Lessons Learned from Migrating to an Online Electronic Business Management Course

This article describes the lessons learned while migrating an Electronic Business Management course from traditional face-toface delivery to online delivery across a six and a half year time frame. The course under review teaches students how to develop and construct a working information-based online business using free versions of online resources. Over 220 students completed this course as a traditional face-to-face class and over 300 students have completed this course as an online class. Student performance and satisfaction remained mostly consistent across delivery methods. Reflections include lessons learned and suggestions to aid in developing a course for online delivery. Course evaluations remained stable during the migration of the course to an online environment. The Electronic Business Management course migration was considered successful

Why Are Students Not Majoring in Information Systems?

The purpose of this study was to examine some of the factors that influence and impact business students when they select their major and, more particularly, to examine why students are not majoring in information systems. Students in an entry level business class responded that they were more knowledgeable about careers in management, marketing, accounting, and finance than they were about careers in information systems. These business students indicated that they are looking for majors that will be interesting, provide them with job security initially and over their careers, and pay them well. The most important information sources used by these students in their major selection decision were information on college/department websites, brochures about the major, and information on the Internet. When asked why they were not majoring in information systems, the top two reasons given were not what I wanted to do and subject not of interest

New business students: Comparing perceptions of accounting and IS as careers

The purpose of this study was to examine which business majors are currently being selected by new business major and, more particularly, to examine why students are not majoring in information systems. Students in an entry level business class responded that they were more knowledgeable about careers in management, marketing, accounting, and finance than they were about careers in information systems. Students indicated they were most interested in occupations demonstrating promotion opportunities, high earnings, occupational growth, job security, and flexible career paths. These business students indicated they are mostly lack knowledge of and are unaware of the information systems major and associated occupations. Their knowledge void apparently leads them to perceive information systems negatively in regards to desirable payoffs such as earnings, growth potential, and interacting with people. Furthermore, accounting occupations were generally viewed more positively than are IS/IT professions, even on characteristics such as earnings where authoritative sources would favor IS/IT