I want to go back to school but I am having a hard time finding a
major and a school that suits what I want to study.  Basically, I want
to study the varying uses of technology, how to implement the
technology and evaluate which tech. fits the best problems.  For
example, at my work, we really need to implement a system of PDA's,
wireless communication and high speed internet to rid ourselves of the
paper glut.  We also need efficient programs and archiving systems for
quick and easy access.  This is just one example but I have no idea
how to set this up and neither does out IT guy, I am sure this is a
common problem.  What would I study to tackle these issues?

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Request for Question Clarification by blader-ga on 11 Jul 2002 12:20 PDT

Dear smokeymischief:

Those problems all sound like they could be solved by common
information technology solutions. Have you looked into colleges with
IT majors or CSE majors with IT concentrations?

Best Regards,
blader-ga

Dear smokeymischief,

I definitely agree with blader, your problems/solutions as described,
are covered by the Information Technology - Information Systems areas.
Virtually any course in this area would help. Perhaps the cost,
proximity and attendance pattern may be more important... the time and
money commitment you wish to make.

In my humble opinion, the technical and technology understanding one
derives from the course is only a small part of the learning and thus
the solution (specific technology knowledge would be likely to become
outdated very quickly eg features of product A).

I think more important skills include:
- the skills required to continue your own learning
- learning how to identify the business problem, rather than the
technology problem
- learning successful delegation
- learning the "political" skills necessary to rally management and
user support for your solution.

Without the above, even the "ideal" technical solution would be
worthless.

That was my 0.00c worth.
Regards,