Summary, recommendations & conclusions 23

This report demonstrates the practice of scenario planning on the problem situation "How might employment/career opportunities in the IS/IT industry develop in the short-term and what is a robust strategy for exploiting this situation?" To begin with, the reasons and rationale from completing this report are described in some detail. Then a brief description of the scenario planning process and how it is used in the situation is discussed. The main driving forces behind the scenarios are detailed along with supporting evidence where necessary. Our four scenarios deal with the types of jobs that have been created as a result of the rapid advances in technology. In particular the technological advances in the IS/IT industry. From a number of sources available is it clear that improvements in communications technology have resulted in the increased use of handheld/wireless technologies.

Teleworking enables employees to improve the balance between work and family life. There is now more part-time and contract employment than there has ever been. Angell (p 50) states that 'during the economic recovery of 1992-96, less than a third of the jobs created in Britain were full-time. The rest were part-time, temporary, casual and self-employed. The Henley Centre predicts that by 2010 the majority of jobs will not be full-time.'

According to a 1998 study done by the Computer Security Institute, security staffs at small organisations are growing at a rate of 68 percent per year. Medium and large organisations were also hiring, 27 percent for medium companies and 24 percent for larger ones. These statistics show that companies of all sizes are interested in security, from which you can conclude security is not a luxury it is a necessity (Joss. M, 2000).

* Check on the internet for jobs and their requirements.

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Approximate Word count = 6916
Approximate Pages = 28 (250 words per page double spaced)