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Dr. Umar Ruhi,
Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa,
Demarais 5145, 55 Laurier Ave. East,
Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
My research interests lie at the intersection of Information Systems and Knowledge Management. I conduct empirical research along various socio-technical research themes as shown above.
Current Themes:
- Enterprise 2.0 &
Knowledge Management
- Pervasive Business Intelligence
- Consumer Health Informatics
March 2012:
My Ph.D. dissertation was awarded the 2010-2011 Best Doctoral Thesis prize by the German Society for Online Research (DGOF).
As a technology management professional with various industry endorsed certifications, I provide strategic advisory and management consulting services pertaining to enterprise technology initiatives.
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Welcome...
This Website provides summarized and somewhat diffident information about me and my current professional endeavors. Also, if you're interested, there are some prolix personal tidbits included along the way.
- I am an Assistant Professor at the Telfer School of Management at University of Ottawa.
- I currently teach undergraduate (BCom) and graduate (MBA and MSc) courses in Information Systems and e-Business Technologies.
- I conduct empirical research along socio-technical investigation themes in the fields of Information Systems and Knowledge Management. I am currently engaged in projects along these three research themes:
i) adoption and use of Enterprise Social Computing (Enterprise 2.0)
within the context of an organization's knowledge management
enviornment ;
ii) key success factors for pervasive business intelligence (BI)
vis-à-vis determinants for widespread end-user adoption,
as well as, best practices for enterprise information architecture ;
iii) drivers and barriers for the adoption of online personal health
records in Canada.
- My academic qualifications include a PhD in Information Systems and an MBA in e-Business and Strategic Knowledge Management.
- Please see CV (pdf) for more details.
Links & Downloads:
Current Course Websites:
- EBC 6180 - Electronic Human Resources Management (e-HRM)
- EBC 6130 - Web Services & Service-Oriented Architecture
- EBC 6240 - Mobile Commerce (M-Commerce)
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