Business Informatics

The Master of Business Informatics aims at a strong international embedding in research and economics. In order to ensure this, all the lectures of the master program are held in English and the master's thesis is written in English.

The area of Business Informatics covers information and knowledge as well as information-processing processes in organizations and society. It therefore builds the interface between humans, organizations, and information technology. The subjects of the research-driven teaching are thereby information and communication systems in economics and society, especially the analysis, modeling, design, implementation, and evaluation of such systems. Besides the primarily computer science-oriented approach, the success of such systems requires the consideration of technical, economic, and social aspects. Thereby, computer science and economics are combined.

Graduates are among others qualied for the following elds of activity:

• Analysis and optimization as well as development of business processes and accor-ding information processes
• Strategic and executive planning, realization, and steering of information systems Advanced and application-oriented system design and development
• IT-supported enterprise management (corporate governance) based on a holistic view of the enterprise and its environment as information system, by considering strategic and IT-related factors
• Management as CIO (chief information o‑cer) or CTO (chief technology o‑cer) as well as mediator between IT, economics, and society
• Management or IT consultant as well as business analyst Research and development

 

Die Inhalte und Qualikationen des Studiums werden durch Module vermittelt. Ein Modul ist eine Lehr- und Lerneinheit, welche durch Eingangs- und Ausgangsqualikationen, Inhalt, Lehr- und Lernformen, den Regelarbeitsaufwand sowie die Leistungsbeurteilung gekennzeichnet ist. Die Absolvierung von Modulen erfolgt in Form einzelner oder meh-rerer inhaltlich zusammenhängender Lehrveranstaltungen. Thematisch ähnliche Module werden zu Prüfungsfächern zusammengefasst, deren Bezeichnung samt Umfang und Gesamtnote auf dem Abschlusszeugnis ausgewiesen wird.

Due to the occupational requirements, qualications regarding the following categories are included in the Master of Business Informatics:

Fachliche und methodische Kenntnisse

The master program oers highly speciali-zed knowledge as well as a critical understanding of the theories and principles of areas of computer science and economics, which are relevant for business informatics.

The main focus lies in the teaching of deepening knowledge in selected areas of ex-pertise as well as the interdisciplinary extension of the knowledge, which was acquired in the bachelor program:

• Advanced formal and scientic methods
• Constructional and analytic methods of business informatics Innovation concepts in business informatics
• Special concepts and methods of computer science Advanced methods of business informatics

Kognitive und praktische Fertigkeiten

The emphasis lies on the development of cognitive and practical abilities that are essential for problem solving. By using appro-priate exercises supported by current technologies, the following methods and toolsets are taught:

• Modeling and abstraction
• Integrative use of formal, technological, and socioeconomic knowledge for the de-sign and critical evaluation of systems
• Interdisciplinary, system-oriented thinking
• Scientically profound approach to problem-solving
• Documentation of solutions, critical reection on ndings, as well as their convin-cing presentation
• Ability for theoretical system analysis
• Ability to select and apply the scientic method best suited to the current Problem

 

Soziale Kompetenzen, Innovationskompetenz und Kreativität

The focus lies on promoting key abilities necessary to develop creativity and innovation:

• Self organization, personal responsibility
• Highly competitive skill sets in international business and scientic environments The ability to work in diverse teams
• Self-initiative and curiosity
• The ability to make decisions and adapt to unforeseeable changing environments
• Recognizing the potential of innovations in dierent technological, economic, and social contexts
• The ability to view the own work in a social context appraising possible conse-quences on society