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Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (Dipl.-Phys.) Marcus Birkenkrahe

Professorship for Business Information Systems, particularly company application software
Specialist area: Business Information Systems
Professor


T: +49 (0)30 30877-1450
E: msb@hwr-berlin.de


Visitor's address
Schöneberg Campus
Building B
Room 518
Badensche Straße 50-51
10825 Berlin

Postal address
Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin
Schöneberg Campus
Badensche Straße 52
10825 Berlin
Germany

 

Academic and Professional Career

  • Studied Physics and Mathematics in Hamburg, Munich and Delft (NL) – Ph.D.
  • Post-doc at research institute DESY-Zeuthen, Berlin
  • Chairman of the Board, Globewide Network Academy, Inc., TX (USA)
  • Senior Internet Architect, Director of Knowledge Management, Accenture, London, UK
  • Senior Strategist; Global Knowledge Manager, Shell International, London, UK
  • Visiting Professor (Knowledge Management) University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand
  • Partner, Executive Coaching, Changepartnership GmbH, Berlin

Key Aspects of practise

  • Interactive teaching in virtual 3D environments
  • Didactics of e-learning
  • Web applications esp. social media apps.
  • Digital communities

International contacts (e. g.)

  • Wide network of industry contacts across Europe and the USA
  • Academic contacts to University of Auckland (NZ) and Macquarie University, Sydney (Australia)
  • Contacts to the European Commission, Brussels, and with UNESCO, Paris
  • Contacts to journalists and editors of academic and industry journals
  • Contacts to the Business Angel Club community (Berlin and Brandenburg)

Awards/Honours

  • “Best Article 2002” in the University of Auckland Business Review, Auckland, NZ.
  • “Best Campus-Wide Information System on the Web” and “Best Online Course on the Web” (Organisational Committee of the 1st World-Wide Web Conference, CERN).
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London (UK).

External relations

  • Macquarie Institute for Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
  • University of Auckland Business School, Auckland, New Zealand

Expert for

  • Knowledge management
  • Business information systems
  • E-learning
  • Executive coaching

Key Aspects in Teaching

  • Knowledge Management Systems
  • Business Process Management Tools
  • Web-based information systems
  • Internet / Digital communities

Research Projects and Fields

  • Professional training towards the use of new media and web 2.0 in higher education and on the job – supported by European Social Fund 2009-2012.
  • „InterKomp KMU 2.0“ - Internationales IT-gestütztes Projekt- und Wissensmanagement im multikulturellen Umfeld (gem. mit TFH Wildau) – gefördert vom BMBF 2010-2013.
  • Interactive teaching in 3D environments
  • Center for Teaching Excellence of the Berlin School of Economics and Law

Planned projects

  • On the Sublime in Information Architectures
  • Organisational constellations as a Leadership Transformation Tool

Selected, current Publications

  • Birkenkrahe, M., Habermann, F., Quade, S. (2012) Manage Projects Smarter: Picking Tools for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, ICELW 2012 - International Conference on E-Learning in the Workplace, New York, proceedings, online-journals.org/i-jac/article/view/2175
  • Birkenkrahe, M., Kjellin, H., Quade, S. : Applying a formalized context to inspire people to develop transferable descriptions of knowledge (2011) in: Proceedings of the 5th GUIDE International Conference, Italy, Rome, Nov. 2011 ISBN 978-88-97772-00-2
  • Birkenkrahe, M., Habermann, F., Quade, S. (2011) Improving Collaborative Learning and Global Project Management in Small and Medium Enterprises, ICELW 2011 – International Conference on E-Learning in the Workplace, New York, June 2011, ISBN 978-0-9827670-1-6; best recommended paper for publishing in the “International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning (iJAC)” Vol 4, No 4. Online: online-journals.org/i-jac/issue/view/113; ISSN: 1867- 5565
  • Birkenkrahe, M., Habermann, F., Quade, S. (2011) Ubiquitous Project Management Using Interactive Virtual 3D Worlds ;in: Proceedings of the 4th Conference on e-Learning Excellence in the Middle East 2011, UAE, Dubai, January 2011 ISBN 978-9948- 15-948-3, pp. 450-466. Online: congress.hbmeu.ac.ae/downloads/eLearning-Conference-2011.pdf
  • Birkenkrahe, M., Gallo, A. (2011) Transfer Of Physical Classroom Techniques To The Virtual Classroom During a Practice Supervision Course, in: Journal of Virtual Studies March 2011; ISSN: 2155-0107 . Online: ejournal.urockcliffe.com/index.php/JOVS/article/view/20/3 — PDF
  • Birkenkrahe, M., Schild, D. (2011) Перенос техник преподавания из аудитории в виртуальный класс на примере курса practice supervision, in: Information Technology in Business, Management and Education Bd. 2, FINEC, St Petersburg; ISBN: 978-5-7310-2739-7
  • 'Interaktive Lehre im Virtuellen Raum: Ein Beitrag zur Hochschuldidaktik', in: Die gute Hochschule: Ideen, Konzepte und Perspektiven, edition sigma, Berlin, Mai 2010.
  • 'From crisis to creativity: undergraduates craft their own online learning modules', Int. J. of Innovation in Education, Vol 1 (1) 2009, pp. 96–119.
  • System constellations as a tool supporting organisational learning and change processes, Int. J. Learning and Change (2008), to appear. Artikel lesen
  • Reif für die Insel - schlanke IT-Lösungen machen Unternehmen fit, mit: A. Benz (FHW), online unter www.odww.net. ISSN 1867-1225. Hamburg, October 2008. Artikel lesen

Selected dissertation topics

  • Internal communication management between front and back office at Kabel Deutschland
  • Internet-based procurement platforms – a discussion of their potential and limitations for small-to medium-sized businesses
  • Measures to solve problems with staff age structure at the BSR by means of knowledge management
  • Improving knowledge sharing on the Job in a customer service organisation
  • Integration strategies for EAI with SAP XI in a multi-national specialist publishing company