Category: Academia

In September 2013, the IT University of Copenhagen opens a new Master of Science degree program in Digital Innovation and Management (Cand.it. E-Business). The program will offer three specialization tracks:

• Process Innovation and New Business Models
• Digital Governance and Enterprise Architecture
• Global Relations and Work Processes

The second track is of course “my” track. There are two course blocks in the specialization:

• Enterprise Architecture (7,5 ECTS)
  This course introduces the basic concepts of Enterprise Architecture and examines its classification, taxonomy, models and framework. The following architecture domains will be covered: Business, information, technology, security, application, software, SOA and their inter-relationships as well as integration of domains and governance. Issues related to strategic planning of Enterprise Architecture, including implementation and planning will also be covered in the course.
• Digital Governance (15 ECTS)
  This course introduce different frameworks for digital Governance in private and public organizations, and focuses on analyses how businesses and society deals with challenges and policy problems related to digital governance. The aim is to provide students with theoretical and practical knowledge to critically reflect on questions of governance and policy development in private companies and government agencies. Students will be exposed to leading thinkers and debates in the public, private and community sectors, and will develop capacities to enhance effectiveness in the workplace and gain a better understanding of the way governments and businesses operate. As part of the course the students are expected conduct a project on a course relevant topic.

In addition to two foundational course, IT Foundations (7.5 ECTS) and Business & Management Foundations (7.5 ECTS), the program includes three open courses as well as three mandatory courses:

• Navigating Complexity: Mapping, Visualization and Decision-making (15 ECTS)
• Digital Accountability (7.5 ECTS)
• Innovation and Technology in Society (7.5 ECTS)

These candidates will become very attractive on the job market, I’m sure.

The IT-university of Copenhagen has announced open positions as assistant and associate professors with the goal of strengthening research and teaching in the diverse area of innovation and information technology, also known as the Business Corner of the ITU Triangle Science-Arts-Business. Apply now! Also, please help spread this vacancy positing.

From the call:

Disciplinary or interdisciplinary backgrounds in fields such as Information Systems, Design Research, Information Studies, Science & Technology Studies, ethnographic studies of technology and innovation, Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Organizational Studies, Innovation research, Project and Program Management Research, and Enterprise Engineering are welcomed.

Applicants will be expected to play a role in developing one or more of the following subject areas and to collaborate in an interdisciplinary environment:

• Social science approaches to innovation and organization
• Business and design anthropology
• Socio-technical aspects in security and trust
• Design of business processes and services
• Global project management & global collaboration
• Open innovation
• Business analytics
• Cooperate governance of IT
• Enterprise Architecture
• Requirements elicitation and engineering

Qualification requirements
Applicants must have a PhD or similar related to the above mentioned areas and fields, and the applicant most document his/her results with regard to research contributions, PhD supervision, teaching and curriculum development, external funding, and cooperation with partners (both within and outside of academia). Applicants at the associate level must have the ability to read/speak a Scandinavian language or the willingness to learn Danish.

General information
The IT University of Copenhagen (ITU) is a teaching and research-based tertiary institution concerned with information technology (IT) and the opportunities it offers. The IT University has more than 50 faculty members. Research and teaching in information technology span all academic activities which involve computers including computer science, information and media sciences, humanities and social sciences, business impact and the commercialisation of IT.

Application deadline: 19 October, 2012 at 23:59.

The full, official call for applications is here. You may also want to check our other vacancies.