Together with companies, the Competence Center Connected Organization (3CO) investigates the influence of uprising IT-technologies and trends on organizations. The relationship between companies, NGOs and political actors and their stakeholders (citizens, consumers, interested parties, partners etc.) is significantly changing and new issues arise, due to the increasing spread of new communication and collaboration structures, such as social media and mobile applications.

The Competence Center is working at the interface between science and practice. In cooperation projects, problems of practical relevance are investigated using scientific approaches and methods.