A competency model for the information technology workforce: Implications for training and selection
Ho, Shuk (Susanna); Frampton, Keith Mackenzie
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With a new wave of demand for information technology (IT) staff, it is time for the IT community to discover what competencies are needed for IT workers in the new millennium. Most organizations have outsourced their IT projects to low-cost centers in developing countries, and this has changed expectations about local workers-organizations need, and expect, to employ highly skilled IT professionals. This article draws on the competency model to explore what competencies are needed to...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Ho, Shuk (Susanna) | |
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dc.contributor.author | Frampton, Keith Mackenzie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-10T23:13:43Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1529-3181 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/64551 | |
dc.description.abstract | With a new wave of demand for information technology (IT) staff, it is time for the IT community to discover what competencies are needed for IT workers in the new millennium. Most organizations have outsourced their IT projects to low-cost centers in developing countries, and this has changed expectations about local workers-organizations need, and expect, to employ highly skilled IT professionals. This article draws on the competency model to explore what competencies are needed to successfully equip the IT workforce. This research uses the example of IT architects to illustrate how to use the competency model to identify important sets of competencies. We interview professional architects, analyze the content of the discussions and derive a list of fourteen competency attributes important to IT architects. Some competencies are easy to develop, others are difficult to change, and this has implications for university education and industry hiring. This article also discusses the general use of competency models for IT workforce training and selection. | |
dc.publisher | Association for Information Systems | |
dc.source | Communications of the Association for Information Systems | |
dc.subject | Keywords: Competency model; Iceberg models; IT architects; IT Workforce; Knowledge; Motive; Self-concept; Skills; Traits; Architecture; Developing countries; Sea ice; Information technology Competency models; IT architects; IT workforce; Knowledge; Motive; Self-concept; Skills; The Iceberg Model of Competencies; Traits | |
dc.title | A competency model for the information technology workforce: Implications for training and selection | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 27 | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 080610 - Information Systems Organisation | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | f2965xPUB959 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Ho, Shuk (Susanna), College of Business and Economics, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Frampton, Keith Mackenzie, RMIT University | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 1 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 63 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 80 | |
local.identifier.absseo | 890399 - Information Services not elsewhere classified | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-02-24T08:34:23Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-77958095264 | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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