IS Education for Executives: Joys and Pains

Presenter Information

Andrea Carugati, Department of Business Administration, Aarhus University, Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus, Midt Jylland, Denmark.Follow
Joao Cunha, Universidade Europeia, Lisbon, Portugal.Follow
Martin Mocker, Sloan CISR, MIT, Cambridge, MA, United States.Follow
Walter Fernandez, School of Information Systems, Technology and Management, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.Follow

Location

260-073, Owen G. Glenn Building

Start Date

12-15-2014

Description

Executive education in IS is under the scrutiny of many institution for the potential to bring in financial revenues. However teaching executives can be a very challenging task because of their previous experiences, variation in their previous education, and multiplicity of motivations for pursuing a continuous education. The panel aims at sharing successful experiences and highlighting challenges of dealing with executive audiences. The panel will present the results of a large survey among executive students and identify the three most significant elements emerged from the survey: the importance of theory that is actionable, the importance of varied pedagogical tools and practices, and the importance of relevance beyond practical tools. Each of these elements presents specific joys and pains for academics confronted with executive students and their complex context.

Recommended Citation

Carugati, Andrea; Cunha, Joao; Mocker, Martin; and Fernandez, Walter, "IS Education for Executives: Joys and Pains" (2014). ICIS 2014 Proceedings. 6.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2014/proceedings/Panels/6