• The Journal of Information Systems
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.115-131
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• 2015

Purpose The purpose of this study is to introduce U-CAAM(University-Competence Assessment & Accreditation Management) system which is designed to effectively manage extracurricular education programs in a university. Extracurricular education is known to be very important to increase core competences of students who have different levels of knowledge and skills as well as career plans. Design/methodology/approach In this study, U-CAAM system which is designed and developed to tackle the problems related to university extracurricular education is introduced. The case will give meaningful insights to those universities which consider to have similar environment. The survey is conducted to show the need to a systematic management environment to effectively manage the problems with operating extracurricular education programs. Findings The survey result shows that universities understand the need to manage extracurricular education programs effectively. Implementation of U-CAAM provides the practical insights related to this issue.