Information systems and technology education [electronic resource] : from the university to the workplace / Glenn R. Lowry, Rodney L. Turner [editors].
Publication details: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2007.Description: electronic texts (xvii, 424 p. : ill.) : digital filesISBN:- 9781599041162 (PDF)
- Information technology -- Vocational guidance
- Information technology -- Educational aspects
- Aligning learning with industry requirements
- Business intelligence in higher education
- COCA : concept-oriented course architecture
- Curriculum change
- Developing competencies in usability practice
- Enhancing the employability of ICT students
- Enterprise systems software
- Entrepreneurial mindset
- Experiential group learning
- Globalizing software development
- Industry-university collaborations
- Information systems education
- Perspectives across gender and time
- Professionalism and ethics
- Skills requirements for careers in IS
- 004.023 22
- T58.5 .I528 2007e
- Also available in print.
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-413) and index.
1. A dynamic structural model of education and skills requirements for careers in information systems : perspectives across gender and time / Glenn R. Lowry, Rodney L. Turner, and Julie Fisher -- 2. Leveraging diversity in information systems and technology education in the global workplace / Eileen M. Trauth, Haiyan Huang, Jeria L. Quesenberry, and Allison J. Morgan -- 3. Critique : information systems academics' core competency? / Mike Metcalfe -- 4. Enterprise systems software in the business curriculum : aligning curriculum with industry requirements / Ravi Seethamraju -- 5. Globalising software development in the local classroom / Ita Richardson, Sarah Moore, Alan Malone, Valentine Casey, and Dolores Zage -- 6. Creating an entrepreneurial mindset : getting the process right for information and communication technology students / Briga Hynes and Ita Richardson -- 7. Curriculum change and alignment with industry : the student perspective / Krassie Petrova and Gwyn Claxton -- 8. Aligning learning with industry requirements / Jocelyn Armarego -- 9. Relevance of computing programmes to industry needs in Jordan's higher education institutes / Ala M. Abu-Samaha -- 10. Professionalism and ethics : is education the bridge? / Zeenath Reza Khan,Ghassan al-Qaimari, and Stephen D. Samuel -- 11. Experiential group learning for developing competencies in usability practice / Phil Carter -- 12. Industry-academic partnerships in information systems education / Mark Conway --
13. Industry-university collaborations in research for information systems : an exploratory study of a management model / Tom O'Kane -- 14. Ethics for the graduating class : issues, needs, and approaches / Theresa M. Vitolo and Barry J. Brinkman -- 15. Tomorrow's workforce today : what is required by information systems graduates to work in a collaborative information systems workplace? / Kathy Lynch & Julie Fisher -- 16. COCA : concept-oriented course architecture towards a methodology for designing and teaching information system courses / Youcef Baghdadi -- 17. Enhancing the employability of ICT students with hybrid skills : insights from a UK survey with small business managers / Yanquing Duan, Daoliang Li, and Yongmei Bentley -- 18. Teaching business intelligence in higher education / Paul Hawking and Robert Jovanovic.
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"This book presents a multifaceted, global view of the human dynamics of education, supply, demand, and career development in the information systems and technology industry. It provides a tool to meet the challenges of providing improved education and employing an optimal supply of information systems and technology graduates in the decades to come"--Provided by publisher.
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