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Assessing Skills And Knowledge Of It Professionals In Saudi Arabia, Ibrahim M. Al-Jabri, Haidar M. Fraihat Jan 2015

Assessing Skills And Knowledge Of It Professionals In Saudi Arabia, Ibrahim M. Al-Jabri, Haidar M. Fraihat

Communications of the IIMA

This research paper assesses current and future skills and knowledge of IT professionals working in selected Saudi Organizations through ranking the importance of selected IT, management, database, and programming skills and knowledge gained by IT university graduates. The study depicted moderate dynamism and change in the importance of several IT skills and knowledge after 3 years compared with the present time. It was concluded that IT curricula, especially MIS, have to be alter to the changes in the demand for knowledge and skills in computer programming languages, database systems, IT and management knowledge/skills and reflect that in their educational programs. …