Personal InformationI am a proud father to Daniel Viehland. Daniel is a student and equality politics campaigner at the University of Montana in Missoula.
I am engaged to marry Jude (Judith Hoek). Jude is a native New Zealander and a Japanese teacher in secondary schools.
In my limited spare time I like to read (fiction), travel (mostly Asia) and tramp (mountains, streams, beaches and forests).
If you want to know more about me and my significant life experiences, check out my personal history.
Professional Information
I am an Associate Professor of Information Systems in the School of Management at Massey University's Auckland campus. I am also an active participant in Massey University's MBA programme team.
If you want to know more about my employment history, publications, teaching experiences and other professional accomplishments check out my curriculum vitae. Otherwise, a brief description of my professional interests follows.
Research
My primary research area is mobile business -- how businesses use mobile computing to grow sales, provide better customer service, improve employee productivity, be more competitive and increase profits. This is part of a larger interest in ubiquitous computing, especially the opportunities offered to businesses as computing power becomes mobile, embedded, wearable and pervasive. My interest in mobile business naturally follows on from my long-term and continuing interest in electronic commerce and e-commerce strategy -- how do businesses develop and implement an initiative that allows them to compete effectively in the on-line world.
I also retain a long-term research interest in the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) to facilitate management of Information Age organisations. This includes research interests such as telework, distributed work, virtual organisations, technological levelling, business process management, co-opetition, hypercompetition, business sustainability in a flat world and, especially, Enterprise 2.0 technologies such as blogs, wikis, prediction markets and social networking.
Finally, many of my publications in enterprise systems and other areas can be attributed to encouraging and supporting my postgraduate and doctoral students to publish their research.
Teaching
I teach across a variety of levels, from first-year Information Systems to doctoral supervision. In the 2012 academic year I teach:
Management Information Systems (115.107) is a core paper in Massey University's Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) degree programme. MIS is an introductory study of the roles and applications of information systems in organisations and society. The paper emphasises the development of information systems, and their uses for communication, goal achievement and knowledge management in applied contexts. I teach this paper in the second semester at the Auckland campus.
Mobile Business (157.777) is a postgraduate course offered in block mode that introduces participants to the fundamental concepts, strategies and technologies associated with the implementation of mobile computing so they can play an active role in the development of mobile business opportunities in the organisations in which they work. Mobile Business is offered in the first semester and attracts students from throughout New Zealand.
Information Technology and Electronic Commerce (115.743) is an elective in Massey University's MBA programme that offers a study of the nature and role of information and communication technologies in business. The course focuses on a state-of-the-art review of the use of information systems, issues and trends in business-related information technology, and the nature, purpose and evolution of e-business that increasingly shapes business strategy and operations.
Executive and Professional Development Courses
I combine many of my research and teaching interests in executive development courses that I offer through various institutes and associations. In recent years I have conducted courses for Vodafone New Zealand, ANZ Bank and the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Contact Information
Postal address:
Dennis Viehland
School of Management (Albany)
Massey University
Private Bag 102 904
North Shore Mail Centre
Auckland, New Zealand 0745
Courier address:
Dennis Viehland
Massey University - Albany
Quad Building A, Room 3.23
Gate 1, Dairy Flat Highway (State Highway 17)
Albany, New Zealand
E-mail: d.viehland@massey.ac.nz
WWW: http://www.massey.ac.nz/~dviehlan/
Voice (office): +64-9-414-0800 extn 9501
Voice (home): +64-9-414-1025
Voice (mobile): +64-21-414-722
Fax (office): +64-9-441-8119
This page was last updated on 28 December 2011.
Please send comments, dead links, questions, etc to d.viehland@massey.ac.nz