1. Accounting Finance Management Marketing Computer Science Information Technology Management Information Systems Management Information Systems Computer Knowledge Business Knowledge Computer Scientist Software Engineer Application Developer IT Consultant Systems Analyst Computer Applications Information Systems Software Functional Area Specialist Business Analyst/ Consultant Business Operations CTO CIO/COOCFO Market Segmentation and Branding Information Systems Knowledge & Skills CEO

2. - 2 - © Minder Chen, 1993-2003 Harder Choices

3. - 3 - © Minder Chen, 1993-2003 Emphasis for MIS Professionals

4. - 4 - © Minder Chen, 1993-2003 IS Building Blocks

5. - 5 - © Minder Chen, 1993-2003 Contemporary IS Services Organization IT Product Vendors System Integration Firms Consulting Firms Internal MIS Departments IT Product Vendors System Integration Firms Consulting Firms Internal MIS Departments

6. - 6 - © Minder Chen, 1993-2003 Help Wanted 1996: –Help Wanted. CICS, COBOL, PA. BS in CS required, MS preferred. Salary commensurate with experience. 1997: –Help Wanted. Anyone who knows any programming language. Salary commensurate with a neurosurgeon. 1998: –Help Wanted. Anyone. Pulse optional. 1999: –IT Firm: Help!! –IT New Comer: Any company want to hire me?? 2000: Y2K is gone and EC is in. –Businesses: we want to be a.com company –IT Firm: We want to be an Electronic Commerce integrator. –IT New Comer: I know HTML, ASP, ColdFusion, Web GUI, Photoshop, IIS, JavaScript, Java and EC!!! –Recruiter: Do you want stock option? 2001-2003: Will the DOT.COM fall-out affect your IT career?

7. - 7 - © Minder Chen, 1993-2003 IT Skills/Positions Programmers –COBOL, C, C++, Java –Visual Basic.Net, C# Database Administrator –Oracle, SyBase, Informix, SQL Server –MS Access Systems Analysts and Designers –Business Process Reengineering –Data Modeling and Database Design, OO Methods (UML, OMT) –ERWin, PowerDesigner, Systems Architecture, Designer/2000 Network Administrators –Windows Server, Novell, Unix, Cisco and Internet Routing Multimedia and Web Designer –HTML, Web Server, JavaScript, ASP.NET, Electronic Commerce, etc. –Photoshop, DreamWeaver, Flash, FrontPage

8. - 8 - © Minder Chen, 1993-2003 The Impact on MIS?

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10. - 10 - © Minder Chen, 1993-2003 Other Skills Domain Expertise: accounting, finance, manufacturing, etc. Team work Interviewing skills Presentation and communication skills Technical writing Analytical skills Understanding of the IT industry and technology trends Continuous learning ability - Show initiatives Basic Skills: –Windows –Microsoft Office –Internet Browsing/Research

11. - 11 - © Minder Chen, 1993-2003 Jobs and Outsouricng – The Two Hottest Buzzwords Nowadays

12. - 12 - © Minder Chen, 1993-2003 The Famous (or infamous) Statistics of Forrester Research In the next 15 years: 3.3 million white- collar service jobs and 136 billion in wages 23% plunge of declared majors in computer science in 2003 (Mercury News, March 24, 2004)

13. - 13 - © Minder Chen, 1993-2003 IBM To Move All Solutions Development Operations To India In a stunning example of how India has progressed from a country to which businesses farmed out routine programming and back-office work into a center for leading-edge innovation, IBM disclosed Wednesday that it is moving all of the design and development of its vaunted business consulting offerings to the fast-growing country. IBM will spend $200 million to launch the center, which will handle the bulk of solutions development work for IBM worldwide.  Paul McDougall, InformaitonWeek, March 8, 2006 How Big is the Deal?

14. - 14 - © Minder Chen, 1993-2003 The 10 Fastest-Growing Occupations Source: Business 2.0, Sep. 2003

15. - 15 - © Minder Chen, 1993-2003 Which Firms?

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