TY - GEN
T1 - Preliminary Insights into the Nature of Graduate IS Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa
AU - Kevor, Mark Oliver
AU - Boateng, Richard
AU - Kolog, Emmanuel Awuni
AU - Owusu, Acheampong
AU - Afful-Dadzie, Anthony
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, IFIP International Federation for Information Processing.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Extant Information Systems (IS) curriculum research has focused on the nature of undergraduate IS programmes, particularly in the US and UK, eliciting calls for studies on graduate IS programmes and in regions beyond the US and UK. This study, consequently, looks at the nature of graduate IS programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Using a direct survey method, IS courses information were collected from the websites of top universities in SSA based on a 2019 webometric world ranking of universities. The course offerings from these universities are mapped to the competencies specified in the Global competency model for graduate IS programmes (MSIS 2016). The findings generally indicate, among others, non-adherence of graduate IS programmes in SSA to the MSIS 2016. The reasons for the non-adherence to the MSIS 2016 curriculum model is recommended for future research.
AB - Extant Information Systems (IS) curriculum research has focused on the nature of undergraduate IS programmes, particularly in the US and UK, eliciting calls for studies on graduate IS programmes and in regions beyond the US and UK. This study, consequently, looks at the nature of graduate IS programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Using a direct survey method, IS courses information were collected from the websites of top universities in SSA based on a 2019 webometric world ranking of universities. The course offerings from these universities are mapped to the competencies specified in the Global competency model for graduate IS programmes (MSIS 2016). The findings generally indicate, among others, non-adherence of graduate IS programmes in SSA to the MSIS 2016. The reasons for the non-adherence to the MSIS 2016 curriculum model is recommended for future research.
KW - Adoption
KW - IS curriculum
KW - MSIS 2016 adherence
KW - Sub-Saharan Africa
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85084934276&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-44999-5_45
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-44999-5_45
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85084934276
SN - 9783030449988
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 545
EP - 556
BT - Responsible Design, Implementation and Use of Information and Communication Technology - 19th IFIP WG 6.11 Conference on e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society, I3E 2020, Proceedings
A2 - Hattingh, Marié
A2 - Matthee, Machdel
A2 - Smuts, Hanlie
A2 - Pappas, Ilias
A2 - Dwivedi, Yogesh K.
A2 - Mäntymäki, Matti
PB - Springer
T2 - 19th IFIP WG 6.11 Conference on e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society, I3E 2020
Y2 - 6 April 2020 through 8 April 2020
ER -