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Mis: Management Information Systems

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1- MEMORANDUM II
2- TABLE OF CONTENTS III
3- TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS IV
4- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY V
5- INTRODUCTION 1
Statement of Purpose 1
Statement of the Problem 1
Limitations 1
Delimitations 2
Methodology 2

6- REPORT ORGANIZATIONS 3-9

7- RECOMMENDATIONS 10

8- BIBLIOGRAPHY 11-12

9- APPENDICES 13

10- List of Web Sites 14

11- List of Firms 15

12- List of Professional Associations 16
List of Professional Journals 17

13- Letter of Intent 18

14- Curriculum Vitae 19-20

15- Copy of Interview Questions 21

16- Personal Summary 22

TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS
1- Chart of Average Salaries from University of Illinois 5

2- Annals of the History of Computing Journal 6

3- Computer in Human Behavior Journal 7

4- Journal of Information Technology 7

5- Picture of Robert Metcalfe 8

6- Picture of Thomas Watson Jr. 8

7- Picture of Bill Gates 8

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this business report was to determine if undergraduates were aware of their Professional Community. It is important for undergraduates to be familiar with their Professional Community in order to be able to make important choices that could help them succeed in their career of choice. The firms that were researched for this report in order to find their benefits for undergraduates are Siemens, Microsoft and KPMG. For job criteria required of an undergraduate we studied the requirements for an entry-level position as a data-warehouse engineer for the company Trasys. The in-house training programmes offered by the companies KPMG, Verizon and CIGNA were researched in order to inform undergraduates of the learning opportunities offered to them by each. The entry-level salaries for an undergraduate in the MIS field was estimated by finding a job classified for an entry-level position that mentioned a salary range and through research done by the University of Illinois and...