Ulrike Baumöl

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Baumöl is a full Professor at the FernUniversität in Hagen in the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics. Her academic career spans over three decades with significant contributions to Information Management and Business/IT Alignment.

Her educational background includes business administration studies at the University of Dortmund (1987-1992), doctoral research at the same institution (1992-1998), postdoctoral research at the University of St. Gallen (1998-2004), and habilitation granting venia legendi in Business Administration with focus on Business Informatics in 2005.

Prof. Baumöl's research focuses on the critical intersection of business strategy and information technology, particularly in organizational change management, IT controlling, and business/IT alignment. Her work develops methodological approaches for situational method construction in organizational change processes, emphasizing flexibility and adaptability in complex business environments. She has pioneered concepts in information logistics, performance management within dynamic organizations, and data quality management frameworks.

Her recent publications demonstrate a clear evolution toward digital transformation challenges, with increasing emphasis on business analytics, data science applications in controlling, and the integration of business processes with emerging IT capabilities. The research spans theoretical method development and practical implementation frameworks for real-world business challenges.

Prof. Baumöl is an active member of the academic community through her affiliations with the Schmalenbach Society for Business Administration, the Society for Computer Science, and the Society for Controlling. These memberships reflect her interdisciplinary approach bridging business administration, information systems, and management control.

Her professional trajectory combines academic rigor with practical industry experience, having worked at a major Swiss life insurance company in IT architecture and project portfolio management (2004-2006), served as Director of the Executive MBA in Business Engineering at the University of St. Gallen (1999-2002), and maintained an active consulting practice in information management and IT strategy development since 1992.

Her teaching focuses on Business/IT alignment as an entrepreneurial coordination process, IT-embedded business methods, organizational change processes, and economic efficiency within business/IT alignment frameworks.