Herwig Ostermann

Herwig Ostermann is an associate professor at the Institute for Applied Systems Research and Development at the University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall/Tyrol (Austria). His research interests encompass the field of public administration and management especially focusing on health care delivery and long-term care structures. He received a master’s degree in International Business Administration from Innsbruck University (Austria), a master’s degree in Health Sciences and a PhD in Health Sciences from UMIT, Hall/Tyrol (Austria).

Publications

Specific Factors for ERP-Success Measurement in Healthcare
Specific Factors for ERP-Success Measurement in Healthcare
Stephan Kronbichler, Herwig Ostermann. © 2012. 27 pages.
There are different success factors that influence the outcome of ERP-projects. According to Bullen and Rockart (1981), these success factors depend on five main influencing...
E-Learning with Wikis, Weblogs and Discussion Forums
E-Learning with Wikis, Weblogs and Discussion Forums
Reinhard Bernsteiner, Herwig Ostermann, Roland Staudinger. © 2011. 24 pages.
This chapter explores how social software tools can offer support for innovative learning methods and instructional design in general and those related to self-organized learning...
IT-Based Virtual Medical Centres and Structures
IT-Based Virtual Medical Centres and Structures
Bettina Staudinger, Herwig Ostermann, Roland Staudinger. © 2011. 12 pages.
The management of the information technology in a virtual medical service centre is subject to different requirements than the IT-management of a hospital resembling more a...
E-Learning with Wikis, Weblogs and Discussion Forums: An Empirical Survey about the Past, the Presence and the Future
E-Learning with Wikis, Weblogs and Discussion Forums: An Empirical Survey about the Past, the Presence and the Future
Reinhard Bernsteiner, Herwig Ostermann, Roland Staudinger. © 2010. 25 pages.
This chapter explores how social software tools can offer support for innovative learning methods and instructional design in general and those related to self-organized learning...
Nursing and Clinical Informatics: Socio-Technical Approaches
Nursing and Clinical Informatics: Socio-Technical Approaches
Bettina Staudinger, Victoria Höß, Herwig Ostermann. © 2009. 340 pages.
The field of nursing informatics is one of the fastest growing areas of medical informatics. As the industry grows, so does the need for obtaining the most recent, up-to-date...
Facilitating E-Learning with Social Software: Attitudes and Usage from the Student's Point of View
Facilitating E-Learning with Social Software: Attitudes and Usage from the Student's Point of View
Reinhard Bernsteiner, Herwig Ostermann, Roland Staudinger. © 2009. 18 pages.
This article explores how social software tools can offer support for innovative learning methods and instructional design in general, and those related to self-organized...
Benchmarking Human Resource Information Systems
Benchmarking Human Resource Information Systems
Herwig Ostermann, Bettina Staudinger, Roland Staudinger. © 2009. 10 pages.
In its most general term a benchmark represents a point of reference from which measurements can be conducted. Translated into a business context, benchmarks may thus serve as...
Business, Information Technology, and Human Resource Strategy Alignment
Business, Information Technology, and Human Resource Strategy Alignment
Bettina Staudinger, Herwig Ostermann, Roland Staudinger. © 2009. 7 pages.
Businesses are subject to a constant process of change irrespective of whether this change is intended or not. Along with incorporating basic strategic management ideas into...
An Employer-Employee Relationship Perspective on Rewards, Challenges,and Systems
An Employer-Employee Relationship Perspective on Rewards, Challenges,and Systems
Herwig Ostermann, Bettina Staudinger, Magdalena Thoeni, Roland Staudinger. © 2009. 10 pages.
Beginning with the upsurge of the industrial revolution and the subsequent implementation of labor division practices in most production processes in the 19th century, the...
Process Standardization and Integration for Human Resource Administration
Process Standardization and Integration for Human Resource Administration
Bettina Staudinger, Herwig Ostermann, Roland Staudinger. © 2009. 8 pages.
Personnel administration is a part of general business administration and an integrative element of the process management of an enterprise. However, personnel administration has...
Facilitating E-Learning with Social Software: Attitudes and Usage from the Student's Point of View
Facilitating E-Learning with Social Software: Attitudes and Usage from the Student's Point of View
Reinhard Bernsteiner, Herwig Ostermann, Roland Staudinger. © 2009. 20 pages.
This article explores how social software tools can offer support for innovative learning methods and instructional design in general, and those related to self-organized...
Facilitating eLearning with Social Software: Attitudes and Usage from the Student's Point of View
Facilitating eLearning with Social Software: Attitudes and Usage from the Student's Point of View
Reinhard Bernsteiner, Herwig Ostermann, Roland Staudinger. © 2009. 19 pages.
This article explores how social software tools can offer support for innovative learning methods and instructional design in general, and those related to self-organized...
Facilitating E-Learning with Social Software: Attitudes and Usage from the Student's Point of View
Facilitating E-Learning with Social Software: Attitudes and Usage from the Student's Point of View
Reinhard Bernsteiner, Herwig Ostermann, Roland Staudinger. © 2008. 18 pages.
This article explores how social software tools can offer support for innovative learning methods and instructional design in general, and those related to self-organized...
Corruption, Transparency, and E-Government
Corruption, Transparency, and E-Government
Herwig Ostermann, Roland Staudinger. © 2008. 12 pages.
Regarded from a historical perspective, the appearance of corruption is not a new phenomenon at all. It can be traced back to the ancient civilizations of China, Egypt, Greece...
Computer Aided Facility Management (CAFM) as a New Branch of Decision Making Support Technologies in the Field of Facility Management
Computer Aided Facility Management (CAFM) as a New Branch of Decision Making Support Technologies in the Field of Facility Management
Thomas Madritsch, Michael May, Herwig Ostermann, Roland Staudinger. © 2008. 9 pages.
Nowadays facility management (FM) and real estate activities contribute to about 5-10% of the gross domestic product (GDP) of advanced industrialized countries. For example the...
Issues, Claims and Concerns of Different Stakeholders of Healthcare Systems
Issues, Claims and Concerns of Different Stakeholders of Healthcare Systems
Herwig Ostermann, Bettina Staudinger, Magdalena Thöni, Roland Staudinger. © 2008. 11 pages.
Adopting a holistic sociotechnical perspective, healthcare systems do not merely exhibit complex structures and functionalities but are also affected by the differing...
IT-Based Virtual Medical Centres and Structures
IT-Based Virtual Medical Centres and Structures
Bettina Staudinger, Herwig Ostermann, Roland Staudinger. © 2008. 11 pages.
The management of the information technology in a virtual medical service centre is subject to different requirements than the IT-management of a hospital resembling more a...
The Role of Government and its Influence on Nursing Systems by Means of the Definition of Nursing Minimum Data Sets (NMDS)
The Role of Government and its Influence on Nursing Systems by Means of the Definition of Nursing Minimum Data Sets (NMDS)
Bettina Staudinger, Herwig Ostermann, Magdalena Thöni, Roland Staudinger. © 2008. 10 pages.
Since the 1980’s, questions have been asked the world over about the efficiency and contribution of nursing in the hospital treatment of patients and nursing performance within...
Integrated Curricula in Nursing Education
Integrated Curricula in Nursing Education
Bettina Staudinger, Herwig Ostermann, Roland Staudinger. © 2008. 9 pages.
The field of nursing is presently subject to keen changes and these processes of change are determined by different variables. On the one hand, stringent cost pressure is being...
Model Based Decision Making in Cardiac Surgery
Model Based Decision Making in Cardiac Surgery
Oskar Staudinger, Bettina Staudinger, Herwig Ostermann, Martin Grabenwöger, Bernhard Tilg. © 2008. 12 pages.
The development of models for risk stratification in cardiac surgery goes back a number of years. In 1989, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) created the first database...