CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN IT AND MIS EDUCATION FOR GLOBAL COMPETITION: TEN SOUGHT-AFTER RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARDS

Abstract

This paper outlines a change management mindset for IT and MIS program faculty members to embrace recommendations from industry advisory board as if they were coming from difference perspective within the same system rather than considering them merely from the outside looking in. A change of view at our role from a discreet entity reacting to others to an embedded system approach that any IT or MIS program is an integral part of larger systems and expanded global context is introduced. The top recommendations from the industry advisory boards, though not comprehensive, service as reference points for IT and MIS programs who are searching for tools to proceed with accreditation requirements including self study, audit review, and assurance of learning assessment and other activities.