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Educating systems analysts emphasising the human factor

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This paper argues that students in Information Systems (Systems Analysts) have learned methods, methodologies and techniques, but have less experience in self-reflection and self-awareness. Systems Analysts are central in developing Information Systems and need to communicate and understand people with many different backgrounds and perspectives concerning use of Information systems. The paper suggests a curriculum that may give the students a learning environment that opens up possibilities for self-reflection and self-awareness. These virtues can only be obtained as a by-product of something else and is best learned via learning in action. Hopefully they will improve the Systems Analyst's capabilities to construct good and useful Information Systems.

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          cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
          ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 31, Issue 3
          Sept. 1999
          212 pages
          ISSN:0097-8418
          DOI:10.1145/384267
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          • cover image ACM Conferences
            ITiCSE '99: Proceedings of the 4th annual SIGCSE/SIGCUE ITiCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
            June 1999
            214 pages
            ISBN:1581130872
            DOI:10.1145/305786

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