Introduction

1. What is the purpose of Computing?
   An ounce of information is worth a pound of data.
   An ounce of knowledge is worth a pound of information.
   An ounce of understanding is worth a pound of knowledge.
   -- Russell L. Ackoff
   
   The purpose of computing is insight.
   
   
2. Careers
   • Accounting
   • Finance
   • Hospitality and Tourism Management
   • Information Technology
   • Management
   • Marketing
   • Production and Operations Management
   • Real Estate and Construction Management
   
   
3. Skills
   • Accounting Information Systems
   • Computer Aided Design
   • Data Mining
   • Data Warehouses
   • Database Design
   • Database Management
   • Decision Support Systems
   • Desktop Publishing
   • Development Platforms
   • Electronic Commerce
   • Electronic Commerce
   • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
   • Internet and Web Portals
   • IT Strategy
   • Multimedia Tools
   • Network Security
   • Personal Computer Applications
   • Programming Languages
   • Scheduling Software
   • Search Engines
   • Spreadsheet Modeling
   • Statistical Packages
   • Technology Strategy and Innovation
   • Web Research
   What do all of these have in common?
   Illiteracy vs innumeracy.
   
   
4. Myers Briggs Scale
   Personality based on 4 dimensions or preferences
   • Where do you direct your energy?
     • E Extroversion
     • I Introversion
   • How do you process Information?
     • S - Sensing
     • N - Intuition
   • How do make decisions
     • T - Thinking
     • F - Feeling
   • How do you organize your life?
     • J - Judging
     • P - Perception