The Faculty of Organizational Sciences is a founding member of the University of Maribor and has more than sixty years of tradition in the field of organizational and information systems science. The Faculty’s research area encompasses complex dynamic management systems, including aspects of human resources, information systems, business processes, and general management. Research activities are organized within several laboratories, all of which are engaged in research projects, consulting, education, and training at both national and international levels.
The Faculty offers the following study programs: Management of Information Systems, Human Resources and Educational Systems, Enterprise Engineering, Management in Sport, Crisis Management, and Management in Health and Social Welfare.
The Management of Information Systems program is offered at the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels. It is designed and delivered by members of the Department of Informatics. The Department’s main research focus areas include digital and sustainability transformation, digital innovation, data science and artificial intelligence, data-driven decision support systems, open data and ecosystems, and novel digital business models. Members of the Department are actively involved in numerous EU, national, and industry projects.
Researchers from the Department of Informatics co-authored a national tool for assessing the digital maturity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which is used by the Digital Innovation Hub Slovenia. They also developed an assessment tool for evaluating SME readiness for open data adoption and utilization, as well as contributed to the project Development of a Model of Indicators for Measuring the Effectiveness of the Implementation of the Data Regulation in Data Spaces.
