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Kogod Professor Erran Carmel |
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Kogod School of Business (KOGOD)
A Global Perspective on Information
TechnologySINCE 1995, KOGOD Professor Erran Carmel has taught the popular MBA course, "Nations, Policy, and Information Technology." Carmel said that the impetus for the course was "the diffusion of information technology (IT) from the G7 nations to the 200 nations of the world." Students explore national technology policies, telecommunications infrastructure, and IT workforce issues. For their central project, they conduct a national IT assessment for one country and analyze the implications for global firms.
Dr. Carmel also created an on-line database to store the assessments. Reports covering more than 80 countries can be accessed as can numerous white papers on international IT topics. He reported that "corporations, governments, NGOs, and universities have written to say they have used and benefited from the Web site."
Kenyan MBA student Elizabeth Nderitu (Kogod '07) took Dr. Carmel's course in the spring of 2006 and chose her home country as the focus of her IT assessment. Her research included conversations with the chair of Kenya's computer society and journalists who wrote about Kenya's information and communication technologies (ICT). "The course stands out among other IT courses because it links development to national ICT policy," Nderitu explained. "The professor stood out as a person who knows his field of study well and is passionate about what he does. I would recommend the course, especially to international students."
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