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Literature review shows minimum ability levels in use of Information Technology (IT) resources are currently essential  to  administrators  and  to  professionals  overall.  As  more  effective  Internet  is,  new  milestones  for economic  competition  and  company  survival  are  created.  It  is  thus  required  that  individual  IT  abilities  are continuously reformulated to be adequately and creatively used and new information sources and tools actively generated, rather than passively adopted.  In evaluating the evolution of the IT abilities acquisition in Brazil, a students of Business & Administration from a university investigated. By means of questionnaire and in-depth interview  application,  data was  collected  on  students  perceptions  of  acquired  abilities  and  importance  of  IT competences. Together,  computing  science  teachers  and  a  course  coordinator  views were  assessed. Empirical results  obtained  revealed  that  students'  IT  abilities  concentrated  on  basic  computing  science  functions.    The integration  of  IT  learning  in  classroom  practices  was  deemed  poor,  as  compared  to  attributed  importance. Students signalized self-sufficiency or knowledge attitudes which, as tested, have not been actually proved. Low learning  results  were  observed  on  IT  conceptual  knowledge,  indicating  students  impatience  with  learning without interaction, as in long-text readings or teacher-centered classes. Strong student resistance to electronic commerce was evidenced and associated to perceived risks on IT evolution.

IT abilities; IT evolution; IT concepts; administrator’s profile; functional analphabet