A fit-gap analysis of e-business curricula and job demand in Taiwan and the US

Li, Eldon Y.; Yen, Hsiu Ju Rebecca; Cheng, C.Y. John

doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2007.09.013

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“…Existing literature shows that gauging the relevance of IS curricula to industry requirements has been a subject of interest to IS researchers for some time (Couger et al, 1995;Lee et al, 1995;Yen et al, 2003;Li et al, 2008;Lee and Mirchandani 2010). Most of these studies are prompted by complaints from the industry that graduates lack the necessary skills to effectively perform their roles in organisations.…”

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Developing a Contextualized Information Systems Curriculum for an Emerging Economy

Ayalew

Renken

Mgaya

et al. 2012

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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Information Systems (IS) curriculum development in developing countries faces the challenge of balancing conformance to international trends while remaining relevant to the local context. Model curricula such as IS2010 provide a clear and up-to-date reflection of IS curricula trends. However, such curricula cannot be directly implemented especially in developing countries where there are a number of environmental factors that affect the curriculum. In this paper we describe the approach taken to develop a contextualized undergraduate IS curriculum in a highly interdisciplinary African university. In an effort to harmonize the 3 undergraduate IS programs at the University of Botswana (UB), it was necessary to identify the content and direction for a new common IS core curriculum. To achieve this, several activities were carried out, namely: study of existing model curricula, survey and study of the needs of the local IS industry, tracer study of UB IS graduates, study of some regional and international IS curricula, and study of some relevant local policy documents. The paper discusses how the results of our empirical enquiries (i.e., different studies) have shaped the proposed IS curriculum appropriate to the emerging economic context in Botswana. We emphasize on the importance of proper adaptation/contextualization and exploiting the interdisciplinary nature of IS that can resolve important resource (both human and physical) constraints which is common in many African universities.

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Developing a Contextualized Information Systems Curriculum for an Emerging Economy

Ayalew

Renken

Mgaya

et al. 2012

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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“…Ragothaman and colleagues likewise noted a high level of concern about e-commerce security issues among accounting practitioners. Two studies (Davis, Siau, and Dhenuvakonda 2003;Li, Yen, and Cheng 2008) compared courses in e-commerce curricula with Internet job postings as an indicator of industry demand. Although the percentage of total courses for legal, security, and ethics was well under 5 percent of the total courses offered, few of the job listings called for these skills.…”

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e-Crime Prevention: An Investigation of the Preparation of e-Commerce Professionals

Fusilier

Penrod

2009

Journal of Internet Commerce

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As e-commerce revenues have mounted in recent years, so have losses from security breaches and legal problems. The present study conceptualized e-commerce activities focused on gains versus loss prevention in terms of regulatory focus theory. Professional preparation provided in 163 e-commerce master's programs worldwide was investigated using propositions derived from the theory. Data were collected using extensive Web searches of master's program curricula. Results suggested that a majority of the programs lacked courses in the prevention-focused topics of law, security, or ethics. As e-businesses increasingly face the threat of costly legal and security incidents, it appears necessary for e-commerce education programs to place greater emphasis on prevention-focused topics.

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“…Related Literature As noted by Ayalew et al (2012) the relationship between ICT curricular and the needs of organizations has been an area of continuing research interest particularly in technically developed nations beginning as early as Couger et al (1995) and continuing with Yen et al (2003), Li et al (2008), and Lee and Mirchandani (2010). The rationale for these studies has been that ICT plays an important and dynamic role in achieving socio-economic growth and consequently it is essential that ICT graduates have the knowledge and skills that match the needs of the organizations where they are employed.…”

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ICT Curricular and the Requirements of Organizations in Thailand

Winley

Wongwuttiwat

2013

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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The study compared ICT professional requirements in organizations in Thailand with ICT bachelor degree curricular offered in universities in Thailand using a theoretical framework with three related components: domains of expertise; the scope of the professional's knowledge, skills, and experience; and specific skills associated with the domains of expertise. Data was collected by questionnaire from 166 medium to large sized organizations and 42 universities which offered in total 78 ICT related bachelor degree programs. The findings showed that, although there was a reasonable degree of alignment between the importance of skills in the organizations and the ICT curricular, the ICT programs were not addressing adequately the needs of organizations for a range of skills related to understanding organizations and their functions, ICT management activities, and especially the management of ICT physical and financial resources. On the other hand, ICT programs placed more emphasis than the organizations on skills concerned with systems development methodologies for the complete development of applications/systems, CASE tools, programming and coding, database design, technical expertise with object relational and object oriented databases, and multimedia applications. Previous studies of this kind conducted in Thailand were not found and the findings are expected to be of value and interest to those responsible for national ICT policy and especially ICT education and training.

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A fit-gap analysis of e-business curricula and job demand in Taiwan and the US

Cited by 11 publications

References 21 publications

Developing a Contextualized Information Systems Curriculum for an Emerging Economy

Developing a Contextualized Information Systems Curriculum for an Emerging Economy

e-Crime Prevention: An Investigation of the Preparation of e-Commerce Professionals

ICT Curricular and the Requirements of Organizations in Thailand

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