Careers in MIS
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This document discusses career opportunities in management information systems (MIS). It outlines several personality traits and interests that may be well-suited for a career in MIS, including problem-solving, communication, technology skills, and working with people and organizations. The document also briefly describes some common MIS career paths such as project management, data mining, and information technology specialist roles. Overall, MIS careers offer a balance of technical and interpersonal skills, high placement rates, salaries, and job satisfaction.
Careers in MIS
- 1. MIS and Your Career 3/27/2012
- 2. You Might Like a Job in MIS If: • you like to solve problems and innovate; • you like to find things out and communicate what you’ve found; • you like technology because of what you can do with it; • if you enjoy working with people and helping an organization run smoothly; • if you can think strategically, see the big picture, and make it happen (delegate details); or • if your interests span multiple fields.
- 3. The Technology Pyramid Tier III specialist IT Tier II skills common MIS to all jobs in a career cluster Tier I Worker skills required of all workers
- 4. MIS in Balance • Balance between theory (strategy) and application. • Balance between working with people and technology. • Balance between over- specialization and employability.
- 5. MIS Statistics • High placement rate • High salaries • Job satisfaction • Opportunity and challenge
- 6. Chief Information Officer • Not the same as IT director • Involves high-level interfacing and decision making • Highly respectable
- 7. Operations Management • Multiple levels • Involves the juncture of personnel and process
- 8. Project Management • Any field. • Ability to break down big picture into components • Understand people and IS
- 9. Data Mining / Modeling • Ability to compile data, break it down and communicate its significance.
- 10. Other High-MIS Careers • Administrative Assistant • Medical Management • Communications Management • Self Employment • Marketing Management
- 11. How should businesses use the Internet? • Marketing • Advertising • E-commerce –Shopping Cart – Security –The Digital Marketplace
- 12. How should businesses use the Internet? • Marketing • Advertising • E-commerce • Research • Customer Feedback • Finding Suppliers