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Recommended Citation: Burns, A T and T N Janicki. A Case for Personal Knowledge Management in the Information Systems Curriculum. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2005, v 22 (Columbus OH): §2543. ISSN: 1542-7382. (A later version appears in Information Systems Education Journal 4(111). ISSN: 1545-679X.)

A Case for Personal Knowledge Management in the Information Systems Curriculum

Refereed

8 pages

Alan T. Burns    [a1] [a2]
School of Computer Science, Telecommunications and Information Systems (CTI)
DePaul University    [u1] [u2]
Chicago, Illinois, USA    [c1] [c2]

Thomas N. Janicki    [a1] [a2]
Management Information Systems
University of North Carolina Wilmington    [u1] [u2]
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA    [c1] [c2]

One of the goals of the MSIS (Master of Science in Information Systems) 2006 curriculum model is to prepare students for workplace realities upon graduation. The IT workforce of the future will be comprised of knowledge workers who must be capable of managing multiple and diverse information streams to enhance their knowledge. This paper argues that Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) tools and techniques should be incorporated into the graduate IS program. The three primary benefits are a) better preparation of students for IT work, b) more effective employees for the IT field, and c) a more effective learning experience for students.

Keywords: knowledge management, personal knowledge management, IS education, IS curriculum

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