Assessing future needs of IT education in Malaysia: a preliminary result

Malaysia is making a frantic effort to promote its shared services and outsourcing as a preferred hub in Asia. It is projected for multiple growths in demand for IT graduates to fulfill this IT outsourcing phenomenon. In this study, we sought in-depth insights and experiences from seven senior execu...

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Main Authors:	Ahlan, Abdul Rahman, Suhaimi, Mohd Adam, Hussin, Husnayati, Arshad, Yusri
Other Authors:	Mastorakis, Nikos
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	WSEAS Press 2008
Subjects:	T Technology (General) T55.4 Industrial engineering.Management engineering. T58.6 Management information systems
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/17425/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/17425/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/17425/1/edute33.pdf

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spelling	iium-174252015-02-09T01:19:15Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/17425/ Assessing future needs of IT education in Malaysia: a preliminary result Ahlan, Abdul Rahman Suhaimi, Mohd Adam Hussin, Husnayati Arshad, Yusri T Technology (General) T55.4 Industrial engineering.Management engineering. T58.6 Management information systems Malaysia is making a frantic effort to promote its shared services and outsourcing as a preferred hub in Asia. It is projected for multiple growths in demand for IT graduates to fulfill this IT outsourcing phenomenon. In this study, we sought in-depth insights and experiences from seven senior executive managements in service provider firms in Klang Valley on the skills and capabilities requirements of fresh IT graduates to fulfill the market needs of IT outsourcing in Malaysia. The research team found that technical, soft and problem-solving skills are the main concerns raised by the key informants. This is in line with the literature review and also the present higher education policy concerns by the Malaysia government. The second stage of the study is to survey across West Malaysia and finally a roundtable discussion with panel of experts from academia and industry will be conducted in order to reach to a conclusive and consensus agreements. WSEAS Press Mastorakis, Nikos Ionio, Marios Poulos Mladenov, Valeri Bojkovic, Zoran Simian, Dana Kartalopoulos, Stamatios Varonides, Argyrios Udriste, Constantin 2008 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/17425/1/edute33.pdf Ahlan, Abdul Rahman and Suhaimi, Mohd Adam and Hussin, Husnayati and Arshad, Yusri (2008) Assessing future needs of IT education in Malaysia: a preliminary result. In: 4th WSEAS/IASME International Conference on EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES (EDUTE'08), 26th-28th Oct 2008, Corfu, Greece. http://www.wseas.us/e-library/conferences/2008/corfu/edute/edute33.pdf
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topic	T Technology (General) T55.4 Industrial engineering.Management engineering. T58.6 Management information systems
spellingShingle	T Technology (General) T55.4 Industrial engineering.Management engineering. T58.6 Management information systems Ahlan, Abdul Rahman Suhaimi, Mohd Adam Hussin, Husnayati Arshad, Yusri Assessing future needs of IT education in Malaysia: a preliminary result
description	Malaysia is making a frantic effort to promote its shared services and outsourcing as a preferred hub in Asia. It is projected for multiple growths in demand for IT graduates to fulfill this IT outsourcing phenomenon. In this study, we sought in-depth insights and experiences from seven senior executive managements in service provider firms in Klang Valley on the skills and capabilities requirements of fresh IT graduates to fulfill the market needs of IT outsourcing in Malaysia. The research team found that technical, soft and problem-solving skills are the main concerns raised by the key informants. This is in line with the literature review and also the present higher education policy concerns by the Malaysia government. The second stage of the study is to survey across West Malaysia and finally a roundtable discussion with panel of experts from academia and industry will be conducted in order to reach to a conclusive and consensus agreements.
author2	Mastorakis, Nikos
author_facet	Mastorakis, Nikos Ahlan, Abdul Rahman Suhaimi, Mohd Adam Hussin, Husnayati Arshad, Yusri
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Ahlan, Abdul Rahman Suhaimi, Mohd Adam Hussin, Husnayati Arshad, Yusri
author_sort	Ahlan, Abdul Rahman
title	Assessing future needs of IT education in Malaysia: a preliminary result
title_short	Assessing future needs of IT education in Malaysia: a preliminary result
title_full	Assessing future needs of IT education in Malaysia: a preliminary result
title_fullStr	Assessing future needs of IT education in Malaysia: a preliminary result
title_full_unstemmed	Assessing future needs of IT education in Malaysia: a preliminary result
title_sort	assessing future needs of it education in malaysia: a preliminary result
publisher	WSEAS Press
publishDate	2008
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/17425/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/17425/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/17425/1/edute33.pdf
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