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The Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education
INTEGRATING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CONCEPTS INTO MIS EDUCATION: AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT
Peter P. Mykytyn, Jr.
Department of Management
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Carbondale IL 62901
(618) 453-7885
(618) 453-7835
Kathleen Mykytyn
Department of Management
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Carbondale, IL 62901
(618) 453-7891
David A. Harrison
Department of Management and Organization
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 865-1522
INTEGRATING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CONCEPTS INTO MIS EDUCATION: AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT
ABSTRACT
The evolving legal environment surrounding intellectual property and its impact on information systems, especially involving electronic commerce, and the type of education and training provided by management information systems (MIS) faculty to MIS students is a relationship that has not been investigated. Although organizations are confronted with intellectual property (IP) infringement actions dealing with copyright, trademark and their relationship to information systems, these issues are not adequately dealt with in MIS courses and programs today. These include improper posting of copyrighted material onto websites, improper use of metatags, and inappropriate deep linking and framing. Metatags, linking, and framing are often integral components of e-commerce and web development coursework. Using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), this study surveyed 122 MIS academics to ascertain their intentions to incorporate these IP concepts into their MIS courses. The results strongly support the TPB constructs regarding faculty members’ intentions to incorporate these issues. Follow-up contacts with a number of respondents also showed very strong support for academics actually incorporating these issues into their coursework.
Subject Areas: MIS Curriculum, Web Programming and Development, E-Commerce Curricula, Intellectual Property Concepts
