Students need this core of skills to survive in, and contribute to, New Business. Small wonder, then, that there's such a high demand from employers for tech-enhanced business degree holders. And since managers want some assurance that the techies they hire have some managing experience, there'd better be some management skills training thrown into the mix, too. Academia and institutes of higher learning are retooling with ecommerce offerings to keep up with the business world. Whether designing master's programs that marry business with technology, or adding tech specializations to traditional MBAs, business schools are taking on IT education, earnestly competing with each other to be the best at shaping modern tech-centered production workers into an ecommerce mavens.
Students certainly know the value of Internet technology skills.
Whether simply adding computer courses to MBA programs, or wholly restructuring the way future business leaders are taught, U.S. post-secondary institutions are stepping up efforts to prepare students for the new world of business and technology. One school that's fusing management skills with tech skills for ecommerce education is Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh. The university's MS in Electronic Commerce program was designed for three semesters. Equally emphasizing business and technology, courses are taught by MBA professors and instructors from CMU's School of Computer Science. For many business leaders, these students can't get out of college fast enough.