| Lecturer | Prof. Carol Saunders Department of Management, University of Central Florida, USA |
| Date | End of May 2021 |
| Room/Adress | TU Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics |
| Seminar content | The first part of the course will focus on providing an overview of what theory is and address its relevance in the digital age. In particular, the value of theorizing to build a theory will be discussed. In the second part of the course, several specific approaches to theory building (e.g., metatriangulation) will be introduced and analyzed, using examples from recent articles published in leading information systems and management journals. |
| Certificate | Ph.D. students from the Faculty of Economics, TU Dresden can earn a certificate according to § 9 of the Ph.D. doctoral regulations (PromO 2018): Ph.D. students of Business Management: § 9 (1) Nr. 5 or 6 Ph.D. students of Business Informatics: § 9 (1) Nr. 6 Ph.D. students of Economics: § 9 (1) Nr. 6 Ph.D. students from other universities can earn a certificate as well. |
| Assignment | – Reading and familiarization with the distributed articles – Attendance and active participation in the seminar |
| Registration | Participation is limited (max. 20). The maximum number of participants has been reached. |