Analysis of Information Technology in Business Education

Abstract

State of Information Technology curriculum in the business institutions of Pakistan is distressing and indicates some gap between educational and industrial environments. The cause of such a gap is the shift of business organizations towards the e-business whereas e-learning has not yet been adopted by large number of business institutions. Information Technology in business education plays a major role in preparing a competent, business-literate, and skilled work-force. This paper addresses the gap between what is taught and what we practice in industry. This paper presents the evaluation of the curriculum of the business education in business institutions of Pakistan and tries to find the answer of whether or not the universities / institutions of the country are training the business graduates according to the needs of local and international market and industry? Answer of whether or not the business graduates are capable of delivering the required information technology Skills in their working business enterprises has also been addressed in this paper by evaluating the performance of business graduates working in industry. This paper also recommends the steps one can take to reduce the gap between theory and practice and respond to the emerging trends of business technology and expectation of the clients of the world of business from the business graduates of our institutions.