The Information Technology Fields that were Desired by Private Companies

Abstract

This research was aimed to study the Information Technology fields that were desired by private companies. The research was divided into two parts. Part 1: The Information Technology fields that were desired by private companies. In this part the researcher had surveyed 75 private companies, which comprised of 43 Thai companies and 32 foreign companies, and had explored 10 Information Technology fields that were need to use in work. Research result showed that the ranking of Information Technology fields in Thai companies group that were the first Software Development, the second IT Management, the third Information Security, and in foreign companies group that were the first Information Security, the second Software Development, the third IT Management. Part 2: The satisfaction of the graduates to the Information Technology curriculum. 136 graduates were used as the samples of the study. Research result showed that the ranking of the satisfaction that were the first Course contents were modern and appropriate to the current situation, the second Graduates got benefit from the curriculum that as expected, the third curriculum was matched with the requirements of the graduates. The results can be useful for revising curriculum in Information Technology for the needs of the industries.