Just to follow up a query generated from my previous posting, one of the key questions our African study fellows want to work through is the priority development areas required to forge a career in information technology/management. From the work we've undertaken in Africa, we identify as a priority the development of 'hybrid professionals': those who understand IT, information systems, and management/organisational issues. It is they who are now seen as the key staff needed to harness the power of IT for African organisations in the coming 'information century'. Our new Masters degree in 'Management and Information' provides training in these areas to create the 'hybrid professionals' who will be essential to future organisational growth. Details of this Masters degree and shorter hybrid IT training programmes (6 weeks, 12 weeks and Diploma with distance learning components) can be obtained from: http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm/topicvue.htm#is The main problem I find is that too much training I come across in other institutions remains blinded by technology. Richard Heeks --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Richard Heeks Senior Lecturer, Information Systems & Development Institute for Development Policy & Management University of Manchester Precinct Centre Manchester M13 9GH U.K. Phone: +44-161-275-2870 Fax: +44-161-273-8829 Email: [log in to unmask] IDPM Web: http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------