Business Communication Skills in Information Systems (IS) Curricula: Perspectives of IS Educators and Students

Autor/inn/en	Alshare, Khaled A.; Lane, Peggy L.; Miller, Donald
Titel	Business Communication Skills in Information Systems (IS) Curricula: Perspectives of IS Educators and Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Education for Business, 86 (2011) 3, S.186-194 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0883-2323
Schlagwörter	Information Systems; Business Communication; College Students; Communication Skills; Young Adults; Interpersonal Competence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unternehmenskommunikation; Collegestudent; Kommunikationsstil; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Interpersonale Kompetenz
Abstract	As the importance of communication skills for students, regardless of their disciplines, becomes evident, it is important to determine whether colleges provide students with adequate opportunities to acquire such skills. The authors compared information systems (IS) educator and student perceptions of communication skills in IS curricula. Gender, discipline, position and student classification, and school size were among the variables that were examined. Results showed that educators and students agreed that IS curricula had the appropriate emphasis on many of the communication skills. However, the two groups significantly differed on their extent of agreement or disagreement with appropriate level of emphasis and the number of courses that cover such communication skills. Results revealed that educators felt there were a few communication skills, such as proofreading, listening, facilitating meetings, and using interpersonal skills with external customers and management, that needed more emphasis in the IS curriculum. Implications for educators and researchers are reported. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10