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: Monday 07/07/2025, 11:30 - 12:00 Zoom-Meeting: https://tu-dortmund.zoom.us/j/94092686731?pwd=bYNSjZ5O6TnRdNauqmF1jXxQCsieTS.1&from=addon |
Date and location: | Kickoff, Tuesday 10/07/2025, 15:00 - 16:00, P2-05-416 |
Application: | Online via the main procedure of the department |
Intermediate presentation | 12/02/2025, starts promptly at 09:00, P2-05-416 |
Deadline for submission of the thesis: | Monday 01/19/2026 (until 23:59 Uhr in moodle) |
Contact secretariat
Contact Felix Stundzig
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) or an empirical analysis. 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 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 wintersemester 2025/2026 can be found here after the topic presentation.
Prerequisites for participation
Participation in the course Scientific work which is offered alongside the course.
Online Application
On the following webpage you find some explanations regarding the online application and by the time they are enabled the links to the application forms.
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.