The Skills Gap as Observed between IS Graduates and theSystems Development Industry – A South African Experience

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Elsje Scott ; Robert Alger ; Simon Pequeno ; Nicky Sessions

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【 摘 要 】

This paper discusses the results of an investigation into the skills gap between Information Systems (IS)graduates at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the South African Systems Development Industry. Three objectives were defined for this study.Firstly to measure the alignment between the level of skillspossessed by students and the level of skills demanded by development companies. Secondly to identifyand compare the most prominent specific skills that industry requires with the skills of students andthirdly to determine whether the students obtained the skills directly through UCT.The study revealedthat there was alignment between the importance rating of companies and the skills of students in someareas, but not in others.Although correlation exists between the specific skills and technologies that in- dustry requires and those which students possess, knowledge of certain technologies is lacking from theformal IS curriculum.