Knowledge, skills and abilities of information systems professionals: Past, present, and future

Knowledge, skills and abilities of information systems professionals: Past, present, and future

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Article ID: iaor19911849
Country: Netherlands
Volume: 19
Issue: 4
Start Page Number: 237
End Page Number: 247
Publication Date: Nov 1990
Journal: Information and Management
Authors: , ,
Abstract:

This study provides information and direction regarding the skills needed by current and future information systems (IS) professionals. Based on information gathered in 1978, 1987, and 1988 through structured interviews with a total of one-hundred-eighty senior information systems managers responsible for planning, training, and hiring IS personnel, the trends in the current and future usefulness to project managers, systems analysts/designers, and programmers of twenty dimensions of knowledge, skill, and ability are evaluated. The results indicate that senior IS managers believe that human factors and managerial knowledge, skills, and abilities have and will continue to increase in importance for all IS professionals, particularly for project managers. The findings also confirm the increasing need to personnel with knowledge of advanced technologies and an increased awareness of the value of information as a corporate resource. Collectively, the results suggests a clearer division of labor among IS professionals, precipitated by advances in technology and their application to ever increasingly complex and ill-structured problems.

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