IT service management in the academic curriculum: comparing an Australian and German experience
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Paper/Presentation Title | IT service management in the academic curriculum: comparing an Australian and German experience |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Cater-Steel, Aileen (Author), Zarnekow, Ruediger (Author) and Wulf, Jochen (Author) |
Editors | Seddon, Peter and Gregor, Shirley |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 15th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2011) |
ERA Conference ID | 43961 |
Number of Pages | 15 |
Year | 2011 |
Place of Publication | Brisbane, Australia |
ISBN | 9781864356441 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2011/33 |
Conference/Event | 15th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2011): Quality Research in Pacific Asia |
Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) | |
Event Details | Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) PACIS Rank A A A A A A A A |
Event Details | 15th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2011): Quality Research in Pacific Asia Event Date 07 to end of 11 Jul 2011 Event Location Brisbane, Australia |
Abstract | Universities have a responsibility to equip graduates with the knowledge and skills to be productive in their work environment. Recently, the discipline of IT Service Management (ITSM) has become globally recognized as critical to organizations. Academia appears to be lagging industry in providing education in this field. This paper describes the motivation, implementation, outcomes and challenges experienced by two universities, one in Australia and the other in Germany, in designing and offering an ITSM course. Both universities included the curriculum for industry certification for Foundation level examinations and facilitated student access to these examinations. Using a narrative inquiry method, the authors share their experiences and compare these two courses. The feedback from students clearly indicates that the students value the opportunity to achieve industry certification in ITSM. A list of lessons learnt is formulated to assist other universities undertaking similar endeavours. The outcomes of the analysis highlight the need for professional development and industry certification of Lecturers, the importance of networking with local industry practitioners, and the importance of maintaining course materials to keep current with frameworks used in the ICT industry. |
Keywords | IT service management; IT infrastructure library; ISO/IEC 20000; industry certification; curriculum design; narrative inquiry; reflective research approach |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 350302. Business information management (incl. records, knowledge and intelligence) |
390405. Educational technology and computing | |
390102. Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Information Systems |
Australian Centre for Sustainable Business and Development | |
Technical University of Berlin, Germany | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0vzq/it-service-management-in-the-academic-curriculum-comparing-an-australian-and-german-experience
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