PRISME - Pole of Research on Information and Services Management and Engineering

Overview

Based on a historical experience in Information Systems education and research in our different universities, our center of excellence is devoted to the continuous development of high-level competencies and expertises in the engineering and management of organisational information systems. We reach this objective by :

A research policy favouring academic excellence and recognition through publications in top-ranking journals ;
A strong anchor in the corporate world through applied research projects and educational partnerships (e.a. with SAP, IBM,…) ;
A master program dedicated to information management where many members of the center are involved ;
Participation in various executive education programs at an international level as well as organisation of training days especially dedicated to local economic actors (as e-business days, for instance).

The expertises of the center members allow the study of organisational information systems both from a managerial perspective and from an engineering perspective. Such a cross-disciplinary approach is essential in a field where a focus on a single side has long led to myopic research results, neglecting either the organisation needs or the technological constraints. We believe in the strength and the necessity of cross-disciplinarity for developing new knowledge in the recently growing axes of this field.

In particular, we intend at focusing our common research effort on computer-based services. As a matter of fact, the evolution of our economy demonstrates the rising importance of services, information systems playing an important role in this trend. Famous IT companies (IBM, HP, etc.) have underlined the necessity to develop cross-disciplinary knowledge in this field. Our center of excellence intends to contribute to this development.

Contact :
Stéphane Faulkner
SSH/LSM - Louvain School of Management (LSM)
Chaussée de Binche 151 bte M1.01.01
7000 Mons
stephane.faulkner@uclouvain.be

Prof. Manuel Kolp
SSH/LSM - Louvain School of Management (LSM)
Place des Doyens 1 bte L2.01.01
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
manuel.kolp@uclouvain.be