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Design Science Research in IS

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Research seminar for the 2012 CUSO Doctoral Programme (web)

Introduction

The course develops skills needed for conducting design research in information systems. This kind of research aims at designing artefacts such as tools, methods and techniques, that make information systems more effective and efficient. Participants will also acquire skills in writing research proposals and articles that follow the design research paradigm. Upon completion this course, the participants will have a general understanding of the current state and trends in design research in information systems, and be aware of design paradigms, frameworks, theories, methods, patterns, evaluation approaches, and rationales. Furthermore, the participants will be able to use theses design techniques for reviewing and writing research papers.

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Systèmes d’information 2011

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Fall 2011 (BSc HEC Lausanne)
Monday 8:00-12:00
Amphimax 351

Objective
The importance of the service economy is widely recognized. New information technology, specially Internet, the social networks and web 2.0, have redefined the ways of conducting business, providing new e-services, new customer experiences, new work practices, and new business models competing in the global market place.

The course integrates principles suggested by the design thinking, applied to business service design. The course introduces concepts, frameworks, and tools for designing new ’front stage’ services, ’back stage’ processes, and business models. Learning will be accomplished through lectures, research, case studies, and group co-design sessions.

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Design Science Research in IS

Saturday, February 5th, 2011

Spring 2011

Objective
The course develops skills needed for conducting design research in information systems. This kind of research aims at designing artifacts such as tools, methods and techniques, that make information systems more effective and efficient. Students will also acquire skills in writing research proposals and articles that follow the design research paradigm. They will learn how to publish such research.

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Information system & service design

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Fall 2010

Objective
The importance of the service economy is widely recognized. New information technology, specially Internet, the social networks and web 2.0, have redefined the ways of conducting business, providing new e-services, new customer experiences, new work practices, and new business models competing in the global market place.

The course integrates principles suggested by the design thinking, applied to business service design. The course introduces concepts, frameworks, and tools for designing new ’front stage’ services, ’back stage’ processes, and business models. Learning will be accomplished through lectures, research, case studies, and group co-design sessions.

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Design of interactive software (old)

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Objective

This course mainly provides the participants with human-computer interaction concepts, theory, and practice, for analyzing the user requirements, designing interactive software and evaluating usability. The course mainly deals with requirement analysis, design, prototyping, usability evaluation, and documentation.

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e-business (old)

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Objective

Despite the dot-com bubble burst, e-commerce have redefined the ways of conducting business, providing new business models, and competing in the global marketplace. This course provides the participants with an understanding of e-business from a business perspective, in a Internet-enabled economy. The course integrates principles suggested by the science of design, and mainly concerns business/IT alignment engineering.

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Introduction aux systèmes d’information (old)

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

Systèmes d’information et e-business, enjeux majeurs pour les entreprises.

Gestion des connaissances, processus de gestion, progiciel de gestion, systèmes d’aide à la décision, réseau informatique, architecture orientée-services, commerce électronique, e-gouvernement, internet, portail d’entreprise, blogs, web 2.0, …

Les technologies de l’information et de la communication changent l’art du possible dans les organisations. L’usage de ces technologies et la conception des systèmes d’information constituent un enjeu majeur pour les entreprises. Ces dernières ont notamment un grand besoin de cadres bien formés à l’informatique, aux télécommunications et à l’ingénierie des systèmes d’information mais aussi aux aspects humains, organisationnels et stratégiques de ces systèmes.

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