Association for Information Systems
PO Box 92523
Atlanta, GA 30314-0523 USA
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and AIS Collaboration
About
AIS and AACSB share a commitment to strengthening the role of business school research in advancing knowledge, improving practice, and addressing societal challenges. AIS contributed to AACSB’s Global Research Impact Task Force through the leadership of Andrew Burton-Jones, AIS Past President, and Dorothy Leidner, AIS President, who served as task force members. The resulting AACSB framework highlights AIS’s Spiral Model of Research Impact as an important example of how research impact develops through iterative cycles of insight, output, outcome, and real-world change. Together, AIS and AACSB are helping business schools broaden how research impact is defined, assessed, communicated, and supported across the global business education ecosystem.
AACSB MaCuDE Task Force
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) Management Curriculum for the Digital Era (MaCuDE) Project conducted an Information Systems Curriculum Analysis to assess and improve the existing IS curriculum. The study aimed to identify strengths, weaknesses, and areas for enhancement, considering industry trends and emerging technologies. Recommendations were provided to align the curriculum with current demands and equip students with relevant skills.
Task Force Representatives
The task force was led by AACSB representative Kalle Lyytinen (MaCuDE IS Coordinator) and Association for Information Systems (AIS) representative Heikki Topi (AIS VP of Education). Jing Tang (Case PhD student) acted as the key project coordinator.
Resources
- Lyytinen, Kalle; Topi, Heikki; and Tang, Jing, “AACSB MaCuDE Task Force Phase III Report” (2022). AIS Webinars. 4. https://aisel.aisnet.org/ais_webinars/4
- Lyytinen, Kalle; Topi, Heikki; Leidig, Paul; and Salmela, Hannu, “AIS / AACSB MaCuDE IS Curriculum Webinar” (2021). AIS Research Exchange. 8.https://aisel.aisnet.org/research_exchange/8
- Lyytinen, K., Topi, H., & Tang, J. (2021). Information Systems Curriculum Analysis for the MaCuDE Project. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 49, pp-pp. https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.04939
- Interim Report of MaCudE Curriculum Analysis (June 2020)