Eastern Oregon University Business Information Survey

The purpose of this survey is to gather information from employers that will help us improve our Computer science/Multimedia bachelor's degree program. This will aid in the development of next steps in shaping the program to meet industry needs.

All questions are optional, however, your input is very valuable to us.

1. Which of the following best describes your business:

Which of the following best describes your business: development and manufacturing of electronics products

development and sale of software products

engineering design services

government

education

Other (please specify)

2. Approximate number of employees in Oregon

Approximate number of employees in Oregon 1 to 20

21 to 100

101 to 500

501 to 2000

2001 to 5000

5001 or more

3. How many current positions exist in your organization that have duties associated with computational technologies?

How many current positions exist in your organization that have duties associated with computational technologies? None

1 to 3

4 to 6

7 to 10

more than 10

4. How many positions related to computational technology do you predict you will hire per year over the next five years?

How many positions related to computational technology do you predict you will hire per year over the next five years? None

1 to 3

4 to 6

7 to 10

more than 10

5. Please indicate the importance or desirability of each of the following attributes for creating successful and effective managers, supervisors, and technical employees in your organization.

	Not Very Important	Desirable, Not Essential	Essential
Problem Solving Skills	Please indicate the importance or desirability of each of the following attributes for creating successful and effective managers, supervisors, and technical employees in your organization. Problem Solving Skills Not Very Important	Desirable, Not Essential	Essential
Ability to apply structured & object-oriented methodologies	Ability to apply structured & object-oriented methodologies Not Very Important	Desirable, Not Essential	Essential
Comfortable in Variety of Program Environments/Ability to learn new environments.	Comfortable in Variety of Program Environments/Ability to learn new environments. Not Very Important	Desirable, Not Essential	Essential
Ability to design efficient, easy to use interfaces for software packages.	Ability to design efficient, easy to use interfaces for software packages. Not Very Important	Desirable, Not Essential	Essential
Clear understanding of the functioning of web pages.	Clear understanding of the functioning of web pages. Not Very Important	Desirable, Not Essential	Essential
Software Development	Software Development Not Very Important	Desirable, Not Essential	Essential
Analytical Skills	Analytical Skills Not Very Important	Desirable, Not Essential	Essential
Computational expertise	Computational expertise Not Very Important	Desirable, Not Essential	Essential
Understanding of Basic operation system concepts	Understanding of Basic operation system concepts Not Very Important	Desirable, Not Essential	Essential
Ability to describe the construction & communication protocols for various computer network models	Ability to describe the construction & communication protocols for various computer network models Not Very Important	Desirable, Not Essential	Essential
Ability to construct and maintain normalized databases	Ability to construct and maintain normalized databases Not Very Important	Desirable, Not Essential	Essential
Understanding of how various media (graphics,audio,video) are digitized.	Understanding of how various media (graphics,audio,video) are digitized. Not Very Important	Desirable, Not Essential	Essential
Ability to appropriately integrate digital media into multimedia titles.	Ability to appropriately integrate digital media into multimedia titles. Not Very Important	Desirable, Not Essential	Essential
Ability to apply numerical analysis techniques to solve statistical problems.	Ability to apply numerical analysis techniques to solve statistical problems. Not Very Important	Desirable, Not Essential	Essential

6. Have you previously hired EOU graduates?

Have you previously hired EOU graduates? Yes

Don't know

7. Please rate the following statements about the EOU graduates you hired:

	Disagree completely	Disagree somewhat	Unsure	Agree somewhat	Agree completely
a) Have the skills they needed to succeed at your company	Please rate the following statements about the EOU graduates you hired: a) Have the skills they needed to succeed at your company Disagree completely	Disagree somewhat	Unsure	Agree somewhat	Agree completely
b)Have an appropriate attitude toward work	b)Have an appropriate attitude toward work Disagree completely	Disagree somewhat	Unsure	Agree somewhat	Agree completely
c)Meet your productivity standards	c)Meet your productivity standards Disagree completely	Disagree somewhat	Unsure	Agree somewhat	Agree completely
d)Generally satisfied with their performance and fit	d)Generally satisfied with their performance and fit Disagree completely	Disagree somewhat	Unsure	Agree somewhat	Agree completely

8. Are there other skills or knowledge that would interest you or your company?

Are there other skills or knowledge that would interest you or your company?

9. Please give us the Oregon county where your main facility is located.

Please give us the Oregon county where your main facility is located.

We deeply appreciate you taking the time to fill out this survey. It will help us to ensure that the Computer Science/Multimedia program at EOU will serve the needs of Oregon and the Technology Industries.

If you have an questions or would like a statistical summary of the results of this survey, please contact: Professor Richard Croft, rcroft@eou.edu.

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