Successful business leaders need razor-sharp skills in communications, consulting strategies, presentations, organizational development and change, and negotiations. The MS in Information Systems (MSIS) will prepare you for a rewarding career and enhance your knowledge of how corporations use technology to address business problems in this rapidly growing field. Through Kelley’s comprehensive business, technology, and managerial training from expert faculty, students graduate prepared to perform, collaborate, and grow in their chosen career.
MS in Information Systems: Become a transformative business leader by creating value with cutting-edge technology skills
A powerful pairing of business and IT
Students in the MSIS degree program at the Kelley School of Business gain a unique skill set that combines technical understanding with valuable business acumen.
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WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.155 --> 00:00:05.835 MSIS is really, it's a perfect combination of business 2 00:00:05.935 --> 00:00:08.835 and it, you get a really good, valuable mix 3 00:00:09.015 --> 00:00:10.955 of understanding the business needs, 4 00:00:10.975 --> 00:00:13.755 the business components out in the real world, as well 5 00:00:13.755 --> 00:00:15.675 as the technologies that drive it. If 6 00:00:15.675 --> 00:00:18.195 You look at a lot of the technology classes that are 7 00:00:18.355 --> 00:00:19.395 provided for undergrads, 8 00:00:19.745 --> 00:00:21.395 they can oftentimes be very technical. 9 00:00:21.715 --> 00:00:24.555 MSIS does a great job at taking a step backward 10 00:00:24.695 --> 00:00:26.195 and looking at a higher level at 11 00:00:26.255 --> 00:00:28.195 how IT organizations operate. 12 00:00:28.675 --> 00:00:31.395 I truly believe that it offers you a leg up at the core 13 00:00:31.395 --> 00:00:33.195 of the MSIS degree, it's, it's problem solving 14 00:00:33.535 --> 00:00:37.035 and in consulting, problem solving is the single greatest 15 00:00:37.085 --> 00:00:38.115 skill that you can have. 16 00:00:38.535 --> 00:00:40.755 The frameworks that MSIS presented, 17 00:00:40.995 --> 00:00:43.715 I still use on a daily basis in my job at KPMG. 18 00:00:43.895 --> 00:00:47.515 The reason that a company like GE comes continuously 19 00:00:47.535 --> 00:00:50.995 to Kelly and looks for MSIS degrees in particular, 20 00:00:51.215 --> 00:00:54.395 is they have a very clear understanding of yes technology. 21 00:00:54.615 --> 00:00:57.555 But MSIS also teaches the business aspects of it, 22 00:00:57.615 --> 00:00:58.635 and that's the why. 23 00:00:58.895 --> 00:01:00.075 And you can build all day, 24 00:01:00.535 --> 00:01:01.995 but if you're not building for a 25 00:01:01.995 --> 00:01:03.115 purpose, why does it matter? 26 00:01:03.735 --> 00:01:07.115 The real value is the breadth of MSIS. 27 00:01:07.375 --> 00:01:09.195 You don't necessarily have to go deep in each 28 00:01:09.195 --> 00:01:10.435 of those components because that's 29 00:01:10.435 --> 00:01:11.515 what the industry teaches you. 30 00:01:11.515 --> 00:01:12.755 That's what businesses teach you. 31 00:01:13.015 --> 00:01:15.315 But having a breadth that allows you 32 00:01:15.415 --> 00:01:17.755 to connect those pieces in a way that somebody 33 00:01:17.755 --> 00:01:21.155 with just a standard undergraduate degree is not necessarily 34 00:01:21.155 --> 00:01:23.515 gonna have the capability of doing it, those 35 00:01:23.655 --> 00:01:26.475 Who succeed will be the people who are able 36 00:01:26.895 --> 00:01:28.795 to take very technical concepts 37 00:01:29.015 --> 00:01:32.715 and abstract those into implications for an IT organization. 38 00:01:32.935 --> 00:01:35.915 People with MS IS degrees understand 39 00:01:35.935 --> 00:01:37.275 how IT organizations work, 40 00:01:37.335 --> 00:01:40.395 and they understand how those technologies can be leveraged 41 00:01:40.495 --> 00:01:42.475 to, to create business value moving forward.