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Prof S Lubbe (HOD Buss Management) Mr F Nel (Lecturer MIS)

Careers in MIS. Prof S Lubbe (HOD Buss Management) Mr F Nel (Lecturer MIS). Our guest!. John Browning:. “Information Technology is no longer a business resource; it has become the business environment” The Economist , 1990. What we want to Achieve?. What is your passion? Curriculum

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Prof S Lubbe (HOD Buss Management) Mr F Nel (Lecturer MIS)

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  1. Careers in MIS Prof S Lubbe (HOD Buss Management) Mr F Nel (Lecturer MIS)

  2. Our guest!

  3. John Browning: • “Information Technology is no longer a business resource; it has become the business environment” The Economist, 1990

  4. What we want to Achieve? • What is your passion? • Curriculum • Where do MIS fit in? • Careers • CV’s

  5. Revision: • Who was Monday 10 years old? • What smartphone app is developed in CT? • And laptop? • Interview: • Explain to us MIS?

  6. Where do you see yourself in 3 years……. 5 years? • Dragging your hind-legs • Inspired by ‘gangsters’ story PE • The German Shepard • Don’t get stuck in mediocrity or ..poverty…

  7. Curriculum • 1st Year: • B.Comm: • Economics, Business Management, Accounting • MIS: • Based on the IS 2002 Model Curriculum and Guidelines for undergraduate degree programs in information systems (ISWorld, 2007). These standards are well summarized in an article by Prof S Wang of the University of Massachusetts: An Examination of the Introductory MIS Course, Journal of Information Technology Education Volume 6, 2007

  8. Where does MIS fit in? What is MIS?

  9. Careers: • Does MIS stand the test of providing jobs? • Programmer/Analyst/System Developer • Business/System Analyst • Business Consultant • Database Administrator • Network Administrator • Web Master/Developer • Chief Information/technology Officer • Procurement/Management Support • Forensics??

  10. Your CV:

  11. Globalization: • Globalization 1.0: Columbus discovered the world is round and the world shrank from large to MEDIUM • Globalization 2.0: around 1800, with the industrial revolution, the world went from medium to SMALL, and international companies dominated • Globalization 3.0: Early 2000, distance is removed from the business equation, and the world went from small to TINY.

  12. Globalization 3.0 • In this era, people of all colors from the four corners of the world dominate business. • Farmers in remote villages in Nepal carry an iPhone to access the world’s knowledge at, say, Wikipedia or the stock market closing prices at Bloomberg. • Boeing 777: Using the Internet to build a world class airplane

  13. The World is Flat: T Friedman • Columbus proved in 1492 that the world is round • Sailors maneuvered the seas discovering lands, people, languages as nations began trading goods around the world • The world has become flat due to technological advances connecting people in China, India and the US as if we were all next door neighbors.

  14. Examples: • Physicians in India are reading X-rays for US hospitals • JetBlue Airways ticket agents take plane reservations for the company from the comfort of their Utah homes • Technology has eliminated some of the economic and cultural advantages developed countries enjoy, making the world a level playing field for all participants.

  15. “You are the architect of your own future”

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