The application submitted in this year to Swedish Research School of Management and Information Technology (MIT) for Ph.D. funding for research in IT management at DSV/Stockholm University has been successfully. In the next five years DSV will receive 1.750.000 SEK from MIT for co-financing a Ph.D. position in IT management. For more information about Swedish Research School of Management and Information Technology (MIT) please access the following link: http://www.mit.uu.se/
PhD position in IT Management at Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV), Stockholm University
A PhD position in IT Management is now open at Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV), Stockholm University. More information about this PhD position are available at this link: http://www.su.se/english/about/vacancies/vacancies-new-list
The deadline to submit the application for this PhD position is May 5, 2017!
Papers published and accepted for publication in Information Resources Management Journal, Procedia Computer Science, and International Journal of IT/Business Alignment and Governance
A paper written by Mousumi Kabir and Lazar Rusu and entitled: “IT Project Development using Capability Maturity Model” has been published in Information Resources Management Journal, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 35-48, 2016
A paper written by Labidi Pascal David Gbangou and Lazar Rusu and entitled: “Factors Hindering Business-IT Alignment in the Banking Sector of a Developing Country” has been published in Procedia Computer Science, Vol. 100, pp.280-288, 2016.
A paper written by Ilkka Ritola, Rokas Siugzda and Lazar Rusu and entitled: “The Influence of Organizational Politics on Business-IT Alignment ” has been accepted for publication in International Journal of IT/Business Alignment and Governance, Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2016.
Mohamed El-Mekawy’s PhD defense
On June 3, 2016 our colleague Mohamed El-Mekawy, PhD student in IT Management group at DSV/Stockholm University has defended successfully his doctoral thesis entitled: “From Theory to Practice of Business-IT Alignment: Barriers, an Evaluation Framework and Relationships with Organisational Culture”. His PhD thesis is available to be downloaded at the following link: http://su.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:920065/FULLTEXT01.pdf
On behalf of research group in IT Management I would like to congratulate Mohamed El-Mekawy for this great achievement. Some pictures from this event are included below.
Research visit of Professor Edimara Mezzomo Luciano from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
During June 1st to June 3rd, 2016 the IT Management group at DSV has been the host of the visit of Professor Edimara Mezzomo Luciano from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Brazil. The purpose of the visit has been to establish a research collaboration between the research group in IT Management at DSV and IT Management and Governance research group at the Business School at PUCRS.
Professor Edimara Mezzomo Luciano is leading the research group in IT Management and Governance at Business School at PUCRS that we noticed to have similar research interests with the research done by the IT Management group at DSV. For more information about Professor Edimara Mezzomo Luciano’s research please access the following links: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Edimara_Mezzomo_Luciano/ and http://lattes.cnpq.br/2607532326321244
On June 2nd, 2016 we had a seminar at DSV in which Professor Edimara Mezzomo Luciano has done a presentation concerning “Information Systems in Brazil and at PUCRS: current status and perspectives” . The seminar has also included discussions with the members of the research group in IT Management and a presentation of the recent research done in IT Management area at DSV.
The research visit has been a fruitful one and has opened different possibilities for establishing a research cooperation between DSV and Business School at PUCRS.
Mohamed El-Mekawy has nailed his PhD thesis in DSV library
Today, Mohamed El-Mekawy PhD student in IT Management group at DSV has nailed his PhD thesis in DSV library. The PhD thesis is entitled “From Theory to Practice of Business-IT Alignment: Barriers, an Evaluation Framework and Relationships with Organisational Culture”. A copy of his PhD thesis is available to be downloaded at the following link: http://su.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:920065/FULLTEXT01.pdf
Mohamed El-Mekawy’s PhD defence will take place on June 3, 2016 at 13.00 in L50 at DSV.
Visiting scholar at Baylor University, USA
In this month Parisa Aasi PhD student in IT management group at DSV has joined as visiting scholar the Information Systems Department at Baylor University (http://www.baylor.edu/business/mis/). During about 7 months she will perform her research work with Professor Dorothy Leidner a well-known researcher in information systems area.
Paper accepted for publication in Proceedings of European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2016) and PhD proposal accepted for presentation at UKAIS PhD and Professional Doctorate Consortium, Oxford, UK
A paper written by Mohamed El-Mekawy, Lazar Rusu and Erik Perjons and entitled: “Business-IT Alignment and Organizational Culture Relationships: Towards an Integrated View”, has been accepted for publication in Proceedings of European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2016), Istanbul, Turkey (http://www.ecis2016.eu/en/).
The PhD proposal of Gideon Mekonnen Jonathan has been accepted and successfully presented at UKAIS PhD and Professional Doctorate Consortium, 11 April 2016, Oxford, UK (http://dwastell.org/UKAIS2016/index.php/phd-consortium). The PhD proposal is entitled “The influence of Organisational Structure on Business-IT Alignment: The case of a Public organization” and is looking to analyze the relationships between informal organizational structure and business-IT alignment in a public organization.