Changes in skill requirements of information systems professionals in Singapore

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 3307-3315

  Chang Boon Lee, P ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Computer industry; Computer science; Computerized monitoring; Context; Industrial training; Information systems; Information technology; Management information systems; Programming profession; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGERS;

COMPUTER INDUSTRY; CONTEXT; INDUSTRIAL TRAINING; PROGRAMMING PROFESSION; RECRUITMENT;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84948694103     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2002.994413     Document Type: Conference Paper

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