Akhilesh Bajaj says teaching information systems (IS) courses is challenging because the field is changing so rapidly. New technologies have to be constantly introduced into courses. Bajaj's perception of his teaching duties as a faculty member in a professional college is to: a) view his students as knowledge consumers and develop in them skills that will be directly applicable in the workplace; and b) to provide knowledge that transcends frequent changes in low-level technologies and that has a long shelf-life. Bajaj has taught students at many levels, including the undergraduate, the graduate and the executive levels. For each course that he teaches, he strives to understand the needs and background of that particular audience, and to fine-tune subsequent versions of each course to better fit the needs of the audience.