IS 425 Enterprise Information
Individual Paper Specifications

 

  • Due August 10 -- exact date and time on COL

  • An IS Competency Analysis

  • Choose an IS Competency from the MS-IS 2009-10 curriculum that you find interesting

  • Find at least 6 primary web-accessible sources.

  • Provide full citation for references (author, title, year/date, source, and URL).

  • Observe university policy on academic integrity (http://academicintegrity.depaul.edu/Resources/Students/index.html#aiDefine.)  Violation will result in 0 point for the assignment or more severe penalty.

  • 5-6 pages in length (10 or 12 point font, double spaced, 1" margin all around)

  • Six sections to the paper (use headings and subheadings)

  1. Introduction -- Name and define the competency of interest

  2. Characteristics -- What are the characteristics of this competency module?

    1. What courses are essential to this competency module (do not recite the course descriptions).

    2. Discuss the relationships among courses in this competency module.

    3. What other courses or modules may be relevant to this competency?

  3. Skills -- What skills does this competency draw on?

    1. Describe the skills that courses in the competency develops.

    2. Describe the difficulty of each skill.

  4. Importance -- Why is this competency important to employers?

    1. What type of need does a person with this competency fill?

    2. What are the job positions that require this competency?

  5. Excellency -- What makes a person more valued than others in exercising this competency?

    1. What innate abilities do the "great" call upon?  interpersonal, analytic, detail oriented, artistic, etc.

    2. What behavior marks the "great" in exercising this competency? 

  6. Why did you choose this competency?  or why did you find it interesting.

  1. How does this competency fit into your overall career goals?

  2. How does technology trends affect the future of this competency?

  3. Name two strategies (other than coursework) that will help you  move toward this career path while  still in the MS program.