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Even for respondents in low client contact roles, only 13 roles achieved a rating of 5.0
or more, with 19 roles rated at between 4.92 and 2.78 on the seven-point Likert scale.
Respondents in high client contact roles rated 15 roles above 5.0, with 17 roles failing to
achieve a rating above 4.88.
Some of the subjects that failed to achieve a rating of 5.0 included technical areas such
as Large System Experience, Data Mining/Data Warehousing, Applying 3GLs, CASE
Applications, ERP Implementations & Operations, and Knowledge Base/Expert Systems.
Clearly, the respondents were not seeking additional technical knowledge but valued the soft
skills of Communications and Report Writing (5.82) highest of those considered.
The results of subjecting the data to the Kruskall-Wallis procedure are shown in Table
5. In this nonparametric test, variables achieving a score of less than 0.05 are significant.
The data were subjected to the Kurskall-Wallis procedure. The ability to apply OOPs,
CASE applications, database design, e-commerce and e-business development, large system
experience, the ability to apply 3-GLs, LAN and Data Communications, and Web design and
development, all achieved significance. To some extent, the authors believe that the data
reflect the particular concerns of the pool of respondents, and that caution should be used
in generalizing the findings in curriculum decisions. For example, although large systems
Table 5. IS/IT/CS subjects comparison: Kruskall-Wallis procedure results
df
Asymp. Sig.
Subject
Apply OOPs
1
0.00
CASE applications
1
0.00
Database design
1
0.00
E-commerce/e-business development
1
0.00
Large system experience
1
0.00
Apply 3GLs
1
0.00
LAN and data comms
1
0.02
Web design/development
1
0.03
Client server applications
1
0.06
Project management
1
0.08
Analysis and design
1
0.13
Knowledge base/expert systems
1
0.14
Use operating systems
1
0.21
Business applications
1
0.22
Data mining/data warehousing
1
0.42
ERP implementations and operations
1
0.57
Knowledge of PC apps
1
0.73
