A fit-gap analysis of e-business curricula vs. industry need

The alignment of e-business academic programs with the e-business market is examined using a fit-gap analysis. Two high-end business schools, ranked independently by US News and Business Week, were chosen as sample. A total of 391 different e-commerce courses were identified, which were classified i...

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Main Authors: DAVIS, S., SIAU, Keng, DHENUVAKONDA, K.
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spelling sg-smu-ink.sis_research-103912024-10-25T09:03:25Z A fit-gap analysis of e-business curricula vs. industry need DAVIS, S. SIAU, Keng DHENUVAKONDA, K. The alignment of e-business academic programs with the e-business market is examined using a fit-gap analysis. Two high-end business schools, ranked independently by US News and Business Week, were chosen as sample. A total of 391 different e-commerce courses were identified, which were classified into 24 categories. Out of these, there are two broad and distinct tracks in e-business curricula, with one track paving the way for an e-business career with a prevailing focus on the business aspect and the other track leading to a career focusing on technology and Web-based systems development. Industry demand for e-business professionals and the skill sets required for the jobs was assessed by conducting a content analysis of e-business job listings on major US Web job sites. A fit-gap analysis was accomplished to identify industry needs that are being met by the e-business curricula and those industry demands that are not covered. 2003-12-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/9391 info:doi/10.1145/953460.953497 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/10391/viewcontent/953460.953497.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Databases and Information Systems Digital Communications and Networking
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Digital Communications and Networking
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DAVIS, S.
SIAU, Keng
DHENUVAKONDA, K.
A fit-gap analysis of e-business curricula vs. industry need
description The alignment of e-business academic programs with the e-business market is examined using a fit-gap analysis. Two high-end business schools, ranked independently by US News and Business Week, were chosen as sample. A total of 391 different e-commerce courses were identified, which were classified into 24 categories. Out of these, there are two broad and distinct tracks in e-business curricula, with one track paving the way for an e-business career with a prevailing focus on the business aspect and the other track leading to a career focusing on technology and Web-based systems development. Industry demand for e-business professionals and the skill sets required for the jobs was assessed by conducting a content analysis of e-business job listings on major US Web job sites. A fit-gap analysis was accomplished to identify industry needs that are being met by the e-business curricula and those industry demands that are not covered.
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author DAVIS, S.
SIAU, Keng
DHENUVAKONDA, K.
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SIAU, Keng
DHENUVAKONDA, K.
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title A fit-gap analysis of e-business curricula vs. industry need
title_short A fit-gap analysis of e-business curricula vs. industry need
title_full A fit-gap analysis of e-business curricula vs. industry need
title_fullStr A fit-gap analysis of e-business curricula vs. industry need
title_full_unstemmed A fit-gap analysis of e-business curricula vs. industry need
title_sort fit-gap analysis of e-business curricula vs. industry need
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2003
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/9391
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