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Table 4. Comparative importance of academic subjects (
n
= 136)
Low (l)
High (h)
Mean (
)
Mean (
)
Subject
Communications and report writing
5.82 (1.27)
6.18 (0.81)
Analysis and design
5.82 (1.16)
5.91 (1.05)
Database design
5.65 (1.27)
5.47 (1.24)
Business applications
5.62 (1.04)
5.68 (1.17)
Client server applications
5.60 (0.99)
5.72 (0.86)
Use operating systems
5.52 (1.03)
5.66 (1.15)
Apply OOPs
5.45 (1.03)
5.12 (1.39)
Management
5.43 (1.11)
5.63 (0.96)
Knowledge of PC apps
5.40 (1.21)
5.46 (1.24)
E-commerce/E-business development
5.23 (1.44)
5.41 (1.04)
Project management
5.10 (1.07)
5.70 (1.17)
*
Web design/development
5.05 (1.71)
4.88 (1.39)
LAN and data communications
5.02 (1.27)
5.38 (1.25)
Large system experience
4.92 (1.23)
5.28 (1.15)
Apply 3GLs
4.87 (1.31)
4.57 (1.47)
Business ethics
4.85 (1.68)
5.24 (1.48)
Data mining/data warehousing
4.78 (1.38)
4.74 (1.35)
Organizational behavior
4.68 (1.42)
5.08 (1.38)
Mathematical modeling
4.38 (1.40)
4.14 (1.48)
CASE applications
4.38 (1.11)
4.61 (1.47)
ERP implementations and operations
4.32 (1.31)
4.61 (1.45)
Knowledge base/expert systems
4.25 (1.48)
4.67 (1.35)
Operations research
4.22 (1.15)
4.34 (1.35)
Marketing
4.18 (1.64)
4.47 (1.41)
Business finance
4.10 (1.50)
4.46 (1.48)
Business statistics
4.00 (1.43)
4.32 (1.38)
International business
3.98 (1.66)
4.43 (1.51)
Accounting
3.98 (1.51)
4.25 (1.58)
Psychology
3.63 (1.73)
3.75 (1.79)
Business or commercial law
3.62 (1.54)
4.42 (1.48)
*
Economics
3.38 (1.50)
3.83 (1.48)
Foreign languages
2.78 (1.83)
3.45 (1.68)
*
n =
60
76
*Significantly different at 0.05% level .
