Advanced Topics on DTM: Digital Transformation of Management
We will explore the emerging fields of Algorithmic Management and Algoactivism and their implications for organizations and society.
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Quick Info: Master, specialisation "Digital Business" I Seminar I English I 4 weekly hours I 6 ECTS
General information
- Course
- Advanced Topics on Digitalization, Transformation and Management (DTM): Digital Transformation of Management (seminar)
- Chair
- Institute for Digital Management and New Media
- Lecturer
- Dr. Bastian Wurm
- Contact
- Julia Kraus
- Schedule
- Winterterm (seminar)
- SWS
- 4
- ECTS
- 6
- Dates and rooms
- see LSF
- Target group
- BWL, WiPäd, Medieninformatik, MMT
- Recommended prerequisites
- Successful attendance of the course "Managing Digital Media"
- Capacity restrictions
- yes
- Examination
- Presentations and seminar thesis
- Language
- English
- Please note
- Please note that the participation in all dates is mandatory!
Content and course objectives
AI and algorithms rapidly transform how organizations manage employees. For example, Uber uses AI to manage about 7 million drivers worldwide. In this seminar, we will delve into the emerging fields of Algorithmic Management and Algoactivism and their implications for organizations and society. Algorithmic management describes the use of algorithms to control and coordinate workers, whereas Algoactivism refers to movements by workers challenging and criticizing these practices.
The aim of the seminar is to understand how workers communicate with each other, and coordinate activities related to Algoactivism. We will provide you with a dataset from https://www.uberpeople.net/, a forum that is used by Uber drivers. You will work in small groups to derive theoretical and practical conclusions from people's online conversations in this forum. Using computationally intensive methods, you will learn how to analyze text datasets and identify latent topics in textual data.
Application and examination
Places for the seminar are limited.
During the application period spanning from 02.09.2024 to 04.10.2024 (11:59pm) - you can apply via mail to Julia Kraus.
Please include your CV and transcript of records. We will check your application and get back soon.
The examination consists of a mid-term presentation, a final presentation and a seminar thesis that must be handed in after the final presentation. Please check the date in LSF for further information.
