OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 17, 2009 — Businesses without a firm grasp of Information Systems (IS), Information Technology (IT), and e-commerce are hemorrhaging revenue dollars, spelling doom for many in this recessionary economy. Oklahoma-based Vertical Learning Curve (VLC), utilizing advanced education technologies, has developed new MIS & E-Business courseware for use by educators of management students and professionals that will allow them to circumvent common pitfalls and remain viable in today’s volatile marketplace.
VLC is setting the industry-standard in online learning. Their V-Learning(TM) courses, offered by a growing list of universities, utilize the most sophisticated and effective combination of curriculum, performing arts, motion-capture animation technology, multimedia programming and course design available. Their aim: to immerse students in a world with virtual characters in a simulated company and marketplace. Participants engage within an interactive storyline. Using experiential/immersive techniques, “never before has there been an opportunity [for] cognitive and emotional sharpening through this kind of learning experience” [John C. Maxwell, bestselling author, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership]. VLC’s new course offering, MIS & E-Business, uniquely equips business students and current managers with IT/IS know-how.
This new 13-module course in Management Information Systems & E-Business addresses hardware, software, data, procedures, and people management. It tackles issues in managing knowledge and confronts concerns regarding trends in the administration of IS functions — all set in real-world business situations. This new course is available to students of VLC’s university clients and to employees of corporate customers via VLC’s Corporate Online University offering.
What happens when managers don’t understand IT/IS? “Managers have to not only understand but be thought leaders in the unique requirements of managing IT products and processes. If the management is out of touch, the company will not reach its maximum potential,” says a Senior Software Developer for a major defense contractor. The V-Learning(TM) MIS & E-Business course gives managers and business students the tools to both understand and maximize a company’s financial potential.
Why do so many IT projects fail? An IT professional at a company employing over 20,000 employees offered his firsthand assessment: “So often I have seen ineffective management cause a breakdown in the ability of the IT organization to operate, and organizations always lose money when their systems are down.” The V-Learning(TM) MIS & E-Business course enables better decision-making, teaching how to avoid systems failure and prevent revenue loss due to ineffective management of IS/IT.
Because of the unique learning experience that VLC’s courses provide, the knowledge and management skills of participants are dramatically enhanced. They “learn by doing.” “Totally engaging, this new course does for MIS & E-Business what flight simulators do for aspiring pilots. Be there. See it. Hear it. Feel it. And learn,” said Dr. John Cragin, CEO, VLC.
Website: http://www.vlcglobal.com
Contact:
Elizabeth Hunter
405-601-2931
elizabeth.hunter@vlcglobal.com
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