Proceedings of the International Conference on
Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Applications (SKIMA 2013)
Advanced Technology Solutions and Applications in Higher Education and Enterprises
 
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Title: The Investigation of required management and information technology graduate to support the future industrial jobs of Lumphun province
  Author(s): Raslapat Siriwat, Kittitouch Suteeca
  Address: Department of College of Arts Media and Technology, Chiang Mai University, Huaykeaw Rd, Maung, Chiang Mai, Thailand
raslapat.s @ camt.info, kittitouch.s @ cmu.ac.th
  Reference: SKIMA 2013 Proceedings  pp. 363 - 369
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The purpose of this research is to examine needs, knowledge, skills and competency required from those who graduated with a degree in management and information technology program and keep their industrial action at Lumphun. Data were collected from 19 manufacturing companies which recruit students from cooperative program by using questionnaires. Also, interview method was applied to collect data from six interviewees chosen by purposive sampling method. Results showed that students who graduated with basic theory were not ready to work immediately. Employers expect graduates to be able to develop basic software application and expect the program to teach students about enterprise resource planning (ERP). Required competency can be divided into three parts: human management, work load management and information technology.
 
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