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Virtual Corporation
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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- To advance
student's knowledge in their major field of study and to use their
current knowledge base in a perspective manner for solving problems
arising in the VC.
- To provide learning
in a nontraditional environment.
- To promote
self-learning.
- To develop an
awareness for the emerging socially challenging infrastructure
(technical) problems of society and to develop solutions within the
present social, engineering and business context and constraints.
- To learn public
policy as it pertains to the engineering and business practice and to
learn how to influence public policy.
- To develop an
appreciation for the complexities involved in product design and
development.
- To gain hands-on
experience.
- To promote problem
solving capability.
- To learn and
promote cross-functional team interaction.
- To learn the role
of management, marketing, finance, and business administration in a
corporation by participation.
- To learn techniques
for proposal writing, budgeting, effective oral and written
presentations, time management and scheduling, meeting deadlines, and
to develop effective communication skills with people of different
expertise.
- To promote
professional ethics and social responsibilities.
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