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A4. GUIDING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT TRAINING IN THE MARINE ENGINEERING PROFESSION
In conceptualizing the role of information systems in the future and the requirements for MET curricula, several elements remain important and characteristic of the discipline. These characteristics evolve around four major areas of the MET profession and therefore must be integrated into any MET curriculum:
A.4.1.MET professionals must have a broad technological base and real world operational perspective. Students must therefore understand that:

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  MET professional are integral to any successful performance in organizations
  
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  MET professionals span and integrate all organizational levels and maritime functions
  
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  MET professionals are increasingly of strategic significance because of the scope of the maritime organizational systems involved and the role systems play in enabling national and international operational strategy.
  

A.4.2. MET professionals must have strong analytical and critical thinking skills. They must therefore:

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  Be problem solvers and critical thinkers
  
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  Use systems concepts for understanding and framing problems
  
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  Be capable of applying both traditional and new concepts and skills
  
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  Understand that a system consists of people, procedures, hardware, software, and data
  

A.4.3. MET professionals must exhibit strong ethical principles and have good interpersonal communication and team skills. They must understand that:

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  MET requires the application of professional codes of conduct
  
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  MET requires collaboration as well as successful individual effort
  
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  MET operational and management demand excellent communication skills (oral, written, and listening)
  
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  MET requires persistence, curiosity, creativity, risk taking, and a tolerance of these abilities in others
  

A.4.4. MET professionals must learn to and implement Marine Engineering Technology solutions that enhance organizational performance. They must therefore:

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  Possess skills in understanding and formulating instructional processes and information , defining and implementing technical and process solutions, managing operations , technical information and integrating systems
  
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  Be fluent in techniques for acquiring, converting, transmitting, and storing and its understanding
  
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  Focus on the application of Marine Engineering Technology in helping individuals, groups, and organizations achieve their goals