kv244 wrote:
In my research I encountered MIS in at least 3 guises:
- in a business school setting, either as a standalone MIS department, or as a part of a Management Sciences department
- combined with CompSci, in an Information And Computer Science type of school (this tends to be more technical)
- combined with Library Science (!)
What makes things more confusing is that the research topics for all 3 tend to overlap, for example you can find Human Computer Interaction or Web Ontologies researchers in each of the above settings.
However, I will say that to get a job later in a business school you are probably better off with a PhD from a MIS dept in a business school. I have seen this requirement pop up quite often on academic job boards.
Thats very true. I agree to what kv224 has to say about the confusion caused by the names of the degrees, the schools has to offer.
One of the questions that pops up in my mind is that , why is that the business schools have an MIS concentration in MBA and also a masters (MIS) in MIS. Some of the websites, do offer an explaination that the MS is more technically focused and MBA is oriented towards business. Is it that, if students pursue an MS programme in a particular business school, they would be at a disadvantage in finding jobs after graduation, because the MBA grads are given preference??
If a person (as in my case) is opting to go for MS instead of an MBA in the MIS concntration ,only because of high tution fees for MBA, he is at a disadvantage in getting good a good job after graduation?
Will I be wrong in trying to leverage my MS in MIS for a better career prospects in the industry and eventually have to realign myself towards academics?
I am truely at a dilemma here.