[AISWorld] 2nd CfP: WI2021 - Track "IT Strategy, Management & Transformation"

[Urbach, Nils]

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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 at uni-bayreuth.de<mailto:nils.urbach at uni-bayreuth.de> | www.sim.uni-bayreuth.de<http://www.sim.uni-bayreuth.de>
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