In the information technology sector, employers believe that the integration challenge is even more acute. They argue that technical command is often highly narrow and that many employees cannot move among different computing programs, languages or environments. Too many workers appear to love a specific technology without regard to its usefulness or connection to other technical capability. And, certainly, there is also a lack of understanding of the marketplace. It is project management that most visibly expresses the need for multi-task integration.
Project management is, of course, a high order exercise in problem-solving.
Employers see this skill as having at least two dimensions. One is the ability to solve purely technical problems, for which technical or professional competencies are required. The overall goal is to improve efficiency, to lower the effort required to get the task done. There can be little doubt that this is a sophisticated skill that needs to be explicitly nurtured. While both manufacturing and IT have a heavy need for project management, IT's need appears particularly urgent.