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WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.155 --> 00:00:05.835 [Ivan Fredrick] MSIS is really the 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. 6 00:00:15.675 --> 00:00:18.195 If 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 Kelley 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 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. [Andrew Ruggles] 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 MSIS 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. [MUSIC PLAYING]