Recognizing and utilizing IT innovations are essential activities to maintain and strengthen the ... more Recognizing and utilizing IT innovations are essential activities to maintain and strengthen the competitiveness of companies. The IT in companies has the opportunity to change its own role towards a business enabler and driver by establishing a systematic IT innovation management. Existing frameworks and models for IT governance and IT management do not adequately describe how a systematic IT innovation management should be structured and integrated with other tasks and processes. We conducted a qualitative empirical study, which shows that this requirement is also seen as important in practice. Based on the results of this study and by drawing on relevant findings from the literature, we developed a concept for integrating IT innovation management into business IT management. This new function is described along the dimensions of its role, tasks, processes, methods and its integration with other areas such as enterprise architecture management, IT strategy and project portfolio ma...
In einigen Bereichen der Informatiklehre ist es möglich, die persönlichen Erfahrungen der Studier... more In einigen Bereichen der Informatiklehre ist es möglich, die persönlichen Erfahrungen der Studierenden im Umgang mit Informationstechnik aufzugreifen und vor dem Hintergrund theoretischer Konzepte aus der Literatur gemeinsam mit ihnen zu reflektieren. Das hier vorgestellte Lehrkonzept des Reflexionsdialogs erstreckt sich über drei Seminartermine und vorbereitende Selbstlernphasen. Unterstützt wird das Konzept durch DialogueMaps, eine Software zur Visualisierung komplexer Sachverhalte und zur Unterstützung interaktiver Dialoge. Dieser Beitrag beschreibt die Hintergründe des Lehrkonzeptes, das Lehrkonzept selbst sowie die inhaltliche Ausgestaltung im Rahmen eines Mastermoduls "Computergestützte Kooperation".
The increasing influence of information technology in enterprises expands the demand for closer c... more The increasing influence of information technology in enterprises expands the demand for closer coordination and cooperation between business and IT. In a qualitative survey study we researched the relationship between IT strategy development, IT project portfolio and enterprise architecture management as well as relations between business and IT. As result a Business-IT management reference process model based on the Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) 2.0 was developed. During the research process it became evident that visualization of coordination and cooperation within business processes needs to be improved gaining higher readability and intelligibility. Based on these requirements we present in this paper five domain-specific tasks and a new marker for BMPN 2.0, which are able to visualize coordination-specific tasks in processes. The proposed extension will be linked to theoretical concepts about cooperation. Two exemplary processes (developing an IT strategy and filt...
2014 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2014
ABSTRACT This systematic literature review examines different forms of evolving and emergent beha... more ABSTRACT This systematic literature review examines different forms of evolving and emergent behavior in network organizations (NO) with an emphasis on trust. Because of the difficulties and importance in researching emergent behavior in network organizations, this review summarizes the main aspects of 17 papers and tries to disclose open research points by combining the different perspectives of behavior and forms of NOs. Due to the complexity of those organizations, there are several "soft aspects" that affect the partnership implicitly. In particular, trust is intertwined with other facets (e.g. legal aspects). IT governance and IT systems can have an impact on trust and vice versa. Therefore, maintaining a trustworthy relationship in a network organization is undoubtedly an enormous challenge for all participants. At the end of this literature review, we discuss some open research gaps like the influence of different cultures in NOs or the visualization of emergent behavior.
Proceedings of the 7th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education on - WiPSCE '12, 2012
ABSTRACT Project-based learning and application-oriented approaches drawing on real-world issues ... more ABSTRACT Project-based learning and application-oriented approaches drawing on real-world issues and examples, have always been widely used in both secondary and higher Computer Science (CS) education. Recent demands for teaching CS or Informatics in context and building courses on coherent application areas outside CS go even further [4, 23]. In Germany the open working group IniK (Informatik im Kontext) compiles educational material and concepts for teaching Informatics in context [42, 24, 10, 8]. However, there is only little theoretical foundation for IniK as an educational approach and its implementation at schools and universities [7]. In this paper we suggest a process model for bringing 'real-world' application contexts into the Informatics classroom. The proposed model is grounded on a design-based study and has evolved from theoretical and practical insights gained in five university-level project courses and five associated school projects. The model focuses on the development of context artifacts which originate from the real-world context, and teaching units building on the context artifacts. When teaching units are instantiated in the classroom, context artifacts are recontextualized in an educational context and are employed as learning equipment fostering the students' imagination, and thus anchoring the real-world application context within the classroom context. In the tradition of classical German Didaktik models [18, 28], the process model aims at providing a tool and a terminology for the preparation and reflection of instruction. On the basis of the model we discuss both the potential value and the drawbacks of teaching Informatics in context.
European Conference on Information Systems, June 2015
The emerging digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin has made waves in mainstream media across the globe, ... more The emerging digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin has made waves in mainstream media across the globe, as have the numerous extreme events that have rocked it. One such event, the bankruptcy of a prominent Bitcoin exchange called Mt.Gox, particularly shocked the emerging sociotechnical field. However, it is not clear how the numerous entrepreneurial firms operating in this field survived this shock.
Studies of resilience in the face of extreme events have typically examined mature firms, characterised by formal structures and some slack resources. In such studies, the resilience, adaptability and trans-formability of the firm come into view. A new firm in an emergent field, however, is equally driven to survive – but must do so with far more limited resources, without a formal structure and little in the way of organisational learning. In our study, we find that such entrepreneurial firms rely on their collective identity in forming resilient responses. Furthermore, one outcome of this shock was a call for regula-tions and oversight – despite earlier dogmatic rejections of such formal control.
Keywords: Bitcoin, Entrepreneurship, Resilience, Extreme Event, Qualitative Study
Recognizing and utilizing IT innovations are essential activities to maintain and strengthen the ... more Recognizing and utilizing IT innovations are essential activities to maintain and strengthen the competitiveness of companies. The IT in companies has the opportunity to change its own role towards a business enabler and driver by establishing a systematic IT innovation management. Existing frameworks and models for IT governance and IT management do not adequately describe how a systematic IT innovation management should be structured and integrated with other tasks and processes. We conducted a qualitative empirical study, which shows that this requirement is also seen as important in practice. Based on the results of this study and by drawing on relevant findings from the literature, we developed a concept for integrating IT innovation management into business IT management. This new function is described along the dimensions of its role, tasks, processes, methods and its integration with other areas such as enterprise architecture management, IT strategy and project portfolio ma...
In einigen Bereichen der Informatiklehre ist es möglich, die persönlichen Erfahrungen der Studier... more In einigen Bereichen der Informatiklehre ist es möglich, die persönlichen Erfahrungen der Studierenden im Umgang mit Informationstechnik aufzugreifen und vor dem Hintergrund theoretischer Konzepte aus der Literatur gemeinsam mit ihnen zu reflektieren. Das hier vorgestellte Lehrkonzept des Reflexionsdialogs erstreckt sich über drei Seminartermine und vorbereitende Selbstlernphasen. Unterstützt wird das Konzept durch DialogueMaps, eine Software zur Visualisierung komplexer Sachverhalte und zur Unterstützung interaktiver Dialoge. Dieser Beitrag beschreibt die Hintergründe des Lehrkonzeptes, das Lehrkonzept selbst sowie die inhaltliche Ausgestaltung im Rahmen eines Mastermoduls "Computergestützte Kooperation".
The increasing influence of information technology in enterprises expands the demand for closer c... more The increasing influence of information technology in enterprises expands the demand for closer coordination and cooperation between business and IT. In a qualitative survey study we researched the relationship between IT strategy development, IT project portfolio and enterprise architecture management as well as relations between business and IT. As result a Business-IT management reference process model based on the Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) 2.0 was developed. During the research process it became evident that visualization of coordination and cooperation within business processes needs to be improved gaining higher readability and intelligibility. Based on these requirements we present in this paper five domain-specific tasks and a new marker for BMPN 2.0, which are able to visualize coordination-specific tasks in processes. The proposed extension will be linked to theoretical concepts about cooperation. Two exemplary processes (developing an IT strategy and filt...
2014 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2014
ABSTRACT This systematic literature review examines different forms of evolving and emergent beha... more ABSTRACT This systematic literature review examines different forms of evolving and emergent behavior in network organizations (NO) with an emphasis on trust. Because of the difficulties and importance in researching emergent behavior in network organizations, this review summarizes the main aspects of 17 papers and tries to disclose open research points by combining the different perspectives of behavior and forms of NOs. Due to the complexity of those organizations, there are several "soft aspects" that affect the partnership implicitly. In particular, trust is intertwined with other facets (e.g. legal aspects). IT governance and IT systems can have an impact on trust and vice versa. Therefore, maintaining a trustworthy relationship in a network organization is undoubtedly an enormous challenge for all participants. At the end of this literature review, we discuss some open research gaps like the influence of different cultures in NOs or the visualization of emergent behavior.
Proceedings of the 7th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education on - WiPSCE '12, 2012
ABSTRACT Project-based learning and application-oriented approaches drawing on real-world issues ... more ABSTRACT Project-based learning and application-oriented approaches drawing on real-world issues and examples, have always been widely used in both secondary and higher Computer Science (CS) education. Recent demands for teaching CS or Informatics in context and building courses on coherent application areas outside CS go even further [4, 23]. In Germany the open working group IniK (Informatik im Kontext) compiles educational material and concepts for teaching Informatics in context [42, 24, 10, 8]. However, there is only little theoretical foundation for IniK as an educational approach and its implementation at schools and universities [7]. In this paper we suggest a process model for bringing 'real-world' application contexts into the Informatics classroom. The proposed model is grounded on a design-based study and has evolved from theoretical and practical insights gained in five university-level project courses and five associated school projects. The model focuses on the development of context artifacts which originate from the real-world context, and teaching units building on the context artifacts. When teaching units are instantiated in the classroom, context artifacts are recontextualized in an educational context and are employed as learning equipment fostering the students' imagination, and thus anchoring the real-world application context within the classroom context. In the tradition of classical German Didaktik models [18, 28], the process model aims at providing a tool and a terminology for the preparation and reflection of instruction. On the basis of the model we discuss both the potential value and the drawbacks of teaching Informatics in context.
European Conference on Information Systems, June 2015
The emerging digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin has made waves in mainstream media across the globe, ... more The emerging digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin has made waves in mainstream media across the globe, as have the numerous extreme events that have rocked it. One such event, the bankruptcy of a prominent Bitcoin exchange called Mt.Gox, particularly shocked the emerging sociotechnical field. However, it is not clear how the numerous entrepreneurial firms operating in this field survived this shock.
Studies of resilience in the face of extreme events have typically examined mature firms, characterised by formal structures and some slack resources. In such studies, the resilience, adaptability and trans-formability of the firm come into view. A new firm in an emergent field, however, is equally driven to survive – but must do so with far more limited resources, without a formal structure and little in the way of organisational learning. In our study, we find that such entrepreneurial firms rely on their collective identity in forming resilient responses. Furthermore, one outcome of this shock was a call for regula-tions and oversight – despite earlier dogmatic rejections of such formal control.
Keywords: Bitcoin, Entrepreneurship, Resilience, Extreme Event, Qualitative Study
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Studies of resilience in the face of extreme events have typically examined mature firms, characterised by formal structures and some slack resources. In such studies, the resilience, adaptability and trans-formability of the firm come into view. A new firm in an emergent field, however, is equally driven to survive – but must do so with far more limited resources, without a formal structure and little in the way of organisational learning. In our study, we find that such entrepreneurial firms rely on their collective identity in forming resilient responses. Furthermore, one outcome of this shock was a call for regula-tions and oversight – despite earlier dogmatic rejections of such formal control.
Keywords: Bitcoin, Entrepreneurship, Resilience, Extreme Event, Qualitative Study
Studies of resilience in the face of extreme events have typically examined mature firms, characterised by formal structures and some slack resources. In such studies, the resilience, adaptability and trans-formability of the firm come into view. A new firm in an emergent field, however, is equally driven to survive – but must do so with far more limited resources, without a formal structure and little in the way of organisational learning. In our study, we find that such entrepreneurial firms rely on their collective identity in forming resilient responses. Furthermore, one outcome of this shock was a call for regula-tions and oversight – despite earlier dogmatic rejections of such formal control.
Keywords: Bitcoin, Entrepreneurship, Resilience, Extreme Event, Qualitative Study