Some Implications of the Year-2000 Era, Dot-com Era, and Offshoring for Information Systems Pedagogy

摘要

In the tumultuous days of the Year-2000 crisis and the dot-corn boom, at least in some countries the demand for information systems/information technology (IS/IT) professionals seemed insatiable. Many pundits believed the economies of these countries had undergone fundamental structural changes. A new era had emerged―one where remarkable gains in effectiveness and efficiency had been achieved through uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs). As a result, the future for IS/IT professionals seemed rosy. In a world that relied increasingly on ICTs, many observers believed that demand for IS/IT skills would remain buoyant. IS/IT professionals became the workforce elite. The high compensation levels they could command reflected their newfound status.