Title: Do AIS and MIS have a future?

Authors: Aida Sy

Addresses: Marist College, 3399 North Road, Poughkeepsie, New York 12602, USA

Abstract: Academics and practitioners of successful, established disciplines rarely question their future viability. But in today's world, complacency may prove dangerous. AIS and MIS operate in turbulent circumstances. The rates change of reskilling, deskilling, outsourcing and in-sourcing is unprecedented. There is no reason why craft workers in a field should be caught in a King Canute like demise. An intelligent appreciation of one's past and present does allow for successful adaptation to new circumstances. Infused with new literatures, a field like MIS and AIS could prepare itself for this brave new world and respond accordingly.

Keywords: craft workers; accounting information systems; AIS; management information systems; MIS; history; Madoff; Trollope; Fitzgerald; labour process.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAUDIT.2014.064317

International Journal of Auditing Technology, 2014 Vol.2 No.1, pp.47 - 54

Received: 26 Aug 2013
Accepted: 01 Sep 2013

Published online: 28 Aug 2014 *

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