department of information systems hallgeir nilsen
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Department of Information Systems
Hallgeir Nilsen
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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/
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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
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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
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Campus in Kristiansand
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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
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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
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Economics and Business Administration -programs
• Undergraduate / bachelor
• Graduate / Master programs in Business• International Management• Managerial Economics• Economics / Finance
• PhD in International Management
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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)
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PhD in Information Systems
• Program chair: [email protected]• 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:
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Research fields
• Benefit-realization• e-Health• Enterprise systems• System-development methodologies and practice• Motivation and learning
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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
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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.
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More about Norway
• Main Income
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Trip with exchange students
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Thank you, and welcome to University of Agder