Case Study : Chapter 2

Discussion Questions(Page 64)


1. How can organizations and vendors change their certification programs to test for skills as well as core knowledge? What issues might this introduce?
-Organizations and vendors must conduct seminars for employees so that they can help boost the employees skills and knowledge.


2. What are the primary arguments against certification, and how can certifying bodies change their programs to overcome these shortcomings?
-IT workers argued that testable IT knowledge does not necessarily translate into quality IT work. This problem can be overcome by conducting a proper training.


3. What are the benefits of certification? How might certification programs need to change in the future to better serve the needs of the IT community?
-The benefit of certification is to help you to find a job. If you have many certifications you will have a higher chance to be hired.  Certification programs need to change in the future to better serve the needs of the IT community like changing IT certification examination.

Case Study : Chapter 1

Discussion Questions


1. Discuss how a CIO might handle Schrage's Scenarios using the suggested process for ethical decision making presented in this chapter.
-The CIO can handle Schrage's Scenario using the suggested process for ethical decision making by enhancing/modifying the suggested process.


2. Discuss the possible short-term losses and long-term gains in implementing ethical solutions for each of Schrage's scenarios.
-As what I have red from our photocopy, There are some readers argued that CIO's must consider a company's long-term needs rather than just the current needs of a specific project.

3. Must businesses choose between good ethics and financial benefits? explain your answer using Schrage's scenarios as example. 
-No, because both of them are useful in the business world.

What takes to be an IT professional ?

To be an IT professional you need to have the SHHKLEFF  values:

* Self-Confidence - To be an IT professional you must believe on yourself and on what you are doing.

* Humble - To be an IT professional you must have the quality or state of being humble and modest opinion of one's own importance or rank.

* Honesty - To be an IT professional you should be truthful, sincere in any situations that you are in.

* Knowledge - To be an IT professional you have to be familiar with  facts, information, description, or skill acquired through experience or education.

* Learning - To be an IT professional you must aquire something new or you must modify your existing knowledge, behavior, skills, values, or preferences.

* Exploration - To be an IT professional you must explore new informations.

* Fairness -To be an IT professional you must be free from bias or injustice, you should treat everyone equal.

* Focus - To be an IT professional you must Focus on what you are doing specially at work.