Digital maturity in the administration of a university of applied sciences

Abstract

Digital Transformation is very slowly coming within the reach Public Administration in town, city, county, state and the federal government. If and how it reaches Public Administration in the Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) however, has not yet being analyzed. The UAS point out that they have a strong practical orientation and devote themselves to this in their research. Therefore, they have research programs and lecture programs focusing on Digital Transformation. Coming face to face with this, the question arises whether the Digital Transformation has not just found its way into research and teaching but also into the administration of UAS. This paper describes an analytical model for assessing digital maturity and then addresses this question through an example of a UAS in Baden-Württemberg.