Design and Implementation of a Doctoral Program of Management in Information Technology

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Design and Implementation of a Doctoral Program
of Management in Information Technology

• Annette Lerine Steenkamp DMIT Program Director
  
• Louis DeGennaro Dean
• College of Management
• Lawrence Technological University

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PRESENTATION AGENDA

• Background
• Rationale of DMIT
• Curriculum
• Implementation Process
• Summary

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TRENDS OF THE DECADE

• Globalized economies enabled by networked
  enterprises
• Knowledge economies with need to derive knowledge
  from data and information
• Economic slow-down due to opportunistic ventures,
  unrealistic expectations, IT redundancies,
  immature e-commerce, media hype, . of the
  nineties

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TRENDS OF THE DECADE

• Shrinking IT budgets
• Competitive job market
• Companies seek
• experienced professionals
• with specialized skills
• and domain knowledge
• Widening knowing/doing gap

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TRENDS OF THE DECADE

• IT regarded by many as the key enabler for
  competitive advantage
• Shift in knowledge and skills needed to meet
  Internet-based work environment
• Perceived need to align the IT assets with the
  business strategy
• Need to measure IT projects in terms of business
  goals and objectives

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ITAA 2003 Workforce Study, May 5, 2003IT
Workforce Convocation, Arlington, VA

• 2003 IT Workforce Study
• ITAA is the leading IT Industry trade group
  over 400 corporate members
• ITAAs workforce studies have been the industry
  benchmark since 1997 and lead the industry

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2003 IT Workforce Study
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CHALLENGE FOR ACADEMIA

• Equip students with appropriate
• Technical skills
• Managerial expertise
• Ability to bridge the Knowing-Doing gap
• Ability to align IT assets with business strategy
• Tools for effective Leadership for strategy
  execution

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DOCTORAL PROGRAMS AT LAWRENCE TECH

• DMIT
• DEMS
• DBA
• Advanced programs for the practitioner-scholar,
  designed for working professionals, that aim to
  equip graduates to meet the needs of a
  knowledge-based society with innovative ideas and
  solutions in the fields of technology,
  manufacturing and business

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RATIONALE OF DMIT

• DMIT Mission
• The DMIT is a practitioner-scholar program for
  working professionals, that aims to equip
  graduates to meet the needs of a knowledge-based
  society with innovative ideas and solutions in
  the field of Information Technology

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IT MANAGEMENT

• Requires understanding and insight of the IT
  processes within the enterprise from both the
  managerial and technical perspectives
• Awareness of the rate of change of technology
• Understanding of products that form the building
  blocks of the IT infrastructure
• Involves people who are involved in delivering,
  sustaining and enhancing the infrastructure

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Business processes Activities Procedures Document
ation
IT Management
IT Resources Software Hardware Infrastructure
components
IT people Managerial Technical
IT Processes Managerial Technical
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CURRICULUM

• Learning outcomes fall in four categories
• Theoretical outcomes define the concepts and
  principles in the field of IT Management that a
  student should master.
• Informational outcomes interpreted to mean the
  leading-edge trends in IT that a student should
  be aware of.
• Skill-sets the competencies that students
  should have upon completing the program.
• Informing of practice knowledge and awareness
  of best practices as found in business and
  industry in the field of IT Management.

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CURRICULUM

• The six thematic areas of scholarship and
  practice
• Abstraction and modeling understanding/
  representing of problem space
• Process corresponding to knowledge of
  real-world best practices (international
  standards)
• Optimization improvement of IT and software
  processes, activities and tasks
• Quality IT and software product and process
  assurance
• Measurement management of process and product
  by means of metrics
• Manufacture software construction focusing on
  reuse

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CURRICULUM

• Coursework
• Major in Information Technology 15 credits
• Research Methods 12 credits
• Inter-disciplinary Minor in support of research
  interest 9 credits
• Research towards the dissertation in the field of
  IT 24 credits

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DISSERTATION RESEARCH

• Applied research based on state-of-the-art bodies
  of knowledge in field of IT
• Research conducted in partnership with
  enterprises
• Innovative solutions are being sought for
• Real world problems and processes
• Optimizing the role of IT as the key enabler to
  enhance business agility
• Managing IT assets efficiently
• Application of emerging information technologies
  
• Integration of ITs

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INTERDEPENDENT DIMENSIONS

• Technical dimension dealing with the range of
  technologies, standards and functionalities that
  are the enabling agents
• Management dimension, involving the business
  rules underpinning the various levels of business
  processes to enhance process efficiencies and
  quality of products and services

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IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS
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IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS
Process Improvement Process Process
assessment Program assessment Course
assessment Program Descriptions Background
Information Catalog Description Flyers and
Brochures Program Web Site
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IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS

• Curriculum and Courses
• Schedules
• Catalog descriptions and prerequisites
• Overview Syllabi
• Detailed Syllabi

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Forms Application Form Admission Recommendation
Form List of DMIT Applications Checklist Of DMIT
Applicants Diagnostic Evaluation Interview Record
Form Diagnostic Evaluation Interview
Schedule Letter Templates Advising
Schedule Credit Waiver/ Transfer Form Course
Overview Sheet
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PROGRAM GOVERNANCE

• Office of the Provost (Provost)
• College of Management (Dean)
• DMIT Program Committee (Director)
• Advising Committee (Academic Advisor)
• Dissertation Committee (Supervisor)
• Administrative support (DMIT Assistant )
• General Administrative Support (COM
  Administration)

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ACCREDITATION

• NCA North Central Association
• IACBE - International Assembly of Collegiate
  Business Education
• ACBSP Association of Collegiate Business
  Schools
• Preparing for AACSB

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SUMMARY

• One of three applied doctoral programs at
  Lawrence Tech
• Is attracting a cadre of experienced
  professionals
• Collaborative teaching model- mainly on-ground
  with some blended courses
• Supported by Internet-based learning system
• Program is managed via continuous assessment and
  process improvement
• Acknowledgements