System analysis skills hierarchy

It is generally recognized that the bottle-neck to greater computer utilization is not caused by deficiencies of equipment performance but primarily by the shortage of properly trained professionals who can better define, design, develop and implement computer applications. Business organizations attempt to respond to this shortage by introducing company training programs (Guide International, 1976), (Goldstein, 1974), while educational institutions introduce courses requiring computer proficiency. A survey of schools accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (Cougar, 1977), indicates that 94 percent of the responding institutions now require at least one computer course of undergraduates, signifying a widely recognized need for training in this area.