Title :
The Minnesota PhD program in management information systems: underlying philosophical views and operational decisions
Author :
Davis, Gordon B. ; Adams, Carl R. ; Straub, Detmar W., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Decision Sci., Minnesota Univ., MN, USA
Abstract :
The authors first describe the philosophical view of management information systems (MIS) as an academic and scholarly research field. The Minnesota philosophical view of an MIS doctoral program is then presented. The operational implications of these philosophical views are described in terms of curricular decisions and program management
Keywords :
computer science education; educational courses; management information systems; MIS doctoral program; Minnesota PhD program; curricular decisions; management information systems; operational decisions; philosophical views; program management; research field; Application software; Computer science; Data processing; History; Information management; Information resources; Management information systems; Mathematics; Resource management; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1990., Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kailua-Kona, HI
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1990.205391
