MIS career paths

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to determine what career paths are open in corporate life for a Director of M.I.S. This is part of a larger and continuing study which deals with career paths for every major job classification in Data Processing. The report I am delivering this afternoon will try to answer the following question: What top management positions are open in the corporate hierarchy once a person attains the position Director M.I.S. or V.P. in charge of M.I.S. or any similar title that covers full responsibility for a company's Systems, Programming and Data Center Operations? Historically, the top corporate management positions have been filled by people with backgrounds in Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, Law, Marketing or the Military. Will Managers of Information Services be added to this list?

REFERENCES

• 1: These 300 Directors M.I.S. were selected from the files of the Columbia EDP Employment Agency, Inc., New York City, and many of them cover a span of 25 years in Data Processing. All files are updated to January, 1972.
• 2: Administrative Services: This includes all or some of the following Activities and varies from company to company—Office Services, Purchasing, Information Services and Data Processing, Accounting and Control, Personnel, Real Estate and other facilities.
• 3: Merritt,Michael. "There's still some Data Processing Style in the Bank President." Computerworld, May 19, 1971.
• 4: Please forward all material to Donald Kaye, 342 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10017.
• 5: Letter from Terrance Hanold to Donald Kaye, dated April 12, 1972.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.4 INFORMATION SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS
      H.4.2 Types of Systems
          Subjects: Decision support (e.g., MIS)

General Terms:
Theory