Department of Information and Service Management
Department of Information and Service Management
The Department of Information and Service Management refers to the creative use of information and digital technology in business and the move from industrial to service dominant forms of production.
The increased use of software and advanced analytics in private and public sectors has created a need for business graduates who can work at the interface of business and technology in various managerial or expert positions.
Research
The research at the Department of Information and Service Management is broadly divided into three disciplines: information systems science, management science and logistics, with topics such as digital service development, service networks, behavioral decision making, and data science.
The department deals with adoption, use and impacts of ICT on consumers, companies, and society. Logistics focuses on operations and supply chain management. Management science deals with the application of advanced analytical methods in decision making. The department hosts also the Real-time Economy Competence Center.
Information Systems Science
Information Systems Science at Aalto University School of Business has a strong focus on empirical studies and active cooperation with companies. Besides theoretical contributions, ISS studies often emphasize practical relevance.
Logistics
Logistics in Aalto University School of Business focuses on operations management and supply chain management including both theoretical and application oriented research.
Management Science
Management Science deals with the application of advanced analytical methods to help make better decisions. The terms operations research and business analytics are sometimes used as synonyms for management science.
Real-Time Economy Competence Center
Real-Time Economy is an environment where all the transactions between business parties are in digital format, increasingly automatically generated, and completed in real-time both from business and IT-processing perspectives.
News
Digitalism Challenge course innovated solutions for practical implementation
Helsinki Family Centres, Finnish Tax Administration and Nordea were very satisfied with the applications generated during the course.
HENRY awards Anna Nousiainen for Best HR thesis 2018
Aalto University student investigates the humanizing of workplaces in her thesis work.
Helsinki Family centres, the Finnish Tax Administration and Nordea join the hackathon course for the digitalisation of services
Nearly 100 students will conceptualise and implement digitalisation projects in the Digitalism Challenge course.
Aalto University has excellent possibilities for multidisciplinary research cooperation
Business representatives interviewed for the article related to strategic investments were informed about the results shortly after the data collection.
Events
Occupy Earth course explores the polarized discussions of climates
Interesting exhibition at Harald Herlin Learning Center and Väre by students from Aalto University and Parsons School of Design
Visiting lecture: Akira Minagawa and ‘minä perhonen’
'minä perhonen’ is a fashion and textile design brand founded in 1995 by designer Akira Minagawa to produce clothes that do not lose their allure through the lapse of time.
Aalto University Summer School on Transportation
An intensive learning experience for professionals and graduate students in the field of transportation and urban planning: lectures, workshops and site visits.People
Contact information
Visiting Address
Ekonominaukio 1, Espoo
Postal Address
Aalto University School of Business
Department of Information and Service Management
P.O. Box 21210, 00076 Aalto
Department Administration
Head of the Department: Professor Markku Kuula
Secretary: Merja Mäkinen
School of Business
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