IS Departments in Business Schools: Experiences from Business Informatics Dimitris Karagiannis ICIS Breakfast Panel – 16 Dec 2008 "The Evolving Strategic Role of IS Departments in Business Schools"

The Changing Environment Information- and Communication Technology

European IT Services Spending By Country (Forecast)

European IT Services Spending By Service Type (Forecast)

1.1. Rolle der IT5 (1) IT‘s role as a source of competitive advantage has been intensly discussed (e.g. N.G. Carr ‚IT doesn‘t matter‘, HBR, Mai 2003) Surce: BCG-Analysis IT: From support tool to source of competitive edge

Source: „IT Strategy: Key Drivers and Levers for Transformation“, Rüdiger Schmidt, Dt. Bank (Suisse) S.A. Financial Services: Deutsche Bank’s view on IT stock transactions per day. - Use of IT-application and ~ Server for optimal functioning -We store more than TByte of data, which corresponds to km of books, volume which has more than tripled since Each day we process more than 10 million transactions in the private banking section with more than 5 million online banking trans- actions - Each day we have 5.6 million s; the number of s saved has risen by the factor 16 since 2002

Pressure on Europe from America and Asia regarding the need of “IT-Professionals” Motivation for mobility of “IT-Professionals” required Skill shortages in some countries of Europe =>“Blue Card” Visa scheme ICT-industry innovates very fast, skill profiles are changing accordingly ICT is applied among different specialist domains, requiring interdisciplinary educated professionals Business internationalisation requires professionals able to deal with different cultures and organizational structures Business internationalisation makes the definition of standards for “IT-Professionals” necessary New Skill Requirements through ICT

What is the optimal balance between —IS departments as „service departments“? —IS departments as unique core competence centers? Is the (M)IS and business informatics discipline a discipline on its own? Do we need to „sell“ our discipline or is it „self-selling“? Some Questions

Theoretical computer science Theoretical economics Technical computer science Practical computer science Applied computer sciences Applied economic sciences Business administration Economics Business Informatics

Business Informatics as a Core Competence: Integrating Different IT Views IT for Prod. IT for Finan. IT for Mark. IT for HR IT for … IT for Log. Business competencies Business-IT competencies Business Informatics competence Production Finance Marketing HR … Logistics Concepts Technologies Applications

Business Informatics as a Service Competence: Integrating Different Views Integration?, Identification of Common Concepts? Identification of Common Technologies? Identification of Common Applications? Production Finance Marketing HR … Logistics Business competencie s Business Informatics competencies

Business Informatics: Integrating Different Business Informatics views Production Finance Marketing HR … Logistics Business competencie s Business Informatics competencie s Common Business Informatics competence

BIN-Net The Business Informatics Network in Europe

BIN-Net: Joint Curriculum Structural Science Business Science Information Systems Architecture (BI) Information Management Elective Human Factors in Information Systems (AT1) Organizations, Technology and E-Commerce (AT1) Business Process Management (BI) Knowledge Engineering (AT2) Soft Facts in Knowledge Management (AT2) Agents in E-Commerce (AT1) WFMS and BPM (AT1) Supply Chain Management (BI) Knowledge Management (AT2) Practical Training in Knowledge Management (AT2) Master Thesis Master Thesis Seminar 1 st Semester 30 ECTS 2 nd Semester 30 ECTS 3 rd Semester 30 ECTS 4 th Semester 30 ECTS

Students graduating the Joint Master Degree in Business Informatics have gained knowledge in: “Hard” Skills: Design and implementation of company information systems Development and introduction of organisational concepts Specialist support at development and implementation of application software for companies Knowledge of “specialised” English language Project Management skills Soft Skills: Ability to adapt to different cultural and organizational structures Ability for team-working BIN-Net: Qualifications

The following slides provide more information about specific programs with different focus. Business Informatics cooperations between universities

The ADOuni Cooperation Framework is a cooperation framework for Universities in the field of Business Informatics providing universities with IT-supported Management Tools for different applications domains and scenarios (e.g. Business Process Management, Balanced Scorecard, IT-Architecture and many more) sharing knowledge based on the Open Model Initiative The ADOuni Cooperation Framework

Please send your request to : Ask for your free student licences of : ADOscore ® for Strategy Management ADONIS ® for Business Process Management ADOit ® for IT Management University Programme

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9th International Conference on Business Informatics

Thank you for your attention! Any further questions? Please contact: Prof. Dr. Dimitris Karagiannis University of Vienna Faculty of Computer Science Institute for Knowledge and Business Engineering Brünner Str Vienna Phone: Fax: Website: