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Defining IT research

Published:11 October 2012Publication History

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Information Technology emerged as a separate computing discipline primarily because the computing disciplines that were taught in universities at the time, in particular computer science and information systems, did not meet the needs of employers. In particular, the existing computing disciplines did not meet employer needs for IT infrastructure managers. While IT was successful in meeting employer needs, it was slow to develop a distinct research agenda, and it has become clear that, if it is to gain credibility in an academic environment, it needs to do so.

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  1. Agresti, W. 201 Toward an IT Agenda. Communications of the Association for Information Systems: Vol. 28, Article 17.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar

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      RIIT '12: Proceedings of the 1st Annual conference on Research in information technology
      October 2012
      74 pages
      ISBN:9781450316439
      DOI:10.1145/2380790

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      • Published: 11 October 2012

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