Compliance: Boring but Essential

This August I joined the faculty at the W. P. Carey School Business at Arizona State University. Along with a course on analytics, I also teach the capstone course CIS440: Systems Design. In a nutshell, this means that students (all seniors) work on real-world projects throughout the semester. Put differently, this is no theoretical course. My students are developing valuable experience that will not only help them interview for full-time positions, but help them throughout their careers.

As part of the course, I'm stressing the importance of effective communication skills. Of course, I want my students to develop neat apps, websites, and/or databases for their project sponsors. Still, that is unlikely to happen if the former can't articulate themselves to the latter.