e.g. ethics, philosophy and history of

science)

• Professionalization of teaching

(Interfaculty Centre for Education

Focus)



PhD-programme

• Best Practices Cycle (2 blocks) Five day course TPM research methods and

skills Deeper investigation of research methods

relevant for the specific research programmes

• Demand driven symposia• Peer groups• Coaching by experienced researchers

(e.g. on writing a research proposal)



Research programmes



Research Portfolio

• Five innovative programmes

• Close relationship to educational portfolio

• Anchored in technology/engineering



Design and Management of Infrastructures Research Programmes (1)

• Explaining and managing the course of infrastructural developments

• Systematic comparison between infrastructural sectors

• Design criteria for infrastructural networks, market structures and models for intervention and management



Innovation SystemsResearch Programmes

(2)

• Analysis of complex relationships between actors and institutions on the one hand and the development of new products, production processes and services on the other

• Study of the influence of innovation systems on the commercial viability of technological designs



Multi-Actor SystemsResearch Programmes (3)

• Focus on solving complex problems regarding decision making and (process) management in multi-actor systems

• Focus on design and evaluation of innovative concepts and theories, design guidelines, methods and techniques

• Creative synthesis of insights from policy analysis, process management and public management on the one hand and applied operations research and systems analysis on the other



Risk and Design Research Programmes (4)

• Scientific models and approaches for policy makers, public administrators and managers

• Objective: prediction and reduction of the safety, health and environmental risks of technological systems



Reflection on TechnologyResearch Programmes (5)

• Objective: a better understanding of modern technology and of ethical, technology-related issues

• Study of the role of technology and its impact on society



Research participation in joint projects and centres

• Next Generation Infrastructures (BSIK, 50% funding by Dutch Government)• Transition Sustainable Mobility (BSIK)• Innovative Space Usage (BSIK)• Core themes Delft University of Technology: NGI, ICT, Sustainable Industrial

Processes, Sustainable Urban Areas, Towards Reliable Mobility, Water, Earth• Risk Centre• Delft Centre for Aviation• Delft Centre for Entrepreneurship• Centre for Project Management• 3 TU Centre for Ethics and Technology • Centre for Sustainable Development• Centre for Port Innovation and Regional Development



International Cooperation

• TPM-Consortium(MIT, George Mason University, Carnegie Mellon University, Instituto Superior Técnico Lisboa)

• Global Technology of Management Consortium(University of Maryland, CERAM Sophia Antipolis, Asian Institute of Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, National Tsing Hua University)

• Shell Project Academy, (Shell Global Solutions, University of Cranfield (GB), University of Texas at Austin (USA), Queensland University of Technology at Brisbane (Aus)

• Harbin University of Technology • Council of Engineering Systems Universities• Idea League• UNITECH Partners• Etcetera...



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Facts and Figures

TPM staff year-end 2013

• Academic staff 328• Support staff 51

Total number of employees (fte) 379

Student Intake 2013

• Bachelor SEPAM (TB) 216• Master EPA, MoT, SEPAM, TIL 167

Total new intake 383

Total active students: ca. 1.234

Total PhD students: 121



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