Abstract
The article presents a comparative analysis of information technology and management subject areas in Ukraine and the US over the past 25 years. Special attention is given to the program subject areas under which universities can train specialists in IT management, a branch at the intersection of IT and management. In particular, the article traces transformations in the Cabinet of Ministers’ decrees on these fields of study, and details the amendments introduced into the classification of qualification levels, fields of study and subject areas in compliance with Decrees № 325 dated 1994, № 507 dated 1997, № 1719 dated 13.12.2006, № 787 dated 27.08.2010, and № 266 dated 2015. The article also outlines the higher education standards on IT and management developed on the basis of active Decree № 266 and other regulations. Further, it identifies the specifics of professional training of managers and IT specialists in the US. In particular, it outlines the Guiding Principles and Standards for Business Accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, and the Computing Curricula Guidelines jointly developed by the Association for Computing Machinery and the Computer Society of the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Finally, the article correlates computing-related study areas in Ukraine and the US, and shows that reforms in IT and management fields of study are still in progress in Ukraine. The author concludes that while IT components in management subject areas are quite comparable in Ukraine and the US, the weight of business ones in IT subject areas is much smaller in Ukraine, which sidelines the professional training of IT managers in these subject areas. The author stresses the prospects of further analysis of the IT management programs available in Ukraine as well as the opportunities of incorporating the US experience to develop professional training of IT managers in the universities of Ukraine.
 Key words: program subject area; field of study; higher education standards; information technology; management; IT managers.
Highlights
Information technology (IT) has deeply influenced progress in business over the past decades
The author concludes that while IT components in management subject areas are quite comparable in Ukraine and the US, the weight of business ones in IT subject areas is much smaller in Ukraine, which sidelines the professional training of IT managers in these subject areas
To expand existing IT and management programs, and develop new ones directly focused on IT management is a way to meet the labor market needs in IT managers
Summary
Information technology (IT) has deeply influenced progress in business over the past decades. Companies and organizations have to manage their IT effectively, and this has become a task of IT managers – specialists in the quite new area at the intersection of IT and management In their companies, IT managers establish effective strategic and operational IT governance, manage emerging technologies, ensure effective communications between IT and other departments, develop IT investment plans, measure and assess IT contribution to the business, improve IT management processes, develop IT staff, etc. US universities offer quite numerous IT management programs, both independent ones and embedded in either IT or business programs In this light, to compare program subject areas covered by the universities of the US and Ukraine in the fields of IT and management may prove beneficial for development of future IT managers’ professional training in Ukraine
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