Research
My main research area is process management. Results of my work have been published in various books and journals
Ralf Plattfaut - Professor, Researcher, Business Consultant
I am a Professor for Business Informatics at Fachhochschule Südwestfalen. There, I lead the business process innovation and automation lab. I have a strong focus on digital transformation and information systems and work as a management consultant.
Teaching
I teach courses on information systems, management, and information technology on both bachelor and master level
Consulting
I support organizations on their digitization journey, often with a strong focus on business processes
Curriculum Vitae
My academic and business background includes international activities in multiple countries
New Posts
A long journey is close to the end, our research note on exogenous shocks and BPM got accepted at BISE. A pre-print is available here. Thank you very much to the collaborators, especially Max, Vincent, and Georgi!
We have just published a new article on how the public perception of Robotic Process Automation developed over time. Analyzing over 95,000 news articles, we demonstrate that RPA is perceived as a mature technology that has passed a hype without a large dip in expectations and derive five potential avenues for future research.
A teaching course from the last semester has won third place in the MINTchallenge of the Stifterverband and was awarded a 2,000 EUR grant. More details:
In December I participated at the International Conference on Information Systems and presented a paper on Robotic Process Automation.