Bastian Wurm
RESEARCH AND TEACHING ASSOCIATE · PH.D. STUDENT IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS Klanggasse 4/29, 1020 Vienna, Austria
(+43) 670-608-0714 | bastian_wurm@web.de | www.linkedin.com/in/bastian-wurm-2a1039135/
“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” - Albert Einstein
Personal Statement
I am a young aspirational scholar positioned in the information systems and organization studies field. In my research, I look into organizational processes of any kind. Whenever possible, I like working with digital trace data, since this form of data allows us insights that other kinds of data do not. Up to now, I have supervised a total of 15 master and bachelor theses spanning a variety of topics. More recently, I supervise theses in the digital entrepreneurship space, e.g. on how corporate incubators influence entrepreneurial behavior. My master thesis was awarded the best master thesis award by the University of Liechtenstein as well as the young scientist award by the society for process management. I am a HICSS Doctoral Fellow and my conference paper on rule growth in holacratic organizations was nominated for the ”that’s interesting” award at EGOS 2019. My work has been published and I have attended a variety of conferences, including the European Group for Organisational Studies, ECIS, and HICSS. Furthermore, one of my papers is accepted for publication in the Communications of the Association for Information Systems and another paper is under review at the Journal of Information Technology.
Education
Vienna University of Economics and Business Vienna, Austria
DOCTORAL STUDIES IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES April 2017 - PRESENT
• Dissertation Topic: Organizational Complexity
• Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jan Mendling
• Focus on digital trace data
• Strong training and research in both, qualitative and quantitative methods
• Graduate of the master class for management in central and eastern Europe with focus on innovative cultures in emerging economies
University of Liechtenstein Vaduz, Liechtenstein
M.SC. IN IT- AND BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT 2014 - 2017
• Courses on the design, implementation, and management of business processes
• Master thesis on the ”Development and Application of a Measurement Scale for Business Process Standardization”
University of Heidelberg Heidelberg, Germany
B.SC. IN ECONOMICS 2011 - 2014
• Specialisation in international economics and foreign trade
• Bachelor thesis on ”Transfer Pricing in multinational Organizations”
Professional Appointments
Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien) Vienna, Austria
RESEARCH AND TEACHING ASSOCIATE April 2017 - PRESENT
• Research and teaching in the area of information systems and business process management
• Supervised courses: Enterprise Modeling, Business Process Innovation, Business Process Management and Organizational Practice
• Supervision of master and bachelor theses in Information Systems with focus on process management and digital entrepreneurship
• Supporting in management activities of the specialization in business administration ”Process and Knowledge Management”
• Involved in Erasmus+ project that seeks to integrate business process management and organizational theory
Hilti AG Buchs, Switzerland
HILTI FELLOW IN IT GOVERNANCE Sept. 2016 - Jan. 2017
• Development of an assessment tool for business process standardization
SAP AG Hallbergmoos and Walldorf, Germany
INTERN PROCESS CONSULTING May 2016 - July 2016
• Evaluation and recommendation for a software to support the APQC framework
KPMG Munich, Germany
INTERN CIO & CFO CONSULTING Feb. 2016 - April 2016
• Process mining for hospitals
IM&C - In formation Management and Consulting GmbH Wiesloch, Germany
STUDENT ASSISTANT Jan. 2014 - Jan. 2016
• Data quality assurance and testing
Publications
Journal Articles
ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION
• von Briel, F., Recker, J., Selander, L., Hukal, P., Jarvenpaa, S., Yoo, Y., Lehmann, J., Chan, Y., Rothe, H., Alpar, P., Fuerstenau, D., Wurm, B., Researching Digital Entrepreneurship: Current Issues and Suggestions for Future Directions, accepted for publication at the Com- munications of the Association for Information Systems
Journal Articles
ARTICLES UNDER REVIEW
• Mendling, J., vom Brocke, J., Grisold, T., Kremser, W., Recker, J., Wurm, B., Socio-Technical Processes as a New Axis of Cohesion for IS Scholarship in the Digital age, under review at the Journal of Information Technology
Journal Manuscripts
MANUSCIPTS IN PREPARATION FOR SUBMISSION
• Wurm, B., Bala, S., Kremser, W., Mendling, J., Minaar, R., Strauss, E., How holacratic organizations use information technology to prevent inertia of organizational rule networks, in preparation for Information Systems Research
• Wurm, B., Grisold, T., Mendling, J., vom Brocke, J., Process Complexity over Time, in preparation for MIS Quarterly
• Grisold, T., Wurm, B., Mendling, J., vom Brocke, J., and planned with: Berente, N., Pentland, B., Lyytinen, K., Recker, J., Lindberg, A., Process mining for theory development and testing, in preparation for the Journal of Management
• Mendling, J., Vidgof, M., Wurm, B., Measuring complexity in process logs, in preparation for Information Science
• Wurm, B., Goel, K., Bandara, W., Rosemann, M., Mendling, J., Design patterns for business process individualization, in preparation for Business Information Systems Engineering (BISE)
• Fleig, C., Beck, D., Wurm, B., Mendling, J., Maedche, A., How to represent contextual factors in business process models, in preparation for Decision Support Systems
• Badakhshan, P., Wurm, B., Grisold, T., Geyer-Klingeberg, J., Mendling, J., vom Brocke, J., The business value of process mining, in preparation for the Journal of Management Information Systems
• Mahringer, C, Grisold, T., Wurm, B., Sele, K., Renzel, B., Danner-Schröder, A., Routine dynamics and grand challenges, in preparation for Organization Studies
• Roozbeh, N., Wurm, B., Mendling, M., Seidel, S., Cyber-physical affordances, in preparation for MIS Quarterly
Conference Papers
PUBLISHED AND ACCEPTED PAPERS
• Wurm, B., Mendling, J. (2020), A theoretical model for business process standardization, accepted for publication in the Workshop Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2020)
• Wurm, B., Grisold, T., Mendling, J., vom Brocke, J. (2019), Complexity of organizational routines over time: Measurement reflections and empirical evidence from a case study, EGOS 2020 (unpublished conference paper)
• Grisold, T., Wurm, B., Mendling, J., vom Brocke, J. (2020), Using process mining to support theorizing about change in organizations, HICSS 2020
• Wurm, B., Goel, K., Bandara, W., Rosemann, M. (2019), Design Patterns for Business Process Individualization, International Conference on Business Process Management
• Wurm, B. (2019), Process Mining as a Strategy of Inquiry: Understanding Design Interventions and the Development of Business Processes, Workshop Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2019)
• Wurm, B., Bala, S., Kremser, W., Mendling, J., Minaar, R., Strauss, E. (2019), Rule growth in holacratic organizations, EGOS 2019 (unpub- lished conference paper)
• Wurm, B., Schmiedel, T., Mendling, J., Felig, C. (2018), Development of a measurement scale for business process standardization, ECIS 2018
• Wurm, B. (2018), Patterns of Stability and Change in Business Processes, International Workshop on Enterprise Modeling and Informa- tion Systems Architectures (EMISA 2018)
Book Chapters
ACCEPTED AND UNDER REVIEW
• Wurm, B., Grisold, T., Mendling, J., vom Brocke, J., Business process management and routine dynamics, accepted for publication in the Cambridge Handbook of Routine Dynamics, Luciana D’Adderio, Katharina Dittrich, Martha S. Feldman, Brian Pentland, Claus Rerup, David Seidl (eds.), Cambridge University Press
• Wurm, B., Minaar, R., Mendling, J., Hallmann, M., Bala, S., Kremser, W., Strauss, E., The Springest story: How IT enables holacratic organizations, under review for Digitalization Cases (2nd edition), Nils Urbach, Maximilian Röglinger (eds.), Springer
Honors & Awards
2019 Nominee
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”That’s interesting” Award at EGOS 20192017 Winner
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Young Scientist Award by the Society for Process Management 2017 Winner,
Best Master Thesis Award by the University of LiechtensteinProjects
BPM and Organizational Theory: An Integrated Reference Curriculum Design
ERASMUS+ PROJECT
• Erasmus+ project together with the University of Liechtenstein, University of Cologne, and Radboud University on the integration of business process management and organizational theory
• Funded by: European Union
• Project run time: September 2019 - August 2021
• Lead university: University of Liechtenstein
• Project manager for the Vienna University of Economics and Business: Development and testing of curriculum materials
• Development of an interdisciplinary curriculum to teach organizational processes
• Total grant volume: 209,492.00 EUR
• Grant volume for the Vienna University of Economics and Business: 55,116.00 EUR
Research Talks
MIS Quarterly Author Development Workshop Virtually
COMPLEXITY OF ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES OVER TIME: MEASUREMENT REFLECTIONS AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
FROM A CASE STUDY August 2020
• Two year longitudinal case study of how process complexity developed at an international organization
• Methodologically based on digital trace data and process mining using the pm4py library in Python European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS 2020), Routine dynamics and
grand challenges track Virtually
COMPLEXITY OF ORGANIZATIONAL ROUTINES OVER TIME: MEASUREMENT REFLECTIONS AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
FROM A CASE STUDY July 2020
• Two year longitudinal case study of how process complexity developed at an international organization
• Methodologically based on digital trace data and process mining using the pm4py library in Python European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS 2020), PDW on Algorithms and
Organizing Virtually
PROCESS MINING AS A METHOD TO DETECT ALGORITHMIC SHIFTS July 2020
• Discussion on how process mining can be used to research algorithms in organizations
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2020) Grand Wailea Maui, USA
USING PROCESS MINING TO SUPPORT THEORIZING ABOUT CHANGE IN ORGANIZATIONS Jan. 2020
• Conceptual paper on how process mining can be used to support theorizing about organizational change and organizational routines, in particular
University of Liechtenstein, Routines Community Meeting Vaduz, Liechtenstein
PROCESS MINING AS A RESEARCH METHOD Nov. 2019
• Introduction of process mining as a research method and hands-on exercises with Celonis
University of Cologne, Process Seminar Cologne, Germany
RULE GROWTH IN HOLACRATIC ORGANIZATIONS Nov. 2019
• Introduction to Holacracy and presentation of our findings on how rule growth in holacratic organizations takes place
International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2019) Vienna, Austria
DESIGN PATTERNS FOR BUSINESS PROCESS INDIVIDUALIZATION Sept. 2019
• Paper presentation on how business processes can be individualized
European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS 2019), Formal Organization
track Edinburgh, Scotland
RULE GROWTH IN HOLACRATIC ORGANIZATIONS July 2019
• Paper presentations on rule growth in holacratic organizations
European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS 2019), PDW for the Cambridge
Handbook of Routine Dynamics Edinburgh, Scotland
BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT AND ROUTINE DYNAMICS July 2019
• Presentation of and feedback on chapter idea
Aalto University, Routines Community Meeting Helsinki, Finland
PROCESS MINING AND ROUTINE DYNAMICS May 2019
• Presentation of how process mining can be used as a method to research organizational routines
Warwick Business School, Routines Community Meeting Coventry, United Kingdom
RULE GROWTH IN HOLACRATIC ORGANIZATIONS Feb. 2019
• Presentation of a dynamic network analysis that demonstrates how rules in holacratic organizations develop over time
European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2018) Portsmouth, United Kingdom
DEVELOPMENT OF A MEASUREMENT SCALE FOR BUSINESS PROCESS STANDARDIZATION June 2018
• Poster presentation of short paper on the development of a measurement scale for business process standardization International Workshop on Enterprise Modeling and Information Systems
Architectures Rostock, Germany
PATTERNS OF STABILITY AND CHANGE IN BUSINESS PROCESSES May 2018
• Paper presentation on how process mining can be used to investigate change in business processes
Doctoral Schools and Consortia
Doctoral Seminar organized by the University of Liechtenstein, University of Cologne, University of Frankfurt, and the Vienna University of Economics and Business
Flumserberg, Switzerland
PROCESS COMPLEXITY OVER TIME Feb. 2020
• Paper discussions and discussion of research projects
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2020), Doctoral
Consortium Grand Wailea Maui, USA
PROCESS MINING AS A STRATEGY OF INQUIRY: UNDERSTANDING DESIGN INTERVENTIONS AND THE DEVELOPMENT
OF BUSINESS PROCESSES Jan. 2020
• Presentation and discussion of the research proposal
International Ph.D. Course on Theories in Information Systems Oslo and Kristiansand, Norway
SUPERVISORS: DEVENDRA BAHADUR THAPA AND SUNDEEP SAHAY Sept. 2019
• Reading assignments, class discussions, discussion of research proposal, and term paper International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2019), Doctoral
Consortium Vienna, Austria
PROCESS MINING AS A STRATEGY OF INQUIRY: UNDERSTANDING DESIGN INTERVENTIONS AND THE DEVELOPMENT
OF BUSINESS PROCESSES Sept. 2019
• Presentation and discussion of research proposal
European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS 2019), Doctoral Consortium Edinburgh, Scotland
PATTERNS OF STABILITY AND CHANGE IN BUSINESS PROCESSES July 2019
• Presentation and discussion of research proposal
European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2018), Doctoral Consortium Portsmouth, United Kingdom
PATTERNS OF STABILITY AND CHANGE IN BUSINESS PROCESSES June 2018
• Presentation and discussion of research proposal
Doctoral Seminar organized by the University of Liechtenstein, University of Cologne, University of Frankfurt, and the Vienna University of Economics and Business
Davos, Switzerland
BUSINESS PROCESS STANDARDIZATION Feb. 2018
• Paper discussions and discussion of students’ research projects
Doctoral Seminar organized by the University of Cologne, University of
Frankfurt, and the Vienna University of Economics and Business Vienna, Austria
BUSINESS PROCESS STANDARDIZATION July 2017
• Paper discussions and discussion of students’ research projects
Doctoral Seminar organized by the University of Liechtenstein, University of Cologne, University of Frankfurt, and the Vienna University of Economics and Business
Davos, Switzerland
BUSINESS PROCESS STANDARDIZATION AND POSITIVE DEVIANCE Feb. 2017
• Paper discussions and discussion of students’ research projects
Research Stays
University of Liechtenstein Vaduz, Liechtenstein
PROCESS MINING FOR ORGANIZATIONAL ROUTINES March 2019
• Work with Thomas Grisold and Jan vom Brocke on computational approaches to research organizational routines (published in HICSS 2020)
Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Australia
DESIGN PATTERNS FOR PROCESS INDIVIDUALIZATION August 2018
• Work with Michael Rosemann and Wasana Bandara on design patterns for business process individualization (published in BPM 2019)
University of Liechtenstein Vaduz, Liechtenstein
BUSINESS PROCESS STANDARDIZATION Sept. 2017
• Work with Theresa Schmiedel on process standardization (published in ECIS 2018)
Teaching Experience
Business Process Management and Organizational Practice
WINTER SEMESTER 2020/2021 (UPCOMING)
• Interdisciplinary course that combines insights and methods from business process management and routine dynamics
• Bachelor course for the specialization process and knowledge management in the study programs business administration, business informatics and commercial law
Business Process Innovation
WINTER SEMESTER 2019/2020 AND SUMMER SEMESTER 2020
• Basics of business process management and business process innovation
• Bachelor course for the specialization process and knowledge management in the study programs business administration, business informatics and commercial law
• Course size: 24-30 students Enterprise Modeling
SUMMER SEMESTER 2018, WINTER SEMESTER 2018/2019, AND SUMMER SEMESTER 2019
• ARIS modeling of organizations and organizational processes
• Bachelor course for the the study programs business administration, business informatics and commercial law
• Course size: 22-30 students
Community Service
REVIEW ACTIVITIES
• Reviewer for ICIS 2020
• Reviewer for the International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik 2020
• Reviewer for HICSS 2020
• Reviewer for BPM 2019
• Reviewer for ECIS 2019
• Reviewer for BPM 2018
• Reviewer for ECIS 2018
• Reviewer for Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik 2018
• Reviewer for ICIS 2017
CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
• Member of the organizing committee for the International Conference on Business Process Management 2019, Vienna, Austria
• Member of the organizing committee for the International Semantic Web Conference 2018, Vienna, Austria
References
Prof. Dr. Jan Mending
Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria Deputy Head of the Department for Information Systems Phone: +43-1-31336/5200
E-Mail: jan.mendling@wu.ac.at
Prof. Dr. Michael Rosemann
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Full Professor
E-Mail: m.rosemann@qut.edu.au
Prof. Dr. Jan vom Brocke
University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein Head of the Institute for Information Systems Phone: +423 265 13 20
E-Mail: jan.vom.brocke@uni.li
