Certification - September 2008 - (Page 24) ness skills [for] those positions that interface with our internal and external customers,” he said. Indeed, when Stephen Pickett, chairman of the SIM Foundation, sifts through a pile of resumes, what really stands out to him is a curriculum with a heavy dosage of IT that’s peppered with business courses. “It shows me that particular individual has an interest in studying outside of their comfort zones,” Pickett said. “Take an MIS student with a good strong dose of the economic courses: That individual is likely to be more productive than somebody who’s just had a pure IT curriculum.” Kaiser reiterated the employment advantage of a curriculum mixed with business and IT. “The [IT or MIS major in] business school suits what most companies are looking for in their IT departments if they are non-IT firms, or for service provider firms that have non-IT firms as clients,” she said. But students don’t have to bend over backward to make sure they have business knowledge right off the bat. They can major in computer science, engineering or do a combined or double major and enroll in a more business-oriented graduate degree, Keefe said. Mark McFadden, who is completing his master’s in business informatics at Northern Kentucky University, said he chose the program because he wanted a sound grasp of business principles and the knowledge of how IT can impact business solutions. The programs today that will be most beneficial to students as they look for jobs are the ones that discuss technology in the context of business processes and organizational or people issues. 2 CERTIFICATION MAGAZINE September 2008
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