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Bachelor's degree

Seminar - Current topics of digital transformation

Field of study: Bachelor
Module: Module 11: Seminar
Event: Current topics of digital transformation
Lecturer: Manuel Wiesche
Scope / Credits: 5 credits
Info event Date and location: Info event: Wednesday 01/15/2025, 15:00 - 15:30
Zoom meeting: https: //tu-dortmund.zoom.us/j/96595855234?pwd=fkV9Yqp8b075XCIlb0NbSdPP2CQ9Xl.1
Date and location: Kickoff, Tuesday 03/11/2025, 15:00 - 16:00, P2-05-416
Application: Online via the main procedure of the department
Intermediate presentation 05. and 05/12/2025, starts promptly at 9 a.m., P1-05-308
Deadline for submission of the thesis: Monday 06/302025 (until 23:59 in moodle)

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Online Application

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Table of contents

In this seminar, students work on a scientific topic of digital transformation. As part of the course, participants carry out a structured literature analysis (Schreieck et al. 2016; Vom Brocke et al. 2009; Webster and Watson 2002). Students should attend this course if they want to learn how to work scientifically and get to know a topic of digital transformation, in particular from the research focus areas of the Chair of Digital Transformation. This seminar should serve as preparation for the Bachelor's thesis.

Learning objectives

After participating in the seminar, students will be able to

  • understand and analyze a current topic of digital transformation
  • independently develop a research topic based on a literature review
  • design, plan and carry out a scientific paper
  • present and defend interim results

Choice of topic

The topics for the structured literature analysis are worked on in groups. The topics are allocated in the first course.

The topics come from the main research areas. Exemplary topics are:

  • Digital working environments (cyberworkforce, IT projects, dealing with artificial intelligence, gig and sharing economy)
  • Digital platform ecosystems (interfaces, network effects, security)
  • Service innovations (use of innovative technologies such as AR/VR, modeling of operational information systems)

The possible topics for the summer semester 2025 can be found here after the topic presentation: Slides of the topic presentation

Prerequisites for participation

Participation in the course Scientific workwhich is offered alongside the course.

Selected literature

  • Schreieck, M., Wiesche, M., and Krcmar, H. 2016. "Design and Governance of Platform Ecosystems–Key Concepts and Issues for Future Research," Twenty-Fourth European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), İstanbul,Turkey.
  • Vom Brocke, J., Simons, A., Niehaves, B., Riemer, K., Plattfaut, R., and Cleven, A. 2009. "Reconstructing the Giant: On the Importance of Rigour in Documenting the Literature Search Process," 17th European Conference on Information Systems, Verona, Italy, pp. 2206-2217.
  • Webster, J., and Watson, R. T. 2002. "Analyzing the Past to Prepare for the Future: Writing a Literature Review," MIS Quarterly (26:2), pp. 13-23.
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