Paper Info
Title
The emergence of an it 'profession'
Abstract
Whenever society comes to depend on the services of a group of skilled individuals, society demands a way to recognize if a particular individual has the skills needed to support that dependency. Doctors, lawyers, engineers, dentists, plumbers, construction contractors, and even hairdressers are certified or licensed. Information and communication practitioners have arrived at the point where society is demanding certification of their skills. More and more organizations are requiring certifications for people to fill certain roles. Once sanctioned by government, an official organization is formed to assure integrity of practice by establishing codes of ethics, standards of practice, and in relevant areas, technical standards. The United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and many others have already \"chartered\" organizations to govern the IT profession. In 2009 the British Computer Society rebranded itself by changing its logo and marketing materials to \"BCS - the chartered organization for IT\". This action is symbolic of the times. The BCS is no longer an association of people interested in computing; rather, it is the body officially recognized by the British government to police the IT profession. The Australian Computer Society(ACS) and the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) have similar status in their respective countries.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1145/2512209.2512231
RIIT
Keywords
Field
DocType
official organization,it profession,australian computer society,british government,canadian information processing society,british computer society,united kingdom,chartered organization,certain role,new zealand
Rebranding,Information processing,Political science,Computer society,Public relations,Logo,Ethical code,Certification,Technical standard,Government
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Joseph J. Ekstrom119243.17
William W. Agresti212920.35
Gregory W. Hislop315740.04
Han Reichgelt427649.12
Charlene (Chuck) Walrad5265.46