In a knowledge- and information-based economy, the management of the resource information is a key issue. The research group does action research in specific topics such as:

• Strategic information management
• Service management and ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
• Control objectives for information and related Technology (CobiT) framework
• Process design and workflow management systems
• Community building processes and cooperative work environments
• Information management for NPO's and/or NGO's
• Knowledge management

 The textbook 'Information Management for NPO's, NGO's et al. - Strategy, Organisation and Implementation' (in German) covers the following topics:

• Strategic information systems planning
• Organization structure and managing the project portfolio
• Information and process engineering
• Portals and community building processes
• Data security and data protection
• Controlling and benchmarking

Publications

Andreas Meier: Information Management for NPO's, NGO's et al. (in German) Springer 2006, 206 pages (Buy at Springer.com, Amazon.de)

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Research

Recent PhD thesis in information management are:

• Web-based information exchange platforms for international humanitarian projects (in German) by Stefan Hüsemann, Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, 2003
• Planning in software project management - An empirical research of software companies in Vietnam by Quynh Mai Nguyen, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Fribourg, 2006
• Improving performance through linking IT and TQM in Vietnamese organizations by Thuy Quynh Loan Nguyen, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Fribourg, 2006
• Intra-organizational Knowledge transfer process in Vietnam's information technology companies by Thi Bich Ngoc Pham, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Fribourg, forthcoming 2008