Strategies to Improve Digital Competency of Management Students in the Context of Employment Stability: Taking the Curriculum Reform of Management Information Systems as an Example — Oak Academic Publishing
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Strategies to Improve Digital Competency of Management Students in the Context of Employment Stability: Taking the Curriculum Reform of Management Information Systems as an Example
School of Business, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, China
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School of Business, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, China
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School of Literature and Journalism, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, China
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School of Business, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, China
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School of Management Science and Engineering, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing, China
1 School of Business, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, China
2 School of Business, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, China
3 School of Literature and Journalism, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, China
4 School of Business, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, China
5 School of Management Science and Engineering, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing, China
Driven by the employment stabilization strategy and the rapid development of the digital economy, enterprises increasingly demand hybrid “business-technology” management professionals. However, the traditional Management Information Systems course fails to support high-quality employment due to theory-practice disconnection, student technophobia, and mismatched evaluation metrics. To address these challenges, this study proposes a systematic reform based on the Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) philosophy. First, driven by the philosophy of differentiated competition, the reform cultivates “business-savvy and technologically literate” talents by utilizing interdisciplinary integration and real-life scenario-based teaching to concretize abstract knowledge. Second, a four-dimensional upgrade in teaching content, such as reorganizing the content of theory, innovating teaching experiments, integrating industry frontiers, and promoting academic competitions, is implemented. Finally, unlike the teacher-centric approach for the evaluation of teaching quality, a dual assessment framework is established to evaluate students’ digital competency. This reform offers a theoretical and practical paradigm for the digital transformation of management curricula under the “New Liberal Arts” initiative.
KeywordsStabilizing EmploymentDigitalizationCurriculum ReformManagement Information SystemsManagement Students
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