An Alumni Assessment of MIS Related Job Skill Importance and Skill Gaps

Autor/in	Wilkerson, Jerod W.
Titel	An Alumni Assessment of MIS Related Job Skill Importance and Skill Gaps
Quelle	In: Journal of Information Systems Education, 23 (2012) 1, S.85-98 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1055-3096
Schlagwörter	College Curriculum; Alumni; Job Skills; Alignment (Education); Test Construction; Computer Science Education; College Instruction; Career Development; Education Work Relationship; Employment Potential; Curriculum Evaluation; Management Information Systems; Business Administration Education; Graduate Surveys; Online Surveys; Statistical Analysis; Outcomes of Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Produktive Fertigkeit; Testaufbau; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Hochschullehre; Berufsentwicklung; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Curriculum; Evaluation; Curriculumevaluation; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Evaluierung; Managementinformationssystem; Statistische Analyse; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg
Abstract	This paper presents the results of a job skill survey of Management Information Systems (MIS) alumni from a Northeastern U.S. university. The study assesses job skill importance and skill gaps associated with 104 technical and non-technical skill items. Survey items were grouped into 6 categories based on prior research. Skill importance and skill gaps were analyzed for each category of skill items. Although the primary focus of the research is to highlight important skills and skills exhibiting skill gaps in each of the categories, the relative importance of the 6 categories is also compared. Consistent with prior work, the study finds skills in the non-technical categories to be more important to MIS career success than those in technical categories, but also identifies important technical skills, some of which exhibit skill gaps. These results, along with the survey and methodology used to obtain them, may help educators in MIS programs to better align MIS programs and the content of specific business and MIS courses with the current needs of MIS graduates. (Contains 14 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Information Systems Education. e-mail: editor@jise.org; Web site: http://www.jise.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10