One of the most prevalent themes for managers in nearly all industries is the impact of Information Technology on the organization's value chain. Direct and indirect IT costs comprise a significant portion of operating expenses for most businesses and constitute an estimated 50% of all capital expenditures. Understanding whether and to what extent Information Technology impacts the effectiveness of the organization is a critical management responsibility that pervades organizational strategy and operations. Without a practical grounding in the management of IT, there is the potential that organizations will significantly underperform. Absent this grounding, current and future managers need to re-invent, often through trial and error, knowledge that has already been developed, tested, refined and proven in many organizations and across many industries. This comes at a significant opportunity cost to the firm. This research links MBA Information Technology management content at 70 top-ranked US Business Schools with an analysis of business manager's feedback on specific IT Management knowledge topics to create a consumer-supplier-market view of the needs of Managers with respect to Information Technology Management. Based on previous literature and fieldwork, it is intended to provide a method of assessing the importance of IT Management knowledge topics and reliably predicting manager's intent to use them in their work. The expected contribution of this research is to develop a process of ongoing assessment of IT Management topics of importance to managers and MBAs to increase the value of academic MBA programs to management practice in industry and vice-versa. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]