TENURE TRACK

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• Coincidence?

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NASCARA Metaphor for the Tenure Process
Become Prominent Leaders in Manufacturing
Education
Mentor New Students
Earn Tenure
Work in the real world
Earn PhD
Secure Academic Position
Return to Stanford for PhD
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The PlanThe archetypical FPM?

• Work in the real world
• Return to Stanford for PhD
• Earn a PhD
• Secure academic position
• Teaching and research in manufacturing related
  areas
• Earn Tenure
• Become prominent leaders in manufacturing
  education
• Mentor new students to renew the cycle

time
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Interesting Data

• Business Week 3/1/04
• Short supply of Business PhDs
• 1,095 Business School PhDs in 2002, of which 40
  headed to corporate America
• Schools cutting back on PhD programs
• Use of practitioners
• WSJ 6/12/02
• 8 of all fully funded business school positions
  vacant
• Aging faculty at 660 business schools
• Business Degree is popular (for now)

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On the other hand

• UNC had 150 applicants for its faculty opening in
  operations management

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NASCARA Metaphor for the Tenure Process

• Bumps and Potholes on the tenure track

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Bumps on theTenure Track
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Potholes on theTenure Track
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Bumps and potholes on the Tenure Track

• What happens if you dont get an academic job?
• What happens if you dont get tenure?
• How might you prepare for these possibilities?
• What are alternative tracks?
• Contingency Planning

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Terminology

• Bite. Bite is an FPMs ability to stick, or
  adhere, to the tenure track.
• Dialed in. When an FPMs performing at his/her
  maximum. Also called hooked up, or getting 5
  MS hits.
• Drafting. The practice of following immediately
  behind a colleague to take advantage of his/her
  punching a hole in the wind. Also called
  collaboration.
• Handling. A reference to an FPMs career
  performance with relation to his/her ability to
  control it.
• Pace car. The official helper that leads FPMers
  at a safe speed during caution periods and
  restarts. Also called mentor.
• Restrictor plate. A plate attached to the
  carburetor that limits the amount of airflow
  entering the combustion chamber. Also called
  referee.
• Running on rails. Used to describe an FPM that
  is handling perfectly, as if it was literally
  attached to a rail. Also called rare.

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Caption wouldnt they run out of pedestrians
after a while?
Speed Bumps on theTenure Track