Management information systems, an alternative to professional formation in information and communication technologies

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https://doi.org/10.26507/rei.v13n25.836

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Management Information Systems, Information Systems, Information and Communication Technologies, CIO

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Management Information Systems is a discipline related to computer science, in conjunction with Systems Engineering that studies ICT as the function of the business and the form of manage it in order to add value to the organizations. This paper presents a vision of what is the management information systems, as an alternative to the training of the systems engineer, the evolution of their professional role in systems, their competences, areas of study and research areas and its status from the point of view of university careers in the Colombian context.

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Francisco Javier Valencia-Duque, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

PhD. en Ingeniería –Industria y Organizaciones de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia (2015), MSc. en Administración de Tecnologías de Información, del Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico, (2008), Esp. en Diseño de sistemas de auditoría de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia (1998), Ing. de Sistemas de la Universidad Antonio Nariño, Colombia, (2012) y Administrador de Empresas de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia (1995), certificaciones internacionales CISA, CRISC, COBIT Foundations, Auditor líder ISO/IEC 27001:2013. Docente/Investigador en temas de gobierno, gestión, riesgos, control y auditoría de Tecnologías de Información de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

Leonardo Bermón-Angarita, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

PhD. en Ingeniería Informática de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, España (2010), MSc. en Informática (2001) e Ing. de Sistemas de la Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia, (1997). Actualmente es profesor asociado y director del Departamento de Informática y Computación de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia – Sede Manizales. Pertenece al Grupo de Investigación en Aplicaciones y Herramientas Web de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia – Sede Manizales. Sus principales áreas de investigación son la ingeniería de software, Procesos software, desarrollo Web y gestión del conocimiento.

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2018-02-01 — Updated on 2023-08-29

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Valencia-Duque, F. J., & Bermón-Angarita, L. (2023). Management information systems, an alternative to professional formation in information and communication technologies. Revista Educación En Ingeniería, 13(25), 44–49. https://doi.org/10.26507/rei.v13n25.836 (Original work published February 1, 2018)

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