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Westergren, Ulrika H.ORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0001-7349-6818
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Vieru, D., Westergren, U. H., Vidolov, S. & Plugge, A. (2025). Introduction to the socio-technical issues in organizational information technologies minitrack organizational systems and technology track HICSS-58. In: Tung X. Bui (Ed.), Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences: . Paper presented at 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2025, Waikoloa Village, Big Island, Hawaii, January 7-10, 2025. (pp. 6318-6319). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Introduction to the socio-technical issues in organizational information technologies minitrack organizational systems and technology track HICSS-58
2025 (English)In: Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences / [ed] Tung X. Bui, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2025, p. 6318-6319Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2025
Series
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, ISSN 1530-1605, E-ISSN 2572-6862
National Category
Information Systems, Social aspects
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-239212 (URN)2-s2.0-105005184480 (Scopus ID)9780998133188 (ISBN)
Conference
58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2025, Waikoloa Village, Big Island, Hawaii, January 7-10, 2025.
Available from: 2025-06-17 Created: 2025-06-17 Last updated: 2025-06-17Bibliographically approved
Bomark, S., Öbrand, L. & Westergren, U. H. (2025). Paper was never the problem: the paperless idea as a persistent symbol for organizational digitalization and sustainability. In: Tung X. Bui (Ed.), Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences: . Paper presented at 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2025, Waikoloa Village, Big Island, Hawaii, January 7-10, 2025. (pp. 6360-6369). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Paper was never the problem: the paperless idea as a persistent symbol for organizational digitalization and sustainability
2025 (English)In: Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences / [ed] Tung X. Bui, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2025, p. 6360-6369Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This study problematizes the long-lived assumption that eliminating paper and becoming paperless contributes to organizational digitalization and sustainability efforts. By identifying paperless as a trope in discourse and a norm in practice, we show how the strive for paperless drives digitization of a paper-based logic rather than creates conditions for digital value creation. A sense of doing good when reducing paper, combined with neglecting opportunity costs related to digital technologies can also create adverse effects on sustainability as well as simplify the complexities of converging digitalization efforts with sustainability outcomes.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2025
Series
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, ISSN 1530-1605, E-ISSN 2572-6862
Keywords
digitalization, ecological sustainability, paper-based systems, paperless, trope
National Category
Information Systems, Social aspects
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-239186 (URN)2-s2.0-105005141015 (Scopus ID)9780998133188 (ISBN)
Conference
58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2025, Waikoloa Village, Big Island, Hawaii, January 7-10, 2025.
Available from: 2025-06-17 Created: 2025-06-17 Last updated: 2025-06-17Bibliographically approved
Shenouda, R., Westergren, U. H. & Skog, D. A. (2024). Becoming data-driven: exploring IoT as an enabler for operational agility. In: AMCIS 2024 Proceedings: . Paper presented at AMCIS 2024, Americas Conference on Information Systems, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, August 15-17, 2024. Association for Information Systems, Article ID 1304.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Becoming data-driven: exploring IoT as an enabler for operational agility
2024 (English)In: AMCIS 2024 Proceedings, Association for Information Systems, 2024, article id 1304Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

IoT systems generate data that can improve organizations’ ability to adapt to new demands and proactively address emerging issues. However, to develop such abilities, organizations need to engage in change beyond technical implementations. In this paper, we study the development of a real estate company that, through the adoption of IoT, strives to increase operational agility and become data-driven. Seeking to understand the experiences of key actors across units within this organization, we identify different co-existing rationales regarding the strategic value of data and show how their operationalization in data-driven activities ultimately led to a fragmentation of the data-driven culture within the organization. Furthermore, we highlight the role of customers in the realization of value for data-driven services and how the implementation of IoT can enable new sensing capabilities but also foster expectations of a heightened organizational ability to respond.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Association for Information Systems, 2024
Keywords
Data-driven organization, value creation, Internet of Things, organizational agility
National Category
Information Systems
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-229480 (URN)2-s2.0-85213046967 (Scopus ID)
Conference
AMCIS 2024, Americas Conference on Information Systems, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, August 15-17, 2024
Available from: 2024-09-10 Created: 2024-09-10 Last updated: 2025-01-10Bibliographically approved
Bomark, S. & Westergren, U. H. (2024). Digital sustainability projects: organizational convergence of digitalization and sustainability outcomes. In: Proceedings - 2024 10th International Conference on ICT for Sustainability, ICT4S 2024: . Paper presented at 10th International Conference on ICT for Sustainability, ICT4S 2024, 24-28 June, Stockholm, Sweden. (pp. 65-75). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Digital sustainability projects: organizational convergence of digitalization and sustainability outcomes
2024 (English)In: Proceedings - 2024 10th International Conference on ICT for Sustainability, ICT4S 2024, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2024, p. 65-75Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Contemporary organizations are experiencing an internal and external push towards a digitalization and sustainability convergence. This requires internal information technology (IT) departments to transition from IT projects to digital sustainability projects and develop practices for sustainable value creation. By exploring the sustainability outcomes and ramifications of a digital sustain ability project we show how organizations can leverage internal IT -proj ects with external sustainability demands by developing managerial-, project target prioritization-, and negotiation practices that support digital and sustainability convergence. We thereby highlight the complexity of attaining digital- and sustainability convergence at the organizational level and provide empirical insights into the challenges and opportunities connected to operationalizing and achieving organizational socio-eco-economic digital sustainability goals.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2024
Keywords
green IS, IT implementation, sustain ability, sustainable value creation
National Category
Information Systems, Social aspects
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-234892 (URN)10.1109/ICT4S64576.2024.00016 (DOI)001412766300007 ()2-s2.0-85216096660 (Scopus ID)9798331505288 (ISBN)979-8-3315-0529-5 (ISBN)
Conference
10th International Conference on ICT for Sustainability, ICT4S 2024, 24-28 June, Stockholm, Sweden.
Available from: 2025-02-11 Created: 2025-02-11 Last updated: 2025-04-24Bibliographically approved
Westergren, U. H., Mähler, V. & Jadaan, T. (2024). Enabling digital transformation: Organizational implementation of the internet of things. Information & Management, 61(6), Article ID 103996.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Enabling digital transformation: Organizational implementation of the internet of things
2024 (English)In: Information & Management, ISSN 0378-7206, E-ISSN 1872-7530, Vol. 61, no 6, article id 103996Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

With the steady increase in connectivity and the development of new dynamic, interconnected, and distributed technologies, management teams are seeing opportunities to digitally transform organizational processes. Following a case of Internet of Things (IoT) implementation, the aim of this paper is to explore the transformational potential of IoT and the mechanisms and processes that support or constrain IoT-enabled digital transformation in practice. Through a qualitative case study of an IoT implementation project over a period of two years, we show that IoT can create an opportunity for digital transformation by fundamentally changing organizational and individual perception of work identity and work practices. Furthermore, we show that successful IoT adoption requires proactive leadership that identifies and accounts for both technological capabilities and different stakeholder perspectives. To make use of IoT's capabilities and simultaneously mitigate the risk of privacy infringements one must leverage the role of the observer and the observed.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2024
Keywords
Digital transformation, Internet of Things, Data-driven, Digital mindset
National Category
Information Systems, Social aspects
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-226706 (URN)10.1016/j.im.2024.103996 (DOI)001257349600001 ()2-s2.0-85195816548 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2024-06-19 Created: 2024-06-19 Last updated: 2025-04-24Bibliographically approved
Vieru, D., Westergren, U. H., Vidolov, S. & Plugge, A. (2024). Introduction to the socio-technical issues in organizational information technologies minitrack organizational systems and technology track HICSS-57. In: Tung X. Bui (Ed.), Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences: . Paper presented at 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2024, Waikiki, January 3-6, 2024 (pp. 6665-6666). IEEE Computer Society, 57
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Introduction to the socio-technical issues in organizational information technologies minitrack organizational systems and technology track HICSS-57
2024 (English)In: Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences / [ed] Tung X. Bui, IEEE Computer Society, 2024, Vol. 57, p. 6665-6666Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
IEEE Computer Society, 2024
Series
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, ISSN 1530-1605, E-ISSN 2572-6862 ; 57
National Category
Information Systems, Social aspects
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-228521 (URN)2-s2.0-85199764487 (Scopus ID)9780998133171 (ISBN)
Conference
57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2024, Waikiki, January 3-6, 2024
Available from: 2024-08-19 Created: 2024-08-19 Last updated: 2024-08-19Bibliographically approved
Vieru, D., Westergren, U. H., Vidolov, S. & Plugge, A. (2023). Introduction to the socio-technical issues in organizational information technologies minitrack organizational systems and technology track HICSS-56. In: Tung X. Bui (Ed.), Proceedings of the annual Hawaii international conference on system sciences: . Paper presented at 56th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2023, Virtual, Online, January 3-6, 2023 (pp. 6238-6239). IEEE
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Introduction to the socio-technical issues in organizational information technologies minitrack organizational systems and technology track HICSS-56
2023 (English)In: Proceedings of the annual Hawaii international conference on system sciences / [ed] Tung X. Bui, IEEE, 2023, p. 6238-6239Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
IEEE, 2023
Series
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, ISSN 1530-1605, E-ISSN 2572-6862
National Category
Information Systems, Social aspects
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-206759 (URN)2-s2.0-85152148313 (Scopus ID)9780998133164 (ISBN)
Conference
56th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2023, Virtual, Online, January 3-6, 2023
Available from: 2023-04-27 Created: 2023-04-27 Last updated: 2023-04-27Bibliographically approved
Westergren, U. H. & Jonsson, K. (2023). Likvärdig bedömning av examensarbeten: med uppsatsen i fokus. In: Eva Svedmark (Ed.), Universitetspedagogiska konferensen 2023: högskolepedagogiska pärlor - 30 år av utveckling och erfarenheter. Paper presented at Universitetspedagogiska konferensen 2023, Umeå, Sverige, 8-10 november, 2023 (pp. 59-60). Umeå: Umeå University
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Likvärdig bedömning av examensarbeten: med uppsatsen i fokus
2023 (Swedish)In: Universitetspedagogiska konferensen 2023: högskolepedagogiska pärlor - 30 år av utveckling och erfarenheter / [ed] Eva Svedmark, Umeå: Umeå University, 2023, p. 59-60Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

Examensarbeten utgör en komplex prestation där studenterna förväntas designa och genomföra en vetenskaplig studie, förankra den i litteratur och skriva om sitt arbete i en längre text. Processen involverar dessutom många olika lärare i rollerna som kursansvarig, handledare och examinator, vilket adderar ytterligare nivåer av komplexitet. Tidigare forskning visar att bedömningen av examensarbeten är extra utmanande utifrån aspekter såsom likvärdighet och rättvisa då det är många faktorer som ska samspela och som kan påverka både process och produkt (t.ex. Almarlind,2015; Ciolek Laerum 2009, UKÄ, 2020).

Vid institutionen för informatik har vi genom åren genomfört ett flertal pedagogiska projekt med fokus på uppsatsprocessen. Däribland kan nämnas utveckling av bedömningskriterier, kollegialt stöd för handledning, samt ökad samsyn mellan handledare och examinator. Under 2022 genomfördes två brusinventeringar i avsikt att synliggöra eventuella variationer i lärarnas bedömningar och tolkning av betygskriterier. Dessa visade att det föreligger ett visst mått av brus inom kollegiet vid bedömning av examensarbeten. Med syftet att reducera brus genomfördes under våren 2023 ettprojekt som innebar att två erfarna lärare utsågs som examinatorer för samtliga examensarbeten på kandidatnivå. I examinatorernas uppdrag ingick, förutom själva bedömningarna, att se om det gick att formulera övergripande insikter om institutionens examensarbeten.

Examinatorerna bedömde totalt 42 uppsatser. Snabbt utkristalliserade sig några generella mönster. Till exempel var studenterna generellt väldigt bra på att designa studier och kombinera datakällor. Däremot var det ett brett spann mellan de som förhöll sig extremt empirinära och de som förmådde göra empiriöverskridande resonemang och bidrag. Vidare kunde man ana stora skillnader mellan olika lärares sätt att handleda, bland annat genom uppsatsens problemformulering och förankring i tidigare forskning. Kort sagt, även när bedömningen var samstämmig så var variationen mellan uppsatser stor.

I detta projekt var syftet att minska bruset mellan examinatorer och dra lärdomar kring uppsatsersutformning och genomförande, för att sedan återföra kunskapen till kollegiet. Ambitionen att minska brus är viktig för att kunna säkerställa likvärdiga bedömningar. Det visade sig dock att det inte räcker med samstämmighet kring hur väl någon uppfyller ett betygskriterium, vi måste också vara överens om vad som utgör ett examensarbete i grunden. Det vill säga, det är inte tillräckligt att skapa likvärdiga bedömningar, vi måste också öka samsynen kring vad som förväntas vara produkten och förankra detta bland såväl studenter och handledare som examinatorer. Detta visar att förutom att utveckla processerna runt handledning och examination av examensarbeten, behöver kollegiet sätta själva uppsatsen i fokus.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Umeå: Umeå University, 2023
Series
Skriftserie från Universitetspedagogik och lärandestöd (UPL) ; 2023:3
National Category
Pedagogy Information Systems, Social aspects Pedagogical Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-216920 (URN)978-91-8070-246-1 (ISBN)
Conference
Universitetspedagogiska konferensen 2023, Umeå, Sverige, 8-10 november, 2023
Available from: 2023-11-20 Created: 2023-11-20 Last updated: 2023-11-21Bibliographically approved
Vieru, D., Westergren, U. H. & Vidolov, S. (2022). Introduction to the socio-technical issues in organizational information technologies. In: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2022: Proceedings. Paper presented at 55th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2022, Online, January 3-7, 2022 (pp. 6942-6943). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Introduction to the socio-technical issues in organizational information technologies
2022 (English)In: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2022: Proceedings, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa , 2022, p. 6942-6943Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 2022
Series
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, ISSN 15301605
National Category
Information Systems, Social aspects
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-206887 (URN)2-s2.0-85152271191 (Scopus ID)9780998133157 (ISBN)
Conference
55th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2022, Online, January 3-7, 2022
Available from: 2023-04-20 Created: 2023-04-20 Last updated: 2023-04-20Bibliographically approved
Vieru, D., Westergren, U. H. & Vidolov, S. (2021). Introduction to the social-technical issues in organizational information technologies. In: Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences: . Paper presented at 54th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2021 (pp. 6420-6421). IEEE Computer Society
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Introduction to the social-technical issues in organizational information technologies
2021 (English)In: Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, IEEE Computer Society, 2021, p. 6420-6421Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
IEEE Computer Society, 2021
Series
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, ISSN 1530-1605, E-ISSN 2572-6862
Keywords
Social-Technical Issues in Organizational Information Technologies
National Category
Information Systems, Social aspects
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-185453 (URN)10.24251/HICSS.2021.773 (DOI)2-s2.0-85108311073 (Scopus ID)978-0-9981331-4-0 (ISBN)
Conference
54th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2021
Note

Minitrack organizational systems and technology track HICSS-54

Available from: 2021-06-29 Created: 2021-06-29 Last updated: 2021-06-29Bibliographically approved
Projects
The IoT-Guide: From Product to Service [2015-06149_Vinnova]; Umeå University; Publications
Saarikko, T., Westergren, U. H. & Blomquist, T. (2020). Digital transformation: Five recommendations for the digitally conscious firm. Business Horizons, 63(6), 825-839
Internet of Things in the Public Sector [2016-04565_Vinnova]; Umeå University; Publications
Saarikko, T., Westergren, U. H. & Jonsson, K. (2020). Here, there, but not everywhere: adoption and diffusion of IoT in Swedish municipalities. In: Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2020: Digital Government > Digital Government and the Internet of Things (IoT). Paper presented at 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2020, Maui, Hawaii, January 7-10, 2020 (pp. 2030-2039). IEEE Computer Society
Internet of Things in the Public Sector Step 2 [2017-05001_Vinnova]; Umeå University; Publications
Westergren, U. H., Jonsson, K. & Velsberg, O. (2019). Internet of Things in the Public Sector: Perspectives from Northern Europe. Umeå: Umeå universitet
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