The impact of information technology on organisational structures
Information and Management
Knowledge, skills and abilities of information systems professionals: past, present, and future
Information and Management
Managing new MIS professionals
Information and Management
MIS skills for the 1990s: a survey of MIS managers' perceptions
Journal of Management Information Systems
The ten most valuable components of an information systems education
Information and Management
Skills in an environment of turbulence: a survey of information systems professionals in New Zealand
SIGCPR '94 Proceedings of the 1994 computer personnel research conference on Reinventing IS : managing information technology in changing organizations: managing information technology in changing organizations
I.T. Professional Develoment in Hong Kong - Experience & Plan
Proceedings of the IFIP WG3.4 Working Conference on Professional Development of Information Technology Professionals
A regional IT occupational partnership for economic development
Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on Computer personnel research: The global information technology workforce
Business-Information Systems Professional Differences: Bridging the Business Rule Gap
Information Resources Management Journal
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The objectives of this study are to find out the perceived information systems (IS) skills which are important at present and in five years time, and the perceived emphasis of IS curricula on these skills. It is found that the scope of skills required of IS professionals will broaden towards the end of the decade. Interpersonal skills, business skills, analysis and design skills, and programming skills are the most critical for career development. Results also show that there is a match between the skills and knowledge possessed by IS graduates of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and industry requirements for the current IS environment. However, the curriculum is not aligned with industry needs in the future. This indicates that the education the respondents received does not prepare them for progression up the career ladder. Implications of the findings are discussed so that a new curriculum may be designed to provide the preferred IS graduates to industry.