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Services Sciences, Management and Engineering
January 25, 2006
The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) is pleased to announce that IBM is supporting a new curriculum initiative in Services: Science, Management and Engineering (SSME) designed to prepare graduate students for careers in the emerging multidisciplinary field of services sciences, engineering, and management.
The new curriculum addresses the expansion of the services sector, which now represent over 75 percent of the U.S. economy. As the country’s economy shifts from a manufacturing base to an information services base, the services field is growing rapidly. Companies across the board are making new business opportunities by streamlining business procedures, constructing more efficient IT systems, and embracing the online marketplace. At IBM, services now account for about half of the company's revenue. The globalization of the services workforce raises new and complex issues for services providers since they need to manage their workers’ time and skills efficiently in order to be competitive.
For the full story: http://www.citris-uc.org/news/2006/01/25/services_science_management_and_engineering_curriculum_launched
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