Vocational High School Partnership Management with Universities In Electric Vehicle Development Wirawan Sumbodo, Rusiyanto, Wahyudi, Kriswanto, Rizki Setiadi
Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Semarang
Abstract
This article aims to discuss the role of universities in the Vocational High School (VHS) partnership in developing and fabricating electric vehicles. This partnership benefits both parties, where universities research to find educational management models, while Vocational High schools can make electric vehicles with their problems. This partnership is very beneficial for VHS because it increases its popularity and enhances the brand of Vocational High School based on Islamic Boarding School which not only has the ability of religious knowledge, but also the ability to technology. The method used in this research is mixed methods. Qualitative research is used to answer partnership management and the role of universities as vocational partners in developing electric vehicles. Quantitative research is used to describe the satisfaction of VHS with the role of university partners in developing electric vehicles. The results showed that partnership management is carried out by planning, organizing, actuating and controlling, and evaluating. The average score is above 90, and the level of satisfaction of the partnership between the VHS and the university is very satisfactory.
Keywords: Management, Partnership, vocational high school, electric vehicle.