Building a workforce for the information economy [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Workforce Needs in Information Technology
| Building a workforce for the information economy [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Workforce Needs in Information Technology |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (398 p.) |
| Disciplina | 331.7/61004/0973 |
| Soggetto topico | Information technology - Vocational guidance |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-309-17200-4
0-309-50518-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Part I""; ""1 The IT Sector: Context and Character""; ""2 Understanding the IT Workforce""; ""3 Characterizing the Workforce Problem""; ""Part II""; ""4 Older IT Workers and Possible Age-Related Discrimination""; ""5 Foreign Workers in the IT Workforce""; ""6 Making More Effective Use of the Existing IT Workforce""; ""7 Longer-Term Strategies for Increasing the Supply of Qualified Labor: Training and Education""; ""Part III""; ""8 Synthesis, Principles, and Recommendations""
""Appendixes""""APPENDIX A Biotechnology""; ""APPENDIX B Estimating the Size of the IT Workforce""; ""APPENDIX C Study Committee Biographies""; ""APPENDIX D Briefers to the Committee""; ""Index"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456347503321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Building a workforce for the information economy [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Workforce Needs in Information Technology
| Building a workforce for the information economy [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Workforce Needs in Information Technology |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (398 p.) |
| Disciplina | 331.7/61004/0973 |
| Soggetto topico | Information technology - Vocational guidance |
| ISBN |
0-309-17200-4
0-309-50518-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Part I""; ""1 The IT Sector: Context and Character""; ""2 Understanding the IT Workforce""; ""3 Characterizing the Workforce Problem""; ""Part II""; ""4 Older IT Workers and Possible Age-Related Discrimination""; ""5 Foreign Workers in the IT Workforce""; ""6 Making More Effective Use of the Existing IT Workforce""; ""7 Longer-Term Strategies for Increasing the Supply of Qualified Labor: Training and Education""; ""Part III""; ""8 Synthesis, Principles, and Recommendations""
""Appendixes""""APPENDIX A Biotechnology""; ""APPENDIX B Estimating the Size of the IT Workforce""; ""APPENDIX C Study Committee Biographies""; ""APPENDIX D Briefers to the Committee""; ""Index"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778628803321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Building a workforce for the information economy / / Committee on Workforce Needs in Information Technology
| Building a workforce for the information economy / / Committee on Workforce Needs in Information Technology |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (398 p.) |
| Disciplina | 331.7/61004/0973 |
| Soggetto topico | Information technology - Vocational guidance |
| ISBN |
9780309172004
0309172004 9780309505185 0309505186 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Part I""; ""1 The IT Sector: Context and Character""; ""2 Understanding the IT Workforce""; ""3 Characterizing the Workforce Problem""; ""Part II""; ""4 Older IT Workers and Possible Age-Related Discrimination""; ""5 Foreign Workers in the IT Workforce""; ""6 Making More Effective Use of the Existing IT Workforce""; ""7 Longer-Term Strategies for Increasing the Supply of Qualified Labor: Training and Education""; ""Part III""; ""8 Synthesis, Principles, and Recommendations""
""Appendixes""""APPENDIX A Biotechnology""; ""APPENDIX B Estimating the Size of the IT Workforce""; ""APPENDIX C Study Committee Biographies""; ""APPENDIX D Briefers to the Committee""; ""Index"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910965709803321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Computing professionals [[electronic resource] ] : changing needs for the 1990s : a workshop report / / prepared by the Steering Committee on Human Resources in Computer Science and Technology, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, and Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, National Research Council
| Computing professionals [[electronic resource] ] : changing needs for the 1990s : a workshop report / / prepared by the Steering Committee on Human Resources in Computer Science and Technology, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, and Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, National Research Council |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (164 p.) |
| Disciplina | 331.7/61004/0973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Computer engineers - United States
Computer engineers - Supply and demand - United States Computer programmers - Supply and demand - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-21141-5
9786610211418 0-309-57284-3 0-585-08522-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455150203321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Computing professionals [[electronic resource] ] : changing needs for the 1990s : a workshop report / / prepared by the Steering Committee on Human Resources in Computer Science and Technology, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, and Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, National Research Council
| Computing professionals [[electronic resource] ] : changing needs for the 1990s : a workshop report / / prepared by the Steering Committee on Human Resources in Computer Science and Technology, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, and Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, National Research Council |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (164 p.) |
| Disciplina | 331.7/61004/0973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Computer engineers - United States
Computer engineers - Supply and demand - United States Computer programmers - Supply and demand - United States |
| ISBN |
1-280-21141-5
9786610211418 0-309-57284-3 0-585-08522-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778882103321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Computing professionals : changing needs for the 1990s : a workshop report / / prepared by the Steering Committee on Human Resources in Computer Science and Technology, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, and Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, National Research Council
| Computing professionals : changing needs for the 1990s : a workshop report / / prepared by the Steering Committee on Human Resources in Computer Science and Technology, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, and Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, National Research Council |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (164 p.) |
| Disciplina | 331.7/61004/0973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Computer engineers - United States
Computer engineers - Supply and demand - United States Computer programmers - Supply and demand - United States |
| ISBN |
9786610211418
9781280211416 1280211415 9780309572842 0309572843 9780585085227 0585085226 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Computing Professionals -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION AND FINDINGS -- Demand Is Fluid and Skill Requirements Are Growing -- Equality of Opportunity and the Increasingly Global Talent Pool Are Among Supply Challenges -- Dynamic Occupations Require Continuous Learning -- Better Planning Requires More and Better Data -- THE CHALLENGE OF COMBINING VIEWPOINTS -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data and Taxonomy: Computing Professionals Are Hard to Count -- INTRODUCTION -- WHY ARE THE DATA UNSATISFYING? -- Need for Agreement on Labeling -- Need for Better Taxonomies -- THE CURRENT SITUATION -- Data on Employment -- Employment in Academic Institutions -- Data on Degree Production -- ISSUES AND CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- 3 Demand Crosscurrents: Emerging and Disappearing Jobs -- INTRODUCTION -- FACTORS IN THE MACRO ENVIRONMENT AFFECTING DEMAND -- The Recession and Slow Recovery -- Longer-Run Factors -- Shifting National Priorities -- Globalization of Markets and Production -- New Economic Activity -- CHANGES IN COMPUTER-BASED TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS AFFECTING DEMAND -- Recent Trends and New Directions -- Implications for Occupational Demand -- Implications for Levels of Skill Required -- WHAT DO EMPLOYERS WANT? -- Differing Views from Industry and Academia -- The Emergence of Multidisciplinary Teams -- TRENDS IN DEMAND BY FUNCTION -- Research -- Academic Research -- Industrial Research -- Applications and Systems Development -- Applications and Systems Deployment -- ISSUES AND CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- 4 Supply: Who Enters the Profession? -- INTRODUCTION -- DEGREE PROGRAMS -- Two-Year Programs -- Baccalaureate Programs -- Master's Programs -- Doctoral Programs -- FUTURE SUPPLY: PIPELINE OR AQUIFER -- Encouraging Student Interest -- Experienced Workers -- PROMOTING DIVERSITY -- Equality of Opportunity -- Minorities.
Women -- FOREIGN-BORN CITIZENS -- ISSUES AND CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- 5 Training, Retraining, and More Retraining -- OVERVIEW -- EDUCATION CURRICULA -- TRAINING -- ISSUES AND CONCLUSIONS -- NOTE -- 6 Conclusion and Next Steps -- ACKNOWLEDGING EVOLVING DEMAND -- BROADENING AND NURTURING THE TALENT STREAM -- PROVIDING FOR ONGOING TRAINING -- ACTING ON IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION -- IMPROVING THE LINKAGE BETWEEN SCHOOL AND WORK -- IMPROVING DATA GATHERING AND ANALYSIS -- NOTE -- Appendixes -- A Comparison of Data Sources and Data -- INTRODUCTION -- Data Needed to Assess Supply and Demand -- Sources of Direct Data -- Sources of Indirect Data -- Why the Data Differ -- COMPARING AVAILABLE DATA ON SUPPLY -- Bachelor's Degrees -- Master's Degrees -- Doctoral Degrees -- Number of Ph.D.s Awarded -- Demographic Characteristics of Computer Science and Computer Engineering Ph.D.s -- DATA ON THE CURRENT LABOR FORCE -- DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CURRENT LABOR FORCE -- THE FUTURE -- Data Indicators of Demand -- What We Do Not Know-and What We Need to Know-About Current Supply and Demand -- Forecasting the Future -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- B U.S. Degree Programs in Computing -- INTRODUCTION -- OVERVIEW OF PROGRAMS -- Two-Year Programs -- Baccalaureate Programs -- Master's Programs -- Doctoral Programs -- BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS -- Information Systems -- Information Science -- Computer Science -- Computer Engineering -- Software Engineering -- Computational Science -- COMPARISON OF BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS -- SUMMARY FOR TWO-YEAR AND GRADUATE PROGRAMS -- Two-Year Programs -- Graduate Programs -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- C The Demand For Human Resources and Skills in the 1990s -- THE ENVIRONMENT: GENERAL BUSINESS TRENDS -- ACADEMIA -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- Past -- Present -- Future -- Outlook for Information Technology Investment -- Growth Areas. Summary-Human Resources in Information Technology -- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT -- Past -- Present -- Future -- New Technologies -- Solutions to Current Problems -- Applications -- End-User Productivity -- Software Development Productivity -- DEMAND IN THE UNITED STATES -- GLOBAL COMPETITION AND DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTIVITY -- SUMMARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- D Workshop Program. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910960881803321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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