SAP and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) announced a strengthening of their partnership to drive business process innovation – enhancing industry collaboration and academic excellence.
The alliance aims to support innovative educational and research opportunities with a focus on equipping students and researchers with the skills needed to navigate disruption and build business transformation as a capability.
QUT is considered a global leader in business process management (BPM) and process intelligence, SAP stated. By integrating end-to-end business transformation into the academic curriculum across multiple courses, as well as deepening the connection to real-world outcomes, QUT and SAP are set to redefine the landscape of business transformation education, preparing students to thrive in an era of constant disruption.
How SAP and QUT will enhance business process innovation
A key highlight of the collaboration is the nomination of Julian Lebherz, SAP strategic advisor, as QUT Industry Fellow, underscoring the ambition and momentum of the connection between SAP and QUT. Lebhers served in the steering committee of the IEEE Task Force on Process Mining and will contribute significantly to the university’s academic and research endeavors, fostering a deeper integration of industry insights into the curriculum, according to SAP.
“SAP is committed to equipping QUT and its students with the expertise and technology required to turn business disruption into competitive advantage,” Lebherz said. “Business transformation must become a ubiquitous capability, and hence we [SAP] are doubling down by strengthening partnerships with leading organizations.”
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Aligning academic pursuits with industry needs
The SAP-QUT partnership will explore various avenues for collaboration including internship and research project opportunities, executive education programs and hackathons. These are designed to provide students and researchers with hands-on experience and exposure to real-world challenges, aligning academic pursuits with industry needs.
“QUT’s School of Information Systems is intensifying both research and education of holistic business transformation and enterprise computing, encompassing the continuous flywheel of process execution, intelligence, improvement and change deployment,” said professor Alistair Barros, head of the School for Information Systems at QUT.
Professor Moe Thandar Wynn, leader of QUT’s process science group and co-director of QUT’s Center for Data Science, highlighted the benefits of strong industry ties. “Our researchers and students benefit tremendously from strong industry collaboration. Partnerships like this one enable us to align curricula and research projects closely with real industry needs.”
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