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Prof. Dr. Markus Westner

Markus Westner ist Professor für Wirtschaftsinformatik an der Fakultät für Informatik und Mathematik der OTH Regensburg. Seine Lehr- und Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen in den Bereichen IT-Strategie, IT-Governance und IT-Sourcing. Er ist Mitherausgeber wissenschaftlicher Zeitschriften und Autor zahlreicher wissenschaftlicher Artikel im Bereich IT-Management sowie Gutachter für zahlreiche wissenschaftliche Zeitschriften und Konferenzen. Vor seiner akademischen Laufbahn war er als Unternehmensberater in einer Projektleiterposition bei Bain & Company, einer der weltweit größten Unternehmensberatungen, im Münchner Büro tätig. In dieser Position beriet er Kunden aus den Bereichen Finanzdienstleistungen, Telekommunikation und Hightech in Fragen der Strategie, Organisation und Effizienzsteigerung.

Professor der Fakultät Informatik und Mathematik

Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Consulting, Projektmanagement, Strategisches IT Management, Research Methods

Wissenschaftlicher Beauftragter für virtuelle Lehre

Beauftragter für internationale Studiengangsentwicklung

Lehre

Lehrgebiete

  • Strategisches IT-Management
  • Forschungsmethoden
  • Unternehmensführung
  • Strategisches Management
  • Projektmanagement
  • Betriebswirtschaftslehre

Vorlesungen auf ELO

Abschlussarbeiten

  • IT in KMUs / IT in SMEs / IT im Mittelstand
    • Strategic IT Management in SMEs
    • IT Governance in SMEs
  • Low-Code/No-Code-Plattformen
    • How to transform a company and its IT function with LC/NC
    • How to facilitate the use and adoption of LC/NC in companies
  • IT-Sourcing / Cloud Computing
    • Demand Management in der IT
    • Current trends in vendor and sourcing management
    • Cloud sourcing management
    • As-a-service-/Cloud-Computing Wirtschaftlichkeit
    • Software Governance: make vs. buy/rent
    • Strategische Aspekte des Cloud Computings als Sourcing Option: Resilienz, Lock-in etc.
  • Interim Management in der IT
  • Cybersecurity
    • Cybersecurity strategy: A CIO's Perspective
    • Die Rolle des CISO und des strategischen Cybersecurity Managements
  • IT-Outsourcing: Practitioner-Oriented Literature Review on Recent Developments in IT-Outsourcing Using Semantic Entity Annotators and Keyness Methodology
  • IT-Offshoring 
    • Implementation of Knowledge Sharing in Germany-based Global Software Development (GSD) Organizations
    • Practitioner-Oriented Literature Review on Recent Developments in IT-Offshoring Using Semantic Entity Annotators and Keyness Methodology
  • Agiles Projektmanagement bzw. Agile Softwareentwicklung: Practitioner-Oriented Literature Review on Recent Developments in Agile Project Management Using Semantic Entity Annotators and Keyness Methodology
  • In Zusammenarbeit mit Bayernwerk
    • Thema 1: Wie können Chat GPT oder weitere Large Language Models (LLM) gewinnbringend und rechtskonform für das Bayernwerk eingesetzt werden?
    • Thema 2: Wie können Chat GPT oder weitere Large Language Models (LLM) die digitale Lösungsentwicklung beim Bayernwerk beschleunigen?

Generic

  • Digitale Transformation bei Unternehmen XYZ
    (English: Digital Transformation at company XYZ)
  • IT-Strategie bei Unternehmen XYZ
    (English: IT-Strategy at company XYZ)
  • IT-Sourcing bei Unternehmen XYZ
    (English: IT-Sourcing at company XYZ)
  • IT-Projektportfoliomanagement bei Unternehmen XYZ
    (English: IT-Project-Portfolio-Management at company XYZ)
  • IT-Projektmanagement bei Unternehmen XYZ
    (English: IT-Project-Management at company XYZ)
  • Andere Themen mit Bezug zu IT-Management bzw. IT-Controlling
    (English: Other IT-Performance-Management related topics)

Forschung

Forschungsinteressen

  • IT Strategie
  • IT Governance
  • IT Sourcing
  • Cloud Computing
  • Low-Code/No-Code
  • Shadow IT
  • Business-Managed IT

Labor(e)

  • Regensburg Strategic IT Management (ReSITM)

Forschungseinheit

  • RCAI

Werdegang

Studium

  • Dipl.-Kfm.
  • Master of Computing (Unitec)

Promotion

  • Dr. rer. pol.

Berufliche Erfahrungen

  • Bain & Company
  • The Boston Consulting Group
  • Vodafone New Zealand
  • Microsoft Germany

Funktionen intern

  • Studiendekan
  • Sprecher der Studiendekan
  • Fakultätsratmitglied
  • Auslandsbeauftragter
  • E-Learning-Beauftragter der OTH Regensburg

Mitgliedschaften extern

  • Association for Information Systems (AIS)

Publikationen/Vorträge

REFEREED ACADEMIC JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

  • Kratzer, S., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (forthcoming). Four decades of chief information officer research: A literature review and research agenda based on main path analysis. The Data Base for Advances in Information Systems (in press).
  • Klotz, S., Kratzer, S., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2022). Literary sketches in information systems research: Conceptualization and guidance for using vignettes as a narrative form. Information Systems Management, 39(4), 345-362. doi.org/10.1080/10580530.2021.1996661
  • Klotz, S., Kopper, A., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2022). Von Schatten-IT zu Business-managed IT: Fachbereichs-IT gezielt gestalten. Wirtschaftsinformatik & Management, 14(4), 282-287. doi.org/10.1365/s35764-022-00421-7
  • Brosig, C., Strahringer, S., & Westner, M. (2022). From selling machinery to hybrid offerings: Organizational impact of digital servitization on manufacturing firms. International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management, 10(3), 5–27. doi.org/10.12821/ijispm100301
  • Klotz, S., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2022). Critical success factors of business-managed IT: It takes two to tango. Information Systems Management, 39(3), 220–240. doi.org/10.1080/10580530.2021.1938300
  • Kratzer, S., Strahringer, S., & Westner, M. (2022). Der Chief Information Officer als Forschungsgegenstand: Ein Blick zurück auf vier Jahrzehnte Forschung und ein Ausblick auf zukünftige Perspektiven. HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 59, 721-740. doi.org/10.1365/s40702-022-00878-5
  • Hillebrand, P., Westner, M., & Matschi, M. (2022). Schlüsselfaktoren erfolgreicher CIOs. HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 59, 762-779. doi.org/10.1365/s40702-022-00867-8
  • Wulf, F., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2022). We have a platform, but nobody builds on it: What influences Platform-as-a-Service post-adoption? International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management, 10(1), 49–70. doi.org/10.12821/ijispm100103
  • Hillebrand, P., & Westner, M. (2022). Success factors of long-term CIOs. Information Systems and E-Business Management, 20(1), 79–122. doi.org/10.1007/s10257-021-00546-z
  • Wulf, F., Westner, M., Schön, M., Strahringer, S., & Loebbecke, C. (2021). Cloud-Computing-Nutzung bei der Continental AG. Wirtschaftsinformatik & Management, 13(4), 302–309. doi.org/10.1365/s35764-021-00342-x
  • Wulf, F., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2021). Cloud computing adoption: A literature review on what is new and what still needs to be addressed. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 48(1), 523–561. doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.04843
  • Könning, M., Strahringer, S., & Westner, M. (2021). Unraveling the impact of cultural distance on it outsourcing success: insights from three major sourcing reconfigurations. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 34(3), 811–837. doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-06-2019-0151
  • Kopper, A., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2020). From shadow IT to business-managed IT: A qualitative comparative analysis to determine configurations for successful management of it by business entities. Information Systems and E-Business Management, 18(2), 209–257. doi.org/10.1007/s10257-020-00472-6
  • Bary, B. von, Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2020). It-Backsourcing: Empirische Erkenntnisse und Handlungsempfehlungen für eine erfolgreiche Re-integration der IT-Serviceerbringung. HMD Praxis Der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 57(4), 849–865. doi.org/10.1365/s40702-020-00591-1
  • Bary, B. von, Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2019). IT Backsourcing: Insights and implications from a global survey with IT practitioners. International Journal of IT/Business Alignment and Governance, 10(2), 20–34. doi.org/10.4018/IJITBAG.2019070102
  • Kopper, A., Klotz, S., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2019). Shadow IT and business-managed IT: Practitioner perceptions and their comparison to literature. Journal of Information Technology Management, 30(4), 1–25.
  • Bary, B. von, Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2019). How decision maker's personal preferences influence the decision to backsource IT services. Journal of Information Technology Management, 30(3), 1–22
  • Könning, M., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2019). A systematic review of recent developments in IT outsourcing research. Information Systems Management, 36(1), 78–96. doi.org/10.1080/10580530.2018.1553650
  • Klotz, S., Kopper, A., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2019). Causing factors, outcomes, and governance of Shadow IT and business-managed IT: A systematic literature review. International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management, 7(1), 15–43. doi.org/10.12821/ijispm070102
  • Strasser, A., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2019). Knowledge transfer in IS offshoring: A Delphi study of the offshore coordinator role. Journal of Systems and Information Technology, 21(1), 36–62. doi.org/10.1108/JSIT-01-2018-0008
  • Kopper, A., Fürstenau, D., Zimmermann, S., Klotz, S., Rentrop, C., Rothe, H., . . . Westner, M. (2018). Shadow IT and business-managed IT: A conceptual framework and empirical illustration. International Journal of IT/Business Alignment and Governance, 9(2), 53–71. doi.org/10.4018/IJITBAG.2018070104
  • Bary, B. von, Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2018). Adding experts’ perceptions to complement existing research on information systems backsourcing. International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management, 6, 17–35. doi.org/10.12821/ijispm060402
  • Kobus, J., Westner, M., Strahringer, S., & Strode, D. (2018). Enabling digitization by implementing Lean IT: Lessons learned. The TQM Journal, 15(3), 215–229. doi.org/10.1108/TQM-02-2018-0026
  • Kobus, J., Westner, M., Strahringer, S., & Strode, D. E. (2018). Lean management in IT organizations: A ranking-type delphi study of implementation success factors. Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application, 19(1).
  • Bary, B. von, & Westner, M. (2018). Information systems backsourcing: A literature review. Journal of Information Technology Management, 24(1), 62–78.
  • Kobus, J., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2017). Change management lessons learned for Lean IT implementations. International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management, 5(1), 47–60. doi.org/10.12821/ijispm050103
  • Kopper, A., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2017). Kontrollierte Nutzung von Schatten-IT. HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 54(1), 97–110. doi:10.1365/s40702-016-0286-x
  • Kobus, J., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2016). Einführung von Lean Management in IT-Organisationen. HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 53(6), 879–893. doi:10.1365/s40702-016-0266-1
  • Strasser, A., & Westner, M. (2015): Information systems offshoring: Results of a systematic literature review. Journal of Information Technology Management, 26(2), 70–142.
  • Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2010): Determinants of success in IS offshoring projects: Results from an empirical study of German companies. Information & Management, 47(5-6), 291–299.
  • Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2010): The current state of IS offshoring in Germany: Project characteristics and success patterns. Journal of Information Technology Management, 21(1), 49‑70.
  • Westner, Markus & Strahringer, Susanne (2008): Evaluation criteria for selecting offshoring candidates. An analysis of practices in German businesses. In: Journal of Information Technology Management, 19(4), 16–34.

REFEREED ACADEMIC CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  • Brosig, C., Bley, K., Strahringer, S., & Westner, M. (2022). The missing piece: Calibration of qualitative data for qualitative comparative analyses in IS research. In ECIS 2022 Proceedings. Timisoara.
  • Käss, S., Godefroid, M., Borghoff, V., Strahringer, S., Westner, M., & Plattfaut, R. (2021). Towards a taxonomy of concepts describing IT outside the IT department. In Australasian Conference on Information Systems.
  • Brosig, C., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2021). Linking it assets and competitive advantage: IT capabilities of servitized business models. In 34th Bled eConference (pp. 111–124). doi.org/10.18690/978-961-286-385-9.9
  • Wulf, F., Lindner, T., Strahringer, S., & Westner, M. (2021). IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS? The why of cloud computing delivery model selection: Vignettes on the post-adoption of cloud computing. In Proceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (pp. 6285–6294).
  • Brosig, C., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2020). Revisiting the concept of IT capabilities in the era of digitalization. In IEEE 22nd Conference on Business Informatics (CBI) (pp. 84–93). IEEE. doi.org/10.1109/CBI49978.2020.00017
  • Klotz, S., Westner, M., & and Strahringer, S. (2020). From Shadow IT to business-managed IT and back again: How responsibility for IT instances evolves over time. In PACIS 2020 Proceedings.
  • Wulf, F., Westner. M., Schoen, M., Strahringer, S., Loebbecke, C. (2019). Preparing for a digital future: Cloud strategy at Continental AG. In ICIS 2019 Proceedings. Munich.
  • Zemler, F., Westner, M. (2019). Blockchain and GDPR: Application scenarios and compliance requirements. In PICMET 2019 Proceedings. Portland.
  • Klotz, S., Westner, M., Strahringer, S., & Schieder, C. (2019). Transformed knowledge sharing through business-managed IT and shadow IT. In AMCIS 2019 Proceedings. Cancun.
  • Wulf,  F., Strahringer,  S., & Westner,  M. (2019). Information security risks, benefits, and mitigation measures in cloud sourcing. In 21st IEEE International Conference on Business Informatics (CBI) (pp. 258–267). Moscow. https://doi.org/10.1109/CBI.2019.00036
  • Könning, M., Heinrich, K., Leyh, C., & Westner, M. (2019). A quantitative analysis of regional differences in pivotal IT outsourcing contract features. In ECIS 2019 Proceedings. Stockholm.
  • Grundler, A., & Westner, M. (2019). Scaling agile frameworks vs. traditional project portfolio management: Comparison and analysis. In P. Kommers, T. Issa, T. Issa, P. Isaías, & W. Hui (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conferences on Internet Technologies & Society (ITS 2019) (pp. 51–62). Hong Kong.
  • Westner, M., Fuhrmann, T., Waas, T., & Skelton, D. (2018). Internationalization of a computer science faculty: Lessons learned from a regional German technical university of applied sciences. In GSTF (Ed.), 9th Annual International Conference on Computer Science Education: Innovation and Technology (CSEIT 2018) (pp. 33–38).
  • Bary, B. von, Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2018). Do researchers investigate what practitioners deem relevant? Gaps between research and practice in the field of information systems backsourcing. In 20th IEEE International Conference on Business Informatics (CBI). Vienna.
  • Kopper, A., Fuerstenau, D., Zimmermann, S., Rentrop, C., Rothe, H., Strahringer, S., & Westner, M. (2018). Business-managed IT: A conceptual framework and empirical illustration. In ECIS 2018 Proceedings. Portsmouth.
  • Könning, M., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2018). Multisourcing on the rise: Results from an analysis of more than 1,000 IT outsourcing deals in the ASG region. In P. Drews, B. Funk, P. Niemeyer, & L. Xie (Eds.), Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik 2018: Data driven X - Turning Data into Value (pp. 1813–1824). Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität.
  • Sonnleitner, D., & Westner, M. (2017). Quo vadis IT infrastructure: Decision support for cloud computing adoption from a business perspective. In J.-M. Griffiths, R. McLean, & M. Kutar (Eds.), Ubiquitous information systems. Surviving & thriving in a connected society. UKAIS.
  • Kobus, J., Westner, M., & Strahringer, S. (2016). Lean management of IT organizations: A perspective of IT slack theory. In ICIS 2016 Proceedings. Dublin.
  • Westner, M., Skelton, D., & Tinat, J. (2016). Enhancing students’ IS offshoring capabilities: An international blended teaching concept. In M. Verhaart, A. Sarkar, E. Erturk, & S. Morton (Eds.), 7th annual conference of Computing and Information Technology Research and Education New Zealand (CITRENZ 2016). Wellington, New Zealand.
  • Kopper, A., & Westner, M. (2016). Towards a taxonomy for shadow IT. In AMCIS 2016 Proceedings. San Diego.
  • Kobus, J., & Westner, M. (2016). Ranking-type delphi studies in IS research: Step-by-step guide and analytical extension. In M. B. Nunes, P. Isaías, & P. Powell (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th IADIS International Conference Information Systems (pp. 28–38). Vilamoura.
  • Kopper, A., & Westner, M. (2016). Deriving a framework for causes, consequences, and governance of shadow IT from literature. In V. Nissen, D. Stelzer, S. Straßburger, & F. Danie (Eds.), Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI) 2016. Technische Universität Ilmenau 09. - 11. März 2016 (pp. 1687–1698). Ilmenau, Thür: TU Ilmenau Universitätsbibliothek.
  • Kobus J. & Westner, M. (2015): Lean management of IT organizations: Implementation success factors and theoretical foundation. In AMCIS 2015 Proceedings, Puerto Rico.
  • Kobus, J. & Westner, M. (2015): Lean management of IT organizations: A literature review. In PACIS 2015 Proceedings. Singapore, Paper 172.
  • Strasser, A. & Westner, M. (2015): Knowledge transfer in IS offshoring: Processes, roles, and success factors. In PACIS 2015 Proceedings. Singapore, Paper 210.
  • Westner, M. (2009): Antecedents of success in IS offshoring projects. Proposal for an empirical research study. In Newell, S.; Whitley, E.; Pouloudi, N.; Wareham, J.; Mathiassen, L. (Eds.): Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Information Systems. Verona, pp. 3104–3116.
  • Westner, M. & Strahringer, S. (2007): Current state of IS offshoring research. A descriptive meta-analysis. In Mäkiö, Juho; Betz, Stefanie; Stephan, Rolf (Eds.): Offshoring of software development. Methods and tools for risk management. Karlsruhe: Universitätsverlag Karlsruhe, pp. 7–22.

BOOKS

  • Westner, Markus (2009): IS offshoring. Essays on project suitability and success. Wiesbaden: SpringerGabler

TEACHING CASES

NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

  • Strahringer, S., & Westner, M. (2022). Von der IT-Leitung zur (Mit‑)Gestaltung der digitalen Transformation: Die sich wandelnde Rolle der Führung in der IT. HMD Praxis Der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 59(3), 717–720. doi.org/10.1365/s40702-022-00875-8
  • Westner, M. (2022). Rezension „Designed for Digital“. HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik,
  • 59(3), 961-966. doi.org/10.1365/s40702-022-00877-6
  • Strahringer, S., Westner, M., & von Bary, B. (2019). IT-Backsourcing. In WISU - Das Wirtschaftsstudium, (6), pp. 702–706.
  • Westner, M., & Fuhrmann, T. (2018). Entwicklung eines Programms für internationale Gastdozierende als Good Practice Modell für die Hochschulinternationalisierung. In ICM2018: Konferenz zur Internationalisierung der Curricula in den MINT-Fächern. Berlin.
  • Kopper, A., Strahringer, S., & Westner, M. (2017). Kontrollierte Nutzung von Schatten-IT. In Edition HMD. IT-GRC-Management – Governance, Risk und Compliance: Grundlagen und Anwendungen (pp. 129–150). Wiesbaden: Springer.
  • Westner, M., Kennedy, F., & Furlong, Á. (2017). Global student collaboration through international blended learning. In L. Gómez Chova, A. López Martínez, & I. Candel Torres (Eds.), ICERI2017 Proceedings (pp. 7625–7631). IATED Academy. doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2017.2030
  • Westner, M. (2017). Video-enhanced lectures in high-teaching-load environments with limited resources: Benefits and challenges for lecturers and students. In L. Gómez Chova, A. López Martínez, & I. Candel Torres (Eds.), INTED 2017 Proceedings (pp. 197–207). doi.org/10.21125/inted.2017.0168
  • Strahringer, S., Westner, M., & Kobus, J. (2017). Lean IT: Lean Management in IT-Organisationen. WISU - Das Wirtschaftsstudium. (1), 87–92
  • Schwertsik, A., & Westner, M. (2014). Produktorientierte IT-Leistungsverrechnung als Brückenschlag zwischen IT-Leistungserstellung und -verwendung: Fallstudie anhand eines international führenden Industriegüterunternehmens. In T. Barton, B. Erdlenbruch, F. Herrmann, & C. Müller (Eds.), Prozesse, Technologie, Anwendungen, Systeme und Management 2014. Angewandte Forschung in der Wirtschaftsinformatik (pp. 78–91). Berlin: News & Media
  • Westner, M., & Strasser, A. (2014): IT-Offshoring. In: WISU - Das Wirtschaftsstudium, (5), 650‑652
  • Westner, M. (2007): Information systems offshoring: A review of the literature. TU Dresden. Dresden. (Dresdner Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsinformatik, 51/07)
  • Westner, M. (2006): Übersicht über aktuelle Weblog-Skripte und -Services. In: Picot, Arnold; Fischer, Tim (Eds.): Weblogs professionell. Grundlagen, Konzepte und Praxis im unternehmerischen Umfeld. Heidelberg: dpunkt, pp. 175–190

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