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Towards a Profession of Information Systems and Technology: The Relative Importance of "Hard" and "Soft" Skills for IT Practitioners
Abstract
This research reports some further findings of an ongoing investigation into conceptual, academic, and soft skills that IS/IT practitioners regard as important in new graduates. The results confirm the work of others indicating that soft skills such as teamwork are seen as far more important that the hard skills such as programming. Surprisingly, skills in traditional business subjects such as accounting and economics were rated relatively lowly. The research findings reported here present some evidence that “business subjects” such as those mentioned above do not equate to the business skills that employers of IS graduates are seeking in new hires. An explanation for an apparent conflict with anecdotal views and current findings is suggested.
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