Tracking and profiling successful IT graduates

ACIS 2005 Proceedings - 16th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Vescio, Johanna ^a   Wilson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

IA01 is curriculum; IA03 computer science education; ID03 future information professional

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE CAPABILITY; COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; CURRICULUM DESIGNS; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FIRST YEAR; INDUSTRY ORGANISATION; INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS; IS CURRICULUM; KEY ELEMENTS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES;

CURRICULA; INFORMATION SERVICES;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84869139647     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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