On 23 February, I gave a presentation on Unified Service Theory and perspectives on services as part of a study circle on service systems. Unified Service Theory views services as a special kind of production process where the customer contributes with her resources. This approach contrasts to earlier attempts to distinguish service through special properties […]
SISA, the Swedish Information System Academy, will give a conference in Örebro in May. Programtext: INFORMATIK – Universitetens bäst bevarade hemlighet. Arrangörer: SISA genom Örebro universitet. Sponsorer: Datum: 10-11 maj, 2011. Plats: Örebro universitet (Musikhuset). Syftet med konferensen är att synliggöra Informatik i Sverige. Konferensen bygger därför på att gemensamgöra informatikämnet mellan de olika lärosätena […]
On 18 February, Göran Goldkuhl gave a presentation on practice research. Göran discussed practice research from an ontological as well as epistemological perspective. The discussion was lively ranging from Activity Theory over KPIs to Habermas, with a memorable remark from Göran, “some critique of Habermas acknowledges that life is more than an academic seminar”. Gustaf […]
Today, Ilia Bider from IbisSoft AB gave a seminar on the current state of BPM based on discussions at the BPM 2010 conference. Ilia outlined a number of trends, including the shift from an assembly line metaphor to that of a construction site. He also discussed the tension between agility and stability in BPM and […]
Today, Tharaka Ilayperuma defended his PhD thesis “Improving E-Business Design through Business Model Analysis”. The opponent was William Song from Durham University, and the examination committee consisted of Marianne Nilsson from Stockholm University, Eva Söderström from Högskolan Skövde and Henrik Hansson from DSV. Paul Johannesson and Jelena Zdravkovic have been supervisors. William gave a very […]