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Best practice for grooming critical mid-level roles

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Kevin P. Gallagher,

Keith Frampton,

Vickie Coleman GallagherAuthors Info & Claims

SIGMIS CPR '07: Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on Computer personnel research: The global information technology workforce

Pages 15 - 19

https://doi.org/10.1145/1235000.1235004

Published: 19 April 2007 Publication History

Abstract

The motivation for the study is to examine the effects of several trends on the IT workforce. The purpose of the study is to understand several key mid-level roles in IT client organizations, which are gaining importance for organizations as they employ alternative sourcing arrangements. Mid-level positions, such as project manager, senior system analyst, relationship manager and system architect, continue to be in demand in the organizations we study. Organizations use these roles to design solutions and coordinate their delivery. They also use these roles as a way to allow up-and-coming talent to demonstrate their leadership and problem-solving capabilities. Employees view these roles as an important opportunity to extend their knowledge and skills and to use their experience as a stepping stone toward a management career. This study is intent on better understanding the characteristics, traits and motivations of those who successfully fill these positions and identifying best practices for organizations to identify, develop and retain personnel to fill these roles. Justification for our topic and approach, along with preliminary results, are presented for this work-in-progress.

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https://doi.org/10.4018/ijsodit.2013040102
Downey JArmstrong DRiemenschneider CHuang HQuesenberry J(2011)Software practitioners dropping-outProceedings of the 49th SIGMIS annual conference on Computer personnel research10.1145/1982143.1982153(36-41)Online publication date: 19-May-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1982143.1982153
Downey JGallivan MDowney JJoseph D(2010)Careers in softwareProceedings of the 2010 Special Interest Group on Management Information System's 48th annual conference on Computer personnel research on Computer personnel research10.1145/1796900.1796912(1-7)Online publication date: 20-May-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1796900.1796912
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Best practice for grooming critical mid-level roles
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  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing profession
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SIGMIS CPR '07: Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on Computer personnel research: The global information technology workforce

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DOI:10.1145/1235000

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Gallagher VGallagher KKaiser K(2013)Mid-Level Information Technology ProfessionalsInternational Journal of Social and Organizational Dynamics in IT10.4018/ijsodit.20130401023:2(22-40)Online publication date: 1-Apr-2013
https://doi.org/10.4018/ijsodit.2013040102
Downey JArmstrong DRiemenschneider CHuang HQuesenberry J(2011)Software practitioners dropping-outProceedings of the 49th SIGMIS annual conference on Computer personnel research10.1145/1982143.1982153(36-41)Online publication date: 19-May-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1982143.1982153
Downey JGallivan MDowney JJoseph D(2010)Careers in softwareProceedings of the 2010 Special Interest Group on Management Information System's 48th annual conference on Computer personnel research on Computer personnel research10.1145/1796900.1796912(1-7)Online publication date: 20-May-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1796900.1796912
Gallagher KKaiser KSimon JBeath CGoles T(2010)The requisite variety of skills for IT professionalsCommunications of the ACM10.1145/1743546.174358453:6(144-148)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1743546.1743584

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