-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] 2nd CfP: WI2021 - Track "IT Strategy, Management & Transformation" Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 09:39:01 +0000 From: Urbach, Nils Nils.Urbach@uni-bayreuth.de To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org aisworld@lists.aisnet.org CC: 'Paul Drews' paul.drews@leuphana.de
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2nd Call for Papers for the WI2021 track " IT Strategy, Management & Transformation"
16th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI2021), March 9-11, 2021, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany https://wi2021.de/en/
Track Chairs
Prof. Dr. Nils Urbach, University of Bayreuth & Fraunhofer FIT Prof. Dr. Paul Drews, Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Description
In the digital age, new developments in digital technologies lead to significant changes in the economy and society. A key feature of a digitized corporate world is that digital technologies are not only used to support business processes, but are increasingly becoming an inherent part of products, services and business models. While information technology has been an important production factor for most companies for a long time, digital innovations are now leading to a radical transformation of some industries. On the one hand, digital business model innovations offer companies the opportunity to conquer established and new markets with fresh ideas. On the other hand, many companies are increasingly exposed to the risk of falling victim to the disruptive effects of digitalization. Accordingly, many companies are currently undergoing a digital transformation.
In this context, the development and implementation of IT strategies and the management of the IT function are becoming more and more critical tasks for the company as a whole. Corporate IT has so far concentrated on translating the requirements of the business departments into high-quality IT services as effectively as possible and on managing operations. Today, the corporate IT function needs to engage in shaping the entire company. As part of this transformation, the IT function has to deal with the requirements of customers and partners of the company, evaluate and introduce IT innovations and adapt the IT landscape to the changing needs. The development and implementation of innovative services increasingly require the integration of business and IT. In addition to participating in innovation processes, traditional IT management tasks are also changing: Developments such as cloud computing simplify the outsourcing of elements of the IT value chain. The management of IT infrastructures and IT operations can be left to specialized providers who have the necessary skills and are able to realize economies of scale.
These developments cause a gradual change in the roles and skills of today's IT functions, which is also reflected in changed structures, processes, methods and governance mechanisms. Accordingly, many new and interesting questions arise on the social, organizational, technical and economic aspects of strategic IT management and organizational change. Previous knowledge as well as established models and theories of information systems should be questioned and advanced against the background of these developments.
Topics of Interest
o IT strategy and strategies for digital transformation o Development and implementation of IT and digital strategies for corporations as well as for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) o Organizational development for digital transformation o Business IT alignment and integration of business and IT (business managed IT) o Strategic use and business value of IT o Alignment of IT with the benefit for the company's customers and other stakeholders o IT innovation management and strategic effects of new technologies o Ecosystem management: supplier management, IT outsourcing, cloud computing and make-or-buy decisions o IT governance, risk, compliance o (Agile) project, project portfolio and change management o IT service and application management o Strategic management and change in enterprise architecture o Management of software development and deployment as well as new approaches for structuring the IT landscape (including through microservices) o IT management models, methods and tools o Changing role of the CIO and new roles (e.g. Chief Digital Officer, Chief Innovation Officer) o Change of skills and competencies in IT o Organizational structures of the IT function in change o Establishment, expansion and evaluation of digital units and digital labs o New organizational concepts such as bimodal IT, (Biz) DevOps or Scaling Agile o Strategic anchoring and management of the use of big data, blockchain, data science and artificial intelligence o Management of modern workplace technologies o Resilience of IT and business continuity management
Associate Editors
Prof. Dr. Stephan Aier, University of St. Gallen Prof. Dr. Rainer Alt, University of Leipzig Prof. Dr. Daniel Beimborn, University of Bamberg Prof. Dr. Tilo Böhmann, University of Hamburg Prof. Dr. Arne Buchwald, Vlerick Business School Dr. Andreas Drechsler, Victoria University of Wellington Dr. Katharina Ebner, University of Hagen Prof. Dr. Daniel Fürstenau, Freie Universität Berlin Prof. Dr. Kazem Haki, University of St. Gallen Dr. Robert Keller, University of Augsburg Prof. Dr. Oliver Krancher, IT University of Copenhagen Prof. Dr. Thomas Kude, ESSEC Business School Prof. Dr. Helmut Krcmar, TU München Prof. Dr. Christian Meske, Freie Universität Berlin Prof. Dr. Ulrich Remus, University of Innsbruck Prof. Dr. Hannes Rothe, Freie Universität Berlin Prof. Dr. Stefan Sackmann, University of Halle-Wittenberg Prof. Dr. Susanne Strahringer, TU Dresden Prof. Dr. Markus Westner, OTH Regensburg Prof. Dr. Martin Wiener, TU Dresden Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Zarnekow, TU Berlin Prof. Dr. Nico Wunderlich, IT University of Copenhagen
Important Dates
Submission System Open: 25.06.2020 Deadline for Submissions: 28.08.2020 (Extended Deadline) Deadline for Reviews: 19.10.2020 Notification of Acceptance: 30.10.2020 Final Paper Submission: 30.11.2020
Further information on the conference can be found at https://wi2021.de/en/.
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Prof. Dr. Nils Urbach
Professor of Information Systems and Strategic IT Management Faculty of Law, Business Management and Economics University of Bayreuth
Wittelsbacherring 10 | 95444 Bayreuth, GERMANY Phone +49 921 55-4712 | Fax +49 921 55-84-4712 nils.urbach@uni-bayreuth.demailto:nils.urbach@uni-bayreuth.de | www.sim.uni-bayreuth.dehttp://www.sim.uni-bayreuth.de ____________________________________________________
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