Information systems and technology education from the university to the workplace /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Lowry, Glenn R., Turner, Rodney L.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2007.
• Subjects: 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
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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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.