National Post - Education's evolution; The new mantra: 'You have to adapt quickly'
Deborah Compeau began her academic career back in 1991, teaching introduction to programming to business students at Carleton University. Information systems had only just emerged as a discipline and it reflected one of the key changes in business faculties and what they need to deliver.
"Management is not the five surefire ways to make your next IT project a success," Ms. Compeau says. "I think I could give you the five surefire ways to make your next IT project a failure, but the converse is a lot harder. You need to develop a deep understanding of a problem from multiple perspectives and build solutions that take into account all the inter-relationships and complexities that exist. That's not a new course you teach. That's a function of how you teach and think about what you are doing."
It was exactly for this reason that the Desautels Faculty of Management at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ in Montreal restructured its MBA program. "Our goal is to provide cross-disciplinary, integrative knowledge of how business should be run to be competitive in today's global environment," says Tamer Boyaci, associate dean, masters programs, at the faculty.
