The Deliverability of the BIT Programme at Lahti UAS in Training BIT Experts
Nghiem, Duc Long (2014)
Nghiem, Duc Long
Lahden ammattikorkeakoulu
2014
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2014113017520
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2014113017520
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Information Technology has become a vital and indispensable part of business in every industry. In fact, IT is the primary factor that differentiates many businesses from their competitors. Organizations usually rely on IT for several strategic business solutions such as communication, information management, customer relationship management, and marketing. In the near future, the business labor force will anticipate a rising demand in BIT experts who possess both business expertise and IT skills.
The Degree Programmes in Business Information Technology at Lahti University of Applied Sciences is constructed to develop BIT experts with versatile competences to satisfy such demand.
The objective of this study is to find out if the graduates of the BIT programme at Lahti UAS have enough knowledge and skills to work as BIT experts in modern business environments. The nature of this study is experimental understanding and exploratory research, thus, the qualitative research method together with a deductive approach has been utilized in this thesis.
The research framework of this thesis is comprised of six parts. First, this thesis starts with the introduction of the programme objective which is training BIT experts with versatile expertise. Second, the demand of real working life on such BIT experts is explained. Third, the thesis investigates the real life skills and knowledge required for a BIT expert to work in modern business environments. Fourth, specific skills provided by the BIT programme are examined and compared with the real life skills to draw the theoretical conclusion. Fifth, the interviews with the Head of the programme, four programme graduates and one business representative are analyzed to point out the empirical conclusion. Finally the theoretical conclusion and the empirical conclusion are combined to answer the research question and draw the final conclusion.
The Degree Programmes in Business Information Technology at Lahti University of Applied Sciences is constructed to develop BIT experts with versatile competences to satisfy such demand.
The objective of this study is to find out if the graduates of the BIT programme at Lahti UAS have enough knowledge and skills to work as BIT experts in modern business environments. The nature of this study is experimental understanding and exploratory research, thus, the qualitative research method together with a deductive approach has been utilized in this thesis.
The research framework of this thesis is comprised of six parts. First, this thesis starts with the introduction of the programme objective which is training BIT experts with versatile expertise. Second, the demand of real working life on such BIT experts is explained. Third, the thesis investigates the real life skills and knowledge required for a BIT expert to work in modern business environments. Fourth, specific skills provided by the BIT programme are examined and compared with the real life skills to draw the theoretical conclusion. Fifth, the interviews with the Head of the programme, four programme graduates and one business representative are analyzed to point out the empirical conclusion. Finally the theoretical conclusion and the empirical conclusion are combined to answer the research question and draw the final conclusion.