skip to main content
article
Free Access

A closer look at attention to detail

Authors Info & Claims
Published:01 July 2005Publication History
Skip Abstract Section

Abstract

Beyond communications, interpersonal, and leadership skills, there's another `non-technical skill' fundamental to success in IT.

References

  1. Applied Personnel Research. A review of computer-assisted applicant screening tests and job analysis software; www.ipmaac.org/files/wiesen-software.pdf (accessed Sept. 29, 2002).Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  2. Cappel, J. Entry-level IS job skills: A survey of employers. J. Comput. Inf. Syst. (Winter 2001-2002), 76--82.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  3. King, P. Summer school. Sports Illus. (Aug. 18, 2003), 42--46.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  4. Lee, D., Trauth, E., and Farwell, D. Critical skills and knowledge requirements of IS professionals: A joint academic/industry investigation. MIS Q. 19, 3 (Sept. 1995), 313--340. Google ScholarGoogle ScholarDigital LibraryDigital Library
  5. Litecky, C., Prabhakar, B., and Arnett, K. MIS job market: Shaken but not stirred. J. Syst. Manage. 47, 4 (July/Aug. 1996), 50--54.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  6. Richards, T., Yellen, R., Kappelman, L., and Guynes, S. Information managers' perceptions of IS job skills. J. Comput. Inf. Syst. (Spring 1998), 53--57.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  7. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus. 3rd Ed., 1995.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  8. Tang, H.L., Lee, S., and Koh, S. Educational gaps as perceived by IS educators: A survey of knowledge and skill requirements. J. Comput. Inf. Syst. (Winter 2000-2001), 76--84.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  9. Todd, P., McKeen, J., and Gallupe, R.B. The evolution of IS job skills: A content analysis of IS job advertisements from 1970 to 1990. MIS Q. 19, 1 (Mar. 1995), 1--27. Google ScholarGoogle ScholarDigital LibraryDigital Library
  10. Trauth, E., Farwell D., and Lee, D. The IS expectation gap: Industry expectations versus academic preparation. MIS Q. 17, 3 (Sept. 1993), 293--303.Google ScholarGoogle ScholarDigital LibraryDigital Library
  11. Van Slyke, C., Kittner, M., and Cheney, P. Skill requirements of entry-level IS graduates: A report from industry. J. Inf. Syst. Educ. (Fall 1998), 6--10.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar

Index Terms

  1. A closer look at attention to detail

        Recommendations

        Comments

        Login options

        Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution to get full access on this article.

        Sign in

        Full Access

        • Published in

          cover image Communications of the ACM
          Communications of the ACM  Volume 48, Issue 7
          Designing for the mobile device
          July 2005
          92 pages
          ISSN:0001-0782
          EISSN:1557-7317
          DOI:10.1145/1070838
          Issue’s Table of Contents

          Copyright © 2005 ACM

          Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. Copyrights for components of this work owned by others than ACM must be honored. Abstracting with credit is permitted. To copy otherwise, or republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists, requires prior specific permission and/or a fee. Request permissions from [email protected]

          Publisher

          Association for Computing Machinery

          New York, NY, United States

          Publication History

          • Published: 1 July 2005

          Permissions

          Request permissions about this article.

          Request Permissions

          Check for updates

          Qualifiers

          • article
        • Article Metrics

          • Downloads (Last 12 months)91
          • Downloads (Last 6 weeks)36

          Other Metrics

        PDF Format

        View or Download as a PDF file.

        PDF

        eReader

        View online with eReader.

        eReader

        HTML Format

        View this article in HTML Format .

        View HTML Format