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Recommended Citation: White, B A and W J Tastle. The IS Model Curriculum and Offshoring: A Call for Revision. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2006, v 23 (Dallas): §2513. ISSN: 1542-7382. (A later version appears in Information Systems Education Journal 6(40). ISSN: 1545-679X.)

The IS Model Curriculum and Offshoring: A Call for Revision

Refereed

14 pages

Bruce A. White    [a1] [a2]
Department of Information Systems Management
Quinnipiac University    [u1] [u2]
Hamden, Connecticut, USA    [c1] [c2]

William J. Tastle    [a1] [a2]
Management Information Systems
Ithaca College    [u1] [u2]
Ithaca, New York, USA    [c1] [c2]

Offshore outsourcing (or just “offshoring”) has been a growing phenomenon in recent years. Rarely will an IT professional pick up a trade publication or journal without some article relating to outsourcing or offshoring. This in turn raises the question for IS educators – what should we be doing to better prepare our graduates for a future where offshoring is a reality? This paper looks at the following topics as they relate to IS curriculum matters for outsourcing: Outsourcing (offshoring) and success factors; the skills needed to effective manage outsourcing; a look at outsourcing and the IS2002 model curriculum; suggested changes to IS2002 to incorporate outsourcing / offshoring education, and what skills from IS2002 are vital to being prepared for the future.

Keywords: outsourcing, offshoring, IS2002, success factors, IS curriculum issues

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