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Abstract
Science and technology is critical for execution and operations of modern businesses. As business operations consists of purposeful execution of technologies with appropriate social cooperation and coordination, knowledge in use is actually cross-disciplinary irrespective of domain or discipline of business. As information technology infiltrates today's businesses, people would need to work smarter using technologies including information technologies. This study explores executives’ perceptions of cross-disciplinary knowledge in coming era of smart businesses. An instrument was developed, asking questions about relative weights of different cross-disciplinary knowledge, frequencies and necessity of cross-disciplinary training, decision criteria in recruiting new employees and in promoting existing employees, and preferences in cross-disciplinary curriculum and sequence of relevant training courses. Results indicate that executives maintain high opinions concerning the value of science and technology as a critical contributor to the successful cross-disciplinary operation of their businesses. They seem to understand clearly that science and technology may not benefit their businesses unless it is applied in a cross-disciplinary manner. Executives prioritize cross-disciplinary knowledge domains as follows in order of importance: (1) Science Technology Enterprise (STE); (2) Science Technology Society (STS); and (3) Science Technology Humanities (STH). Implications are discussed with further research issues.
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Jungwoo Lee
Jungwoo LEE. He is a Professor of Systems, Technologies and Information in the Graduate School of Information at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. He teaches graduate level students and executives on topics on and around the changing nature of work and business by information and communication technologies. At Yonsei, he served as the director of IT Strategy and Policy Research Institute, CEO IT program, and the executive director for the Yonsei University Newspaper and Broadcasting. His external services includes the Director of Smart Work Forum, the President of the Data Governance Forum, the President of the Korea Society for e-Business Studies, the Advisory Committee Chair for the Federation of Korean Information Industries. Other advisory capacities include the Government of Seocho, the Universal Content Identifier Users Forum, the National Digital Library, and other public organizations and private firms. He has published over 20 papers in international journals, over 40 in Korean journals, and numerous book chapters as well as articles in practitioner magazines. Aside from the academic responsibilities, he had published own columns in the Digital Times and the Segyeilbo, and served as a main anchor for a news program at the M-Money Broadcasting Station specialized in economic analysis. He holds a PhD and MS in computer information systems from Georgia State University, MBA from Sogang University, BA in English Language and Literature from Yonsei University. He has 7 years industrial experience before entering the academics, and recently spent a sabbatical year at the Samsung Economic Research Institute as a visiting scholar conducting the industrial grade research.
