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Information Technology and Your Future Careers Dr. Viet Dao Accounting/MIS Department Grove College of Business

Information Technology and Your Future Careers Dr. Viet Dao Accounting/MIS Department Grove College of Business. IT and Businesses ?. What do businesses use IT for?. - Law enforcement - Legal system - Agriculture - Automotive technology - Medicine - Sciences. Business Retail

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Information Technology and Your Future Careers Dr. Viet Dao Accounting/MIS Department Grove College of Business

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  1. Information Technology and Your Future CareersDr. Viet DaoAccounting/MIS DepartmentGrove College of Business

  2. IT and Businesses? What do businesses use IT for? • - Law enforcement • - Legal system • - Agriculture • - Automotive technology • - Medicine • - Sciences • Business • Retail • Shipping • Arts • Computer gaming • Education The U.S. Department of Labor predicts that by 2010, 70 percent of the U.S. workforce will be using computers at work

  3. Why Does IT Matter? • …to businesses? • …to your future career? • Non IT-related majors • IT-related majors • What is an Information System? • MIS = Management Information Systems

  4. MIS What is MIS? Accounting, finance, inventory, etc. Computers, networks, software , etc. Technology Data/ Information People Management

  5. Business in the 21st Century • IT continues to grow as a fundamental component for doing business • Information management is key to business in the 21stcentury • People who can help businesses develop, operate, and maintain complex information systems will be in high demand.

  6. Fastest Growing Occupations

  7. Skills to Succeed in an MIS Career • MIS majors: • Management of technology • Managing organizations using technology • To develop and manage complex information systems for businesses requires a combination of • Broad business background • Sound technical knowledge and skills • 2010 Entry level job salaries: • http://www.computerworld.com/spring/salary-survey/2010/job_level/3

  8. MIS Classes • General Education: 44 credits • Business College: 42 credits • MIS major classes: 18 credits • Elective: 16 credits • Double-major.

  9. Q&A?

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