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Events archiveE-Business and Higher Education
Date:
16th November 2005
Presentations/Event material Accounting for Motives: stakeholder comprehension in business/academic collaborative projects
E-business & Higher Education: an exercise in marketing or fulfilling academic need?
E-Business: strategy, skills and careers issues
Economic & Social Implications of Business-Process Automation Strategies
Enterprise in E-Learning
Evaluating E-Business Web Sites: a review of evaluation criteria
Exploring the role of patterns for e-business in supporting the emerging services science division
The Business Models which are Working
The Organisational value of Internet Systems for non-profits: the case of UK Museums
Using reference models to drive business transformation in the HE sector
Computing as a university discipline is forming new relationships with business/management studies. No longer are computing students taught exclusively technical subjects; nowadays they need to learn also about the business strategies in which software systems play a role. Five years ago, just 15% of IT job adverts mentioned management skills; today, 40% do. Business and law students encounter new pressures to understand information-technology issues. Academic researchers are forging novel intellectual links between computing and business. The time is ripe for an interdisciplinary network linking academics active in this field with one another and with counterparts in industry and in the public sector. This workshop is announced with a view to founding such a network. Keynote speakers (to be announced) will introduce sessions on "Industry-led innovation" and "Innovation in the curriculum". There will be a poster session and elevator talks, where research students and established practitioners are encouraged to publicize their current work. There will be abundant opportunities for informal interaction between like-minded individuals, and a closing session will invite participants to put the Network on a formal basis. Expressions of interest are invited from those involved in areas such as: • the interface between business and IT The workshop was co-chaired by: Dr Andy Gravell amg@ecs.soton.ac.uk |
