1. Department of Information Systems Hallgeir Nilsen

2. 2 Agenda Norway The University of Agder Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences The Department of Information Systems Study programs Staff Research groups and areas Brouchure for Department This presentation: http://home.uia.no/hallgeir/guc/http://home.uia.no/hallgeir/guc/

3. Norway E: 80 mill, 1 mill square km N:5 million people, 385.000 square km 2000 km long Capital Oslo King and Queen SocialDemocracy Before oil, after Golf-stream Nature 3

4. University of Agder Granted rigth as university in 2007 Campuses in Kristiansand and Grimstad, both modern Five faculties Health and Sport Sciences Economics and Social Sciences Engineering and Science Humanities and Education Fine Arts 9 PhD programs Appr. 9.600 students 4

5. Campus in Kristiansand 5

6. School of Economics and Social Sciences Five (6) departments Economics and Business Administration (stronghold in Int. Management) Working Life and Innovation Political Science (stronghold in EU-research) Sociology and Social Work Information Systems Development Studies Appr. 2.500 students, 3 PhD programs 6

7. Economics and Business Administration / Kristiansand School of Management Economics and Finance Business Administration Governance Managerial economics Strategy, organisation and management Behavioural economics- emphasis on household finance Public finance Real estate economics 7

8. Economics and Business Administration -programs Undergraduate / bachelor Graduate / Master programs in Business International Management Managerial Economics Economics / Finance PhD in International Management 8

9. Department of Information Systems Study programs Undergraduate, 3 year bachelor program in IT and Information Systems 180 ECTS, of this 140 ECTS consists of IS/ICT courses 2 semesters are offered in English 50-70 students Graduate program in Information Systems 30 students 120 ECTS, 2 years incl. thesis Fall semester is offered in English (+ part of Spring) 9

10. PhD in Information Systems Program chair: Bjorn.E.Munkvold@uia.noBjorn.E.Munkvold@uia.no Coursework of 45 ECTS, of which 30 ECTS is compulsory Core courses Method courses Electives Example of specialisation areas: e-Government (including e-Democracy and e-Participation) Enterprise systems Global information systems ICT and development Knowledge management Business process modelling IS evaluation and benefits management Started in February 2009, currently 10 students: 10

11. Academic staff Faculty of 15 and 2 Prof II`s Full professors: Maung Sein, Bjørn Erik Munkvold Prof II`s: Peter Axel Nielsen and Detmar Straub Majority (11) holds a PhD Majority publishes regularly The department is «organised» in 3 research groups 11

12. Research groups Center for e-Government Benefit realization in e-Government, ICT4D, e-Participation, Procurement in Public Sector Hosting eGov 2012 5 staff members + 4 PhD students 12

13. Research groups Center for enterprise systems Focus areas: ERP in SME`s, Knowledge Management, e-collaboration and virtual work Personell: 4 staff member + 4 PhD students 13

14. Research groups Systems Development Focuses on how information systems and software solutions are developed in and for organizations: ISD and software development processes, ISD paradigms, approaches and methods, Enacting competence in deploying methods in practice, Issues of organizational and enterprise system implementation, Open source systems development, Personell: 6 staff members, 1 Prof II and 2 PhD students 14

15. Research fields Benefit-realization e-Health Enterprise systems System-development methodologies and practice Motivation and learning 15

16. Research outlets Journals (last couple of years) Information and Management, CAIS, MISQ, Information Systems Journal, Scandinavian Journal of IS, International Journal of e-Business Research, Government Information Quarterly, Journal of IT etc. Conferences ECIS, HICSS, eGov, ISD 16

17. International cooperation, partners Aalborg University University of Nebraska, Omaha WWU Münster Mzumbe Univeristy, Tanzania University of Gadja Mada, Indonesia Others CBS, Tampere, Turku, QUT, Manchester, Delft etc. 17

18. More about Norway Main Income 18

19. Trip with exchange students 19

20. Thank you, and welcome to University of Agder 20