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Information Systems as a Foundational Discipline for Contemporary Business. ISECON – 2004 Newport, Rhode Island. Scope & Agencies. Undergraduate education IT field includes CE SE CIS/MIS Agencies ABET AACSB Regional Accreditors. Crisis. 1967 Ackoff Database 1989 Banville and Landry
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Information Systems as a Foundational Discipline for Contemporary Business ISECON – 2004 Newport, Rhode Island
Scope & Agencies • Undergraduate education • IT field includes • CE • SE • CIS/MIS • Agencies • ABET • AACSB • Regional Accreditors
Crisis • 1967 Ackoff • Database • 1989 Banville and Landry • Internet • 1996 Benbassat and Zmud • WWW • 2002 Baskerville and Meyer • 2003 Benbassat and Zmud • Dot Bust
Culminating Crisis • 2002 Ives et. al • Response to AACSB • 2003 Hirscheim and Klein • “body of knowledge”
Alternative Perspective • Information Systems is a foundational discipline for business • In the 21st century, in mature economies, business facilitated by information technologies has become mainstream.
Snapshot • 1998-2002 E-commerce sales increased by 1000% (US Census, 2004) • Comparison: retail sales increased 23% • 2001-2002 E-commerce sale increased by 29% • Comparison: retail sales flat • Note: does not include B2B EDI sales.
Local Response • Database driven websites the core • Redesigned the required introductory course. • Database • Web • “Glue”
Key Ideas – IS • Data description separated from data • Data content separated from presentation • Mode of thinking and expression unique to computer systems. • Alan Kay and Ted Nelson argued for students to create their own systems.
How do others see it? • Constituencies • Students • Faculty in other business disciplines
Are students credible? • Shawn Fanning • Larry Page/Sergey Brin • Jerry Yang/David Filo • Bill Gates Survey of audience
Exposure of Students vs Faculty (N=12) No experience < 2 > Hands on
Summary of Students vs Faculty (N=12) Scores Unimportant < 2 > Important
IS Future • Zuboff & Maxmin “The revolutionary potential of the new technologies will be ignited only when they are married to a new commercial destiny expressed in a new enterprise logic.”