scholarly journals Information technology students’ beliefs on industry certifications

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matti Koivisto
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Technology Students ◽  
Information Technology Students ◽  
Industry Certifications

Preparing Business and Information Technology Students to Contribute to Organizational Cultures Grounded in Moral Character

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
William I. Sauser ◽  
Ronald R. Sims
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Moral Character ◽  
Organizational Cultures ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
The Public ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Technology Students ◽  
Technology Leaders ◽  
Show Business ◽  
Information Technology Students

The ethical crisis in business and information technology is very real. Countering this crisis by creating organizational cultures grounded in moral character is the challenge people face as leaders if they are to regain the respect and confidence of the public. As educators of future business and information technology leaders, how can educators prepare their students to understand, appreciate, and contribute to the establishment of cultures of character in the organizations which employ them—and which they may ultimately lead? In this article the authors distinguish among four corporate cultures with respect to ethics —cultures of defiance, compliance, neglect, and character—and present a blueprint for constructing an organizational culture grounded in moral character. With respect to showing students how to contribute to such a culture, the authors then (a) describe how to establish an effective learning context for teaching about ethics, (b) proffer a number of practical suggestions for student assignments and experiences that can empower students to understand, appreciate, and contribute to organizational cultures of character, and (c) explain how to enhance experiential learning by conducting an effective debriefing session. The authors conclude the article by providing three examples from their own experience illustrating how these ideas can be incorporated into programs designed to show business and information technology students how to contribute to organizational cultures grounded in moral character.

A Study to Investigate Technopreneurship Talent for Higher Education Students [Engineering, Agriculture Engineering, and Information Technology Students in Universitas Andalas Indonesia]

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.29) ◽  
pp. 933
Author(s):  
Insannul Kamil ◽  
Berry Yuliandra ◽  
Taufik .
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Weighted Sum ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Learning Skills ◽  
Technology Students ◽  
New Business ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Information Technology Students

Lack of new business and jobs has led unemployed issues. This problem can be settled by increasing the number of new technopreneurs, entrepreneurs creating new business and jobs through technological innovations. The study is to find out technopreneurship talent of the students of faculty of engineering, agriculture engineering and information technology of Universitas Andalas. Then, they are compared by four criteria or dimensions: [1] Entrepreneurial Characteristics, [2] Absorptive Capacity, [3] Knowledge and Learning Skills, [4] Business and Communication Skills. A set of indicators is developed for each criterion and assessed qualitatively using questioners as tool. The assessments are carried out in three stages: indicators, criteria, and technopreneur talent assessment. Attitudes measurement technique is used for indicators assessment while Weighted Sum Model [WSM] is used for criteria and technopreneur talent assessment. The overall technopreneur talent assessments show that engineering students are relatively better with information technology students and agriculture engineering students are adept in some aspects of technopreneurship.  

scholarly journals Integrating information literacy in IT courses: Information technology students’ perceptions of embedded librarians

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-40
Author(s):  
Scott Spangler
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Course Completion ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Technology Students ◽  
Interview Session ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Information Technology Students

The purpose of this pilot study is to assess undergraduate Information Technology (IT) students’ perception of benefits from having an embedded librarian in an online learning management system. The pilot research data were collected through a random sample of volunteer focus group members after course completion. Similarly, to the literature methodology, the researcher shadowed a post-course focus group interview session to seek congruent literature themes: perception of comfort in experience, the perception of assignment confidence, and enhanced perception in research abilities. The data were first spiraled down using Quirkos qualitative analysis software and discussed to form a grounded theory. The pilot study concurs with prior literature’s three main constructs: comfort, confidence, and recognition. Additionally, this study recognizes four additional themes: helpful, recognition of embedded librarians, interpersonal growth, and self-efficacy. Finally, this study acknowledges its limitations and recommendations for future research.

scholarly journals Information Technology Oriented Entrepreneurial Ventures

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 172
Author(s):  
Syed Ali Abbas
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Joint Effect ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ventures ◽  
Technology Students ◽  
Entrepreneurial Spirit ◽  
Information Technology Students ◽  
Better Than

This paper aims to identify the importance of Information Technology businesses and youth’s interest in entrepreneurial initiatives in connection with IT based businesses. The data was collected using questionnaire from final year students of entrepreneurship and computer sciences enrolled in Bachelors, so as to get a profound picture of their intention, motivation and ability to enter in IT related entrepreneurial ventures. As descriptive statistics was used to analyze the findings, the study depicts great motivation among final year graduates to enter in entrepreneurial ventures. They are found to be motivated to establish ventures of their own even at small level. Therefore, SMEs can play vital role in assisting and fostering entrepreneurial activity with special focus on Information Technology businesses. In addition, the research limitation could be the fact that data has been collected from top universities/ institutes in which intellect level of students is competitively high, thus their liking to entre and understanding regarding SMEs and entrepreneurial initiatives is better than students of ordinary institutes. Also, the results could have been deviated if same research was applied in countries with varying demographics.As for Practical Implementations the research may be vital for SMEs officials to foresee the entrepreneurial spirit among youth and to design policies accordingly. Also, it opens horizons for information Technology students to consider entrepreneurial careers other than simply applying for jobs in software houses/ organizations. Also, no prior research has been carried out in analyzing the mutual relation of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology businesses, neither the outcome/ joint effect of both has been studied together.

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