Chair of Application Systems and E-Business

Drei Beiträge auf der 21th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2015)

Die Professur für Anwendungssysteme und E-Business war mit drei Beiträgen auf der 21th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2015), die vom 13. bis zum 15. August 2015 in Fajardo (Puerto Rico) stattfand, vertreten.

Shanna Appelhanz hat ihren Beitrag zum Thema "An Empirical Investigation of Strategies against Procurement Uncertainties and Their IS Support at High Grade Timber Manufacturers" vorgestellt.

    Abstract
  • Wood as a CO2-neutral renewable resource is an important raw material to address consumers? growing environmental awareness. However, its use is associated with several uncertainties that affect wood quality, quantity and delivery time. Especially strong high grade manufacturers at the first processing stage are affected. To efficiently use the "Carbon Green" raw material and increase customer satisfaction, manufacturers must use strategies which respond to uncertainties. Hence, we investigate the used strategies, and their IS and information support through an online survey among high grade manufacturers. The results reveal that companies react with different strategies to uncertainties. Although the IS support is still low, the need for preliminary information about the wood supply is emphasized by high grade manufacturers.
    • Quellenangabe:
  • Appelhanz, S., Schumann, M.: An Empirical Investigation of Strategies against Procurement Uncertainties and Their IS Support at High Grade Timber Manufacturers, in: 21. Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Fajardo, Puerto Rico, 2015, S. 1-17.
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Sebastian Hobert referierte zum Thema "Supporting Learner-Content Interaction on Autodidactic Field Trips through Mobile Learning Applications"

    Abstract
  • The increasing number of university students in Europe leads to an increasing student-to-lecturer ratio which finally results in a lower quality of studying experience. Thus, lecturers have to find new possibilities to adapt to the changing circumstances. This is particularly important in disciplines of natural sciences, as they integrate field trips in their curriculum, which require small groups of students. To be able to offer field trips in the future, one possible solution is to combine them with mobile learning application to enable autodidactic field trips. As prior research already showed that mobile learning applications can support autodidactic activities in education, the aim of this study is to design and develop a mobile learning application to support field trips. The existing research about designing such applications is limited, especially regarding needed requirements. With the aim of deducing meta-requirements and design principles for such applications, we apply the design science approach.
    • Quellenangabe:
  • Hobert, S., Pilarski, B., Decker, J., Schumann, M.: Supporting Learner-Content Interaction on Autodidactic Field Trips through Mobile Learning Applications, in: 21. Americas Conference on Information Systems, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, 2015, S. 1-12.
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Sebastian Rohmann präsentierte den Beitrag "Social Software for Product Development - Explorative Study on Influencing Factors and related Challenges".

    Abstract
  • Adopting social software in organizational knowledge sharing activities has been argued to improve communication and outreach to key stakeholders. However, when dealing with social technologies in product development settings, organizations and individuals face a variety of barriers that hamper the success of these tools. Therefore a contextualized understanding of these challenges as well as the factors that influence these challenges is needed. By means of a qualitative, exploratory study we identify and map existing influencing factors with related challenges. The most significant concerns raised during the study concerned organizational activities, especially change management. Thirty-nine challenges were identified, classified and discussed in order to provide the product development community with practical evidence, and also to inform future research directions in managing social software in product development settings.
    • Quellenangabe:
  • Rohmann, S., Heuschneider, S., Schumann, M.: Social Software for Product Development - Explorative Study on Influencing Factors and related Challenges, in: 21. Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Fajardo, Puerto Rico, 2015, S. 1-13.
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