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IT applications in international business processes – influence on business, cultural dialogue and education. Working as part of an international network of industrial, research and software development experts.
Research through development. Gaining an authentic experience of foreign cultures. Feasibility studies in India and Nepal, IT application projects in Nepal, China and the Middle East, guest professor at Tehran University, numerous research projects in the Middle East.
Current projects
Mobility, Web 2.0, collaboration, knowledge management, portal, e-learning, SAP, CAD, Multivision : MENA Region.
Languages
English, French, Italian, Farsi, Greek, Arabian
Membership
University Business Informatics Working Committee (responsible for international affairs)
| 1983 - 1985 | Pechiney, Düsseldorf and Paris |
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| 1985 - 1986 | Societé Générale des Minérais, Brussels and Düsseldorf; 1989 -1994 Group Leader at BIFOA in Cologne | |
| 1993 | Doctorate at the University of Cologne's Chair of Business Informatics | |
| 1994 - 1995 | Chair of Business Administration /Professor Norbert Szyperski, University of Cologne | |
1995 |
Recipient of the German Science Foundation (Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft) award for doctoral studies (DM 10,000) |
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From 1995 |
C3 Professor of Business Informatics, Univ. of Appl. Sciences Gelsenkirchen |
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2003 - 2004 |
Guest professor at Tehran University, Iran |
Companies that want to stay ahead despite today's short-lived electronic tools have to focus their energies. The global enterprises' standard practice of filling IT departments with hard-hitting, innovative personnel who are under constant pressure to adapt in line with the globalisation process has long since replaced the development of basic software in the broadest sense.
Today's IT experts are involved in the development of relevant products, such as web 2.0 global business applications, which require a knowledge of international communication and content management.
"Always being one step ahead" is what gives students the strength to survive in the current market environment. The "research through development concept" necessitates a permanent commitment to the fields where developments are actually taking place.
The objective is to support international business processes with the assistance of effective IT tools giving consideration to the countries and cultures in which the processes are used.
International working necessitates an awareness of global business processes, industrial partners and the education sectors that exist in the countries in question.
Global working has to be experienced "in situ" and not with Google Earth. Visits to companies, institutions and educational institutes also provide insights into what kind of competition German business informatics graduates are up against in other countries.
- Strengthening international cohesion in business informatics
- Feasibility Study India/Nepal, 2000
- Mobile Satellite-based Internet Services Nepal, 2001
- Feasibility Study Iran, 2002
- Knowledge Management Nepal/Southern China, 2003
- E-learning and Knowledge Management Requirements Analysis Iran, 2003
- From E-learning to Knowledge Management in Dialogue with ISLAM, 2004-2005 (research semester)
- German- Iranian University Network for IT Applications, 2005–2006
- Network for IT Applications with Tibet University, China 2007
- Himalayan IT Symposium - Collaborative Solutions for Sustainable Environmental Development. Nepal, 2007-2008
- International Campus Kish – International Education in the Persian Gulf 2007-2008
- Information Technology Standardisation and Cultural Differentiation in Core Islamic Countries – Influence on Business Processes and University Education
