What a Difference a Year Makes. 2 Overview... Rationale Issues Location, Location, Location Course...
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What a Difference a Year What a Difference a Year MakesMakes
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OverviewOverviewOverview... Rationale Issues
Location, Location, Location Course Content
Research Method Key Indicators Questionnaire
Findings Summary Questions
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RationaleRationaleResearch focus...
Challenge:
Maintaining an effective, up to date IS Curriculum
Attracting studentsEngaging students
Diverse in age, social background
Meeting industry needsNew emerging occupations
Competitive in the market place
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ISsues ISsues Location, Location…
Variable Fees Traditional versus New University Reputation of X and Y Professor Different terminology
MIS/Informatics/BIT/BIT League tables
Staff to student ratio Position of IS – Computing,
Informatics, Business School? Level – undergrad, postgrad
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ISsuesISsuesCourse Content
School CurriculumNot sure what IS students expect
Aim at diversity or standardisation Core + options
Intellectually stimulatingFadsBandwagonsFun
Creativity and Innovation Community
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Research Research MethodMethod
Key Indicators ...
Historical perspective Competitor Analysis Job Market – Employers IS Research IS Academic Community Students
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Research Research MethodMethod
Research Method...
Industry – 276 54 (20%) respondents
2004 IS Academics – 19 (30%) respondents
2005 IS Academics – ??? 33 (??%) respondents
Interpersonal and Management Skills
Organisational Knowledge Systems Development
Knowledge Specialist Knowledge Technical Knowledge Web Development Databases
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Findings Findings Interpersonal Skills...
Top three form 14
Majority of attributes seen as more important
Exception - communication skills
Industry “Very Important” Oral communications Teamwork Analytical skills
2004 Academic “Extremely Important” – “Very Important”
Analytical skills Oral communications Written communications
2005 Academic – “Extremely Important”
Analytical Skills Critical Thinking Collaborative Skills
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Findings Findings Organisational Skills...
Top three from 10
Generally the attributes seen as more important
Industry “Important” Privacy Issues Business Functions Business Environment
2004 Academic “Very Important – Important”
Business functions Organisational behaviour Business environment
2005 Academic “Extremely Important – Very Important”
Ethical Issues Organisational Behaviour Business Environment
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Findings Findings Systems Knowledge...
Top three from 22
Similar views and little change in the academic responses
Exception – HCI and Legacy Systems more important
Industry “Important” Testing Strategies Define scope and objectives of projects Systems Operation and Maintenance
2004 Academic “Extremely Important – Very Important”
Define scope and objectives of projects Evaluate feasibility E-R diagramming
2005 Academic “Extremely Important – Very Important”
Define scope and objectives of projects Evaluate feasibility E-R diagramming
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Findings Findings Specialist Knowledge...
Top three from 18
Major changes:
Risk Management up from 8th – 4th
Quality Assurance up from 11th – 5th
CRP down from 2nd to 10th
Industry “Important” Information Security Disaster Prevention/Recovery Quality Assurance
2004 Academic “Important” Information Security Customer Resource Planning ERP
2005 Academic “Extremely Important – Very Important”
Information Security Decision Support Systems Knowledge Management
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Findings Findings Specialist Knowledge...
Top three from 18
Major changes:
Risk Management up from 8th – 4th
Quality Assurance up from 11th – 5th
CRP down from 2nd to 10th
Industry “Important” Information Security Disaster Prevention/Recovery Quality Assurance
2004 Academic “Important” Information Security Customer Resource Planning ERP
2005 Academic “Extremely Important – Very Important”
Information Security Decision Support Systems Knowledge Management
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Findings Findings Technical Knowledge...
Top three from 14
Significant reduction in level of importance for thee majority of the attributes.
Industry “Important” Microsoft Office – Extremely important Outlook/Exchange Microsoft Project
2004 Academic “Important” Microsoft Office – Extremely important Macromedia Dreamweaver HTML Editors
2005 Academic “Very Important – Important” Microsoft Office – Extremely important Microsoft Project Oracle
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Findings Findings Web Development ...
Top three from 12
Very similar views in relation to order of importance.
Level of importance significantly lower
Industry “Important” DHTML/HTML Java Script
2004 Academic “Important” DHTML/HTML Java Script
2005 Academic “Important – Somewhat Important” XML Java Script
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Findings Findings Databases ...
Same order of importance:
1. Access2. Oracle3. SQL Server4. My SQL5. DB2
Oracle Database application comparison
0.00%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%
25.00%
30.00%
35.00%
40.00%
EXTREMELYIMPORTANT
VERYIMPORTANT
IMPORTANT SOMEWHATIMPORTANT
NOTIMPORTANT
Industry
2004 Academics
2005 Academics
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Findings Findings Programming ...
Top five
Additional Comments:‘ …don’t need a programming
language…’‘Any just the notion of what
programming is’
Programming Language
Industry Count
04 Academic Count
05 Academic Count
JAVA 19 2 9
C++ 17 1 4
VISUAL BASIC 6 3 4
.NET 5
RPG 4
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Findings Findings Additional Comments ...
Industry – “Main attributes for graduate:- Reliable – turns up for work consistently; Discreet – can handle office situations; Realistic – is in the ‘real world’; Trustworthy – and leave him to get on with job unsupervised”
04 Academic – “… good theoretical underpinning in computer science and an appreciation of the human factors/issues in IS/IT usage”
05 Academic – “Principles not products…”
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SummarSummaryy
Summary...
Attributes N= Difference
Interpersonal Skills 14 (7)
Organisational Knowledge 10 (5)
Systems Knowledge 22 (2) (2)
Specialist Knowledge 15 (4) (4)
Technical Knowledge 14 (12)
Web Development 12 (8)
Databases 5
Thank youThank youBarbara HowellBarbara Howell
Questions?Questions?
Thank youThank youBarbara HowellBarbara Howell
Questions?Questions?
