scholarly journals Masters in Information Systems: A Web-Centric Model Curriculum

10.28945/2487 ◽  
2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Gorgone ◽  
Vijay Kanabar
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Web Technology ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
Model Curriculum ◽  
Curriculum Model ◽  
The Future

Web Technology has changed conventional Information Systems (IS) and conventional Information Technology (IT) as we know it. There is no doubt that Web technology will provide the foundation for most future software systems. IS curriculum therefore needs to be brought up to date to reflect this reality. In this paper we update our earlier research leading to the design of a graduate model curriculum for Information Systems and describe a generic web-centric Information Systems Masters curriculum model. It is strong on web-technology and its goal is to produce students who are comfortable with both today's technology and technology of the future. Universities and colleges can adapt this curriculum model to design a new Masters in IS curriculum or simply to bring up to date any existing IS/IT curriculum. The model suggests new core concentration courses, and concentration electives.

scholarly journals Database Protection: Are Laws Threatening To Destroy Our Building Blocks Of Knowledge?

10.28945/2486 ◽  
2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Alpert Gladstone
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Web Technology ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Economic Prosperity ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Curriculum Model ◽  
Database Protection

This paper examines the various regimes that are used to protect databases to suggest that the continued progress o' science and technology that has enabled economic prosperity will be fostered by less regulation. The diversity between and within each of these regimes reflects fundamentally different views of intellectual property. Technology, specifically digitalization that has facilitated the creation, replication and easy dissemination of information has changed the value of information and threatens to create a striated society of information "haves" and "have-nots" due to enclosure mechanisms. As technology advances, the laws which we implement to build upon the existing intellectual property infrastructure must be developed with care to preserve the careful balance of the public good and private interest that has maintained the past 200 years of "progress of science and useful arts." The author suggests ways to structure a database to encourage or reward database developers while simultaneously fostering the advancement of science. Web Technology has changed conventional Information Systems (IS) and conventional Information Technology (IT) as we know it. There is no doubt that Web technology will provide the foundation for most future software systems. IS curriculum therefore needs to be brought up to date to reflect this reality. In this paper we update our earlier research leading to the design of a graduate model curriculum for Information Systems and describe a generic web-centric Information Systems Masters curriculum model. It is strong on web-technology and its goal is to produce students who are comfortable with both today's technology and technology of the future. Universities and colleges can adapt this curriculum model to design a new Masters in IS curriculum or simply to bring up to date any existing IS/IT curriculum. The model suggests new core concentration courses, and concentration electives.

The Future of the Information Systems Discipline: A Response to Walsham

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salvatore T. March ◽  
Fred Niederman
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Look Ahead ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
The Future ◽  
Other Information ◽  
The Right

We must look ahead at today's radical changes in technology, not just as forecasters but as actors charged with designing and bringing about a sustainable and acceptable world. New knowledge gives us power for change: for good or ill, for knowledge is neutral. The problems we face go well beyond technology: problems of living in harmony with nature, and most important, living in harmony with each other. Information technology, so closely tied to the properties of the human mind, can give us, if we ask the right questions, the special insights we need to advance these goals. Herbert A. Simon (2000)

scholarly journals Raise the Umbrella

2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (07) ◽  
pp. 40-43
Author(s):  
Jean Thilmany
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Design Changes ◽  
Technology Systems

This article reviews how information systems can keep track of multitudes of design changes and avoid problems in the issuing of bills of materials. Sometimes, as in the automaker’s case, engineers find a novel way to make available software perform a second job. The DaimlerChrysler technology fitted a second need, which engineers did not even know they had until they put two and two together: a system that kept track of documents could keep track of equipment, too. As information technology people layer and link a company’s various software systems, they create a full-blown digital umbrella that works for the company. Most companies layer their technology systems, first implementing one, then another, and then finding a way to link the two. In other words, companies first identify a need that technology can fill, then purchase new technology or find new uses for what they have, as in DaimlerChrysler’s case.

Coping with Information Technology? how British Executives Perceive the Key Information Systems Management Issues in the Mid-1990s

1994 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert D. Galliers ◽  
Yasmin Merali ◽  
Laura Spearing
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
International Comparisons ◽  
Systems Management ◽  
Information Systems Management ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Usa ◽  
British Study ◽  
Management Issues

Survey research amongst senior information systems (IS) and non-IS executives in UK organizations was conducted in order to identify their views as to the most important and problematic issues they face in managing information systems. The survey mirrored similar research that has been undertaken in the USA and elsewhere, thus enabling international comparisons in the future. The aim of this paper is to provide comparisons of (i) the views expressed by IS executives vis à vis those with a ‘non-IS’ role and (ii) the findings of this study with those of a previous similar British study undertaken in 1987.

Information Systems, Offshore Outsourcing, and Relevance in the Business School Curriculum

2008 ◽  
pp. 303-320
Author(s):  
Willaim J. Tastle ◽  
Bruce A. White ◽  
Ársaell Valfells ◽  
Peter Shackleton
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Business School ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Offshore Outsourcing ◽  
Model Curriculum ◽  
The Future

Offshore outsourcing has been a growing phenomenon in recent years. Rarely will an IT professional pick up a trade publication or journal without some article relating to outsourcing or offshore outsourcing. This in turn raises the question for IS educators—what should we be doing to better prepare our graduates for a future where offshore outsourcing is a reality? This chapter looks at the following topics as they relate to IS curriculum matters for outsourcing: Offshore outsourcing and success factors, the skills needed to effective manage offshore outsourcing, a look at offshore outsourcing and the IS2002 model curriculum, suggested changes to IS2002 to incorporate offshore outsourcing education, and what skills from IS2002 are vital in preparing students for the future.

scholarly journals Development Framework Pattern for Pervasive Information Systems

2014 ◽  
pp. 161-185
Author(s):  
José Eduardo Fernandes ◽  
Ricardo J. Machado
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Wireless Networks ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Additional Contribution ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
The World

During last decade, the world watched a social acceptance of computing and computers, enhanced information technology devices, wireless networks, and Internet; they gradually became a fundamental resource for individuals. Nowadays, people, organizations, and the environment are empowered by computing devices and systems; they depend on services offered by modern Pervasive Information Systems supported by complex software systems and technology. Research on software development for PIS-delivered information, on issues and challenges on software development for them, and several other contributions have been delivered. Among these contributions are a development framework for PIS, a profiling and framing structure approach, and a SPEM 2.0 extension. This chapter, revisiting these contributions, provides an additional contribution: a pattern to support the use of the development framework and profiling approach on software development for PIS. This contribution completes a first series of contributions for the development of PIS. This chapter also presents a case study that allowed demonstrating the applicability of these contributions.

scholarly journals Measuring The Effectiveness Of Course Content And Learning Goals Of The Core Undergraduate Information Systems Course

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alpana Desai
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Model Curriculum ◽  
Course Content ◽  
The Core

The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), text books, and the IS 2002 Model Curriculum and Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Information Systems (IS 2002) recommend standards and provide guidelines for course content and learning goals for the core undergraduate Information Systems (IS) course. However course content and learning goals often need to be revised due to high pressure on academic institutions from a rapidly changing Information Technology (IT) market. In order to constantly refine the IS course curricula to meet the needs of industry and government, it is imperative that there be proven methods to measure the effectiveness of course content and learning goals. Analysis of such data should ultimately feed into designing the curriculum of the core undergraduate IS course. This paper focuses on the role of surveys as a tool for measuring the effectiveness of course content and learning goals for the core undergraduate IS course. First, the role of IS 2002 is reviewed in setting standards for the course content and learning goals for this course. Next, data from three surveys conducted to measure the effectiveness of course content and learning goals is analyzed. The paper then assesses surveys’ implications for refining course content and learning goals of the core undergraduate IS course. Finally, recommendations along with a framework for conducting future surveys are presented.

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