Volume 7

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Tailoring an MIS Degree: Incorporating Current Skills in an Accelerated Format Kurt Jordan Calumet College of St. Joseph Whiting, IN 46394 USA Darren Henderson Calumet College of St. Joseph Whiting, Indiana 46394 USA George Schaefer Calumet College of St. Joseph Whiting, Indiana 46394 USA

Abstract: The popularity of outsourcing, off-shoring, and contracting as sourcing methods have generated many articles, news stories and prophecies about the fate of the IT profession. Information Systems educators are struggling to identify rapidly changing skill requirements and then modify their curriculum appropriately. This paper describes an attempt to address these two issues in the context of a Management Information Systems Degree.

Keywords: Management Information Systems, management, outsourcing, sourcing strategies, legal contracts

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Recommended Citation: Jordan, Henderson, and Schaefer (2009). Tailoring an MIS Degree: Incorporating Current Skills in an Accelerated Format. Information Systems Education Journal, 7 (25). http://isedj.org/7/25/. ISSN: 1545-679X. (A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of ISECON 2006: §5123. ISSN: 1542-7382.)