scholarly journals Impact of a Cross-Institutional Assessment Designed to Shape Future IT Professionals

10.28945/2180 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 181-191
Author(s):  
Grace Tan ◽  
Anne Therese Venables
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Assessment Task ◽  
Team Working ◽  
Technical Competencies ◽  
Industry Practice ◽  
Personal Skills ◽  
Initial Survey

IT graduates need a suite of technical competencies and soft skills married with an understanding of the social and business contexts of the systems that they build. To instill in students an awareness of current IT industry practice coupled with the broader impact of their discipline in society, academics from Victoria University and Federation University initiated an across-institutional collaboration. The initiative resulted in a common formative assessment task undertaken by teams of students enrolled in each institution’s professional development units. An initial survey of students was undertaken prior to the assessment task. The survey queried students’ perceptions of a broad range of professional attitudes and skill sets needed by IT professionals when compared to non-skilled workers. Upon the completion of the assessment task, students were surveyed again as to their perceptions of the importance of personal skills, technical competencies, professional and team working skills, workplace knowledge, and cultural awareness for their future professional lives. Comparisons of both surveys’ results revealed that the cohort had a greater appreciation of technical abilities and team-working skills post the assessment task.

scholarly journals Impact of a cross-institutional assessment designed to shape future IT professionals

10.28945/2169 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace Tan ◽  
Anne Therese Venables
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Assessment Task ◽  
Technical Competencies ◽  
Industry Practice ◽  
Personal Skills ◽  
Initial Survey

[The final form of this paper was published in the journal Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology.] IT graduates need a suite of technical competencies and soft skills married with an understanding of the social and business contexts of the systems that they build. To instill in students an awareness of current IT industry practice coupled with the broader impact of their discipline in society, academics from Xxxx University and Yyyy University initiated an across-institutional collaboration. The initiative resulted in a common formative assessment task undertaken by teams of students enrolled in each institution’s professional development units. An initial survey of students was undertaken prior to the assessment task.  The survey queried students’ perceptions of a broad range of professional attitudes and skill sets needed by IT professionals when compared to non-skilled workers. Upon the completion of the assessment task, students were surveyed again.  This paper reports on the surveys’ results noting changes in student perceptions of the importance of personal skills, technical competencies, professional and team working skills, workplace knowledge, and cultural awareness for their future professional lives.

The Selection of MOOCs While Planning a Career of an it Specialist in Russia

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-111
Author(s):  
S. M. Avdoshin ◽  
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E. Y. Pesotskaya ◽  
D. M. Kuruppuge ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Future Development ◽  
Recommendation System ◽  
Career Planning ◽  
User Requirements ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Modern Approach ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Selection Of

Digitalization, which has been so much talked about, contributes to the development of many industries in Russia and in the world, but at the same time dictates new requirements for digital personnel and their competencies. To keep pace with emerging trends and information technology and plan for future careers, information and communication technology (ICT) professionals should continually update their skill sets and develop new competencies with the help of the MOOC platforms that suggest appropriate courses. However, given the wide variety of platforms and courses, one can get confused about what to choose for the future development, which courses to take and what profession to follow. The authors conduct a research on user requirements, existing MOOC recommendation systems and their functions, and propose a recommendation system that allows users to select an existing MOOC platform based on assignments and skills for ICT career planning in Russia. The article proposes a modern approach that helps IT professionals plan their future development path based on MOOC recommendations corresponding to their development needs.

Meritocracy and its Enemies: Is There an Alternative to the “Tyranny of the Merit”?

2021 ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Dmitriy Davydov
Keyword(s):  
Technological Development ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Technical Competencies ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
The Ideal

The article examines  the idea of meritocracy, now increasingly criticized. It is shown that the relevance of the discourse on meritocracy is due to the objectively increased role of education and various creative and technical talents in the context of rapid technological development. At the same time, critics rightly point out that meritocracy today has become largely a myth that plutocrats turn to justify their privileges, status and wealth. The very idea of a meritocracy that focuses exclusively on the technical competencies and abilities demanded by the neoliberal economy is also criticized. Many authors talk about the need to fairly reward and respect low-skilled workers, who often (especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic) bring more public benefit than highly educated financiers or bankers. Nevertheless, the article shows that this criticism is a hidden apology for meritocracy. In this case, critics justify deeper inequalities associated with long-term prospects and self-realization. It leads to cementing the “secondary” status of workers of the “hand” and “heart”, whose fate in the context of automation and the development of artificial intelligence technologies may turn out to be unenviable. In the author's opinion, the only alternative to this state of affairs is the rejection of meritocracy as a normative concept. It should be recognized as an inevitable evil associated with the imperfection of social institutions and, in part, human nature. Accordingly, the author contrasts the meritocratic pursuit of status and power with the ideal of universal striving for the maximum possible and, what is remarkable, all-round development and practical application of the talents of all without exception.

Information Technology Professional Career Development

2011 ◽  
pp. 142-157
Author(s):  
Seokha Koh ◽  
Sooun Lee ◽  
David C. Yen ◽  
Douglas Havelka
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Technology Changes ◽  
Information Technology Professional ◽  
Technology Professional

No industry seems to change as much or as quickly as the information technology (IT) marketplace. The skills necessary to be a successful professional in this industry change as the technology changes and as one advances through a career. The results of prior research are used to develop a field study of IT professionals’ skill sets throughout their careers. Our findings suggest that IT professionals need to have different technical skills as their careers progress, and that; in fact, they do have different technical skills at different stages in their careers.

scholarly journals Critical Skill Sets of Entry-Level IT Professionals: An Empirical Examination of Perceptions from Field Personnel

10.28945/181 ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 101-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark E. McMurtrey ◽  
James P. Downey ◽  
Steven M. Zeltmann ◽  
William H. Friedman
Keyword(s):  
It Professionals ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Entry Level

A Model Curriculum for Undergraduate Program in IT SSME

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amer Al-Badarneh ◽  
James Spohrer ◽  
Basheer Al-Duwairi
Keyword(s):  
Service Sector ◽  
Undergraduate Curriculum ◽  
Academic Program ◽  
The Body ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Undergraduate Program ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Science Management ◽  
Knowledge Intensive

The service sector is the uppermost growth segment of the developed economies, and becoming more knowledge intensive as automation and outsourcing reduce demand for labor in agriculture and manufacturing. The reliance of this sector on information technology (IT) deserves revision of IT curricula. As the field of computing continues to grow and diversify, and new computing-related disciplines emerge, existing curriculum programs must be updated regularly and new computing disciplines will be drafted to prepare students with the knowledge and skill sets applicable to current and projected future service sector. Service Science, Management, and Engineering (SSME) is a new market-relevant multidisciplinary academic program designed in response to the service sector's growing dominance. The main aims of this paper are firstly, to identify and develop the body of knowledge areas and skills needed by IT professionals. Secondly, to develop SSME undergraduate curriculum and courses that embody the topics in the SSME body of knowledge. The study was based on surveying and analyzing the current and projected future demand for IT Professionals with enhanced IT SSME skills. With the support of IBM, Jordan University of Science and Technology will begin offering an undergraduate program in SSME in fall 2013.

From business process outsourcing (BPO) to knowledge process outsourcing (KPO): Some issues

2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-155
Author(s):  
Falguni Sen ◽  
Michael Shiel
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Business Process Outsourcing ◽  
Potential Growth ◽  
Knowledge Process ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Knowledge Processes

There has been a growth in the amount of outsourcing in general and business process outsourcing in particular. Now a number of firms are beginning to outsource knowledge processes as well. This is being partly fuelled by an increasing shortage of skilled labor in industrialized countries while some emerging nations have a large pool of highly skilled workers at lower wages. Technological, political, and strategic changes and an improved ability to manage the inherent risks are some of the other reasons explaining its potential growth. Providers of these services are either moving up the knowledge intensity value chain with existing clients or are entering new opportunities in specific industries such as healthcare/pharmaceutical, legal and financial services. These services are more profitable to the providers than the standard business process outsourcing but require more expensive investments in infrastructure as well as specialized skill sets with more depth and domain knowledge. The structuring and management of this type of outsourcing is also very complex and fraught with new risks. This paper presents a number of issues related to knowledge process outsourcing from the client firm and the provider's perspectives. The issues are derived from five cases studied by the authors in India and Ireland.

scholarly journals Effect Of Job Experience And Job Performance Among Indonesian Workforce

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5C) ◽  
pp. 465-468
Keyword(s):  
Labour Force ◽  
Work Force ◽  
Work Experiences ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Job Experience ◽  
Asean Country ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sector Work

Malaysia is among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries that have the highest number of Indonesian labour force. The inclusion of Indonesian work force in Malaysia is one of the programs by the Indonesian government that aims in helping these workers to gain better jobs and at the same time improve the economy of the country. Here, most of the Indonesian work force in Malaysia work in domestic sectors (such as construction, plantation) and most of them lack of industry-ready skilled workers in spite performance that are in line with the scope of the task despite of having work experiences. Besides that, it is necessary in ensuring that the Indonesian labour force is industry-ready and competitive in order to o meet the skill sets required by the ASEAN country. This paper discussed the relationship between the Indonesian construction sector work force’s experience and level of skills in Malaysia. Hence, it is recommended that each Indonesian labour have at least some experiences before entering the field of work, especially abroad.

Turning Civilians into Soldiers

Head Strong ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 37-58
Author(s):  
Michael D. Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Military Training ◽  
Local Population ◽  
High Fidelity ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
History Of ◽  
High Fidelity Simulations ◽  
Personal Skills ◽  
Social Backgrounds

New soldiers must be trained in the special skills and capabilities needed to operate complex weapons systems, endure physical and psychological hardships, and develop the cultural awareness that is necessary for soldiers interacting closely—often in noncombat roles—with people from diverse political, cultural, religious, and social backgrounds. This chapter reviews the history of military training and current training practices and projects new approaches to training that will be necessary in coming years. In particular, the need for high-fidelity simulations that run the gamut from direct combat to complex social interactions such as negotiating with the enemy or the leaders of the local population is explored. Contemporary training must also focus on giving soldiers the personal skills needed to remain psychologically healthy and resilient in an era of persistent warfare.

scholarly journals THE SELF-REPORTED CONFIDENCE AND PROFICIENCY LEVELS OF UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN AN ENGINEERING TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION COURSE

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Parker ◽  
Kathryn Marcynuk
Keyword(s):  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Technical Communication ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Communication Course ◽  
Proficiency Levels ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Personal Strengths ◽  
Personal Skills ◽  
Initial Survey

We have conducted surveys at thebeginning and the end of semesters in an EngineeringTechnical Communication course, surveys that aredesigned to determine how confident our students feelabout “Communication Skills” and personal skillsdevelopment, or “Lifelong Learning” (defined here asthe ability to devise ways to develop broader knowledgeand to identify personal strengths and weaknesses). Ourobjective is to see whether students’ confidence levelsincrease and then compare these levels with wherestudents believe they should be once they graduate. Inthis paper, we report on the data obtained from thesetwo surveys conducted from Winter 2013 until Winter2015. Normally, one section of the class completed thesurveys, although two sections (A01 and A02) completedthe surveys in both the Winter 2013 semester and in theWinter 2015 semester, for a total of 9 classes thatparticipated.. So far, we have found that students doindeed feel more confident in all the surveyed areas atthe end of the semester.Yet, regardless of their growing confidence,many students also feel they have not yet achieved thelevel of proficiency expected of them once they graduate.For example, for “personal skills” (such as applyingcritical inquiry and analysis to engineering problemsand doing the communications that support theengineering work), 5 represents an ability to lead orinnovate in a particular area, and 3 indicates an abilityto understand and explain. In our surveys the aggregatewas 3.4 for the initial survey (n=450 students) and 3.5for the end-of-term survey (n=378). Most telling,however, is the level students feel they must achieve bythe time they graduate (4.5). In other words, byacknowledging that lifelong learning is an importantattribute, one that they will have to continue to developif they are ever to achieve the level expected of them,students demonstrate a remarkable level of selfawareness.

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