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Vorlesungsankündigung SoSe 2020: Introduction to Business and Information Systems Research

08.04.2020

Lecture Announcement ST 2020: Introduction to Business and Information Systems Research (Master)

The Professorship for Business Information Systems and Strategic IT Management of Prof. Dr. Nils Urbach offers the lecture "Introduction to Business and Information Systems Research" for Master students in the current semester.

Course Description

The lecture “Introduction to Business & Information Systems Research” is designed to provide students with an opportunity to build up basic theoretical and methodological skills needed to conceptualize, conduct, and communicate their own research. To do so, the lecture will familiarize students with the essential triad consisting of topic, methods, and theories. While selecting an exciting topic is a fundamental anchor for research’s relevance, a research’s ability to provide rigorous results depends on a sound command of theories and methods.

In this context, theories provide the researcher a sound basis by summarizing current knowledge and allowing for a precise investigation and definition of their topic’s underlying phenomenon. They also provide the students with a theoretical lens to investigate their topics from the perspective they are most interested in. Complementary to this, methods afford the student with the ability to produce reliable results which allow her/him to derive both meaningful and trustworthy conclusion. This way they can make sure that their results are not only interesting, but also scientifically valid.

To support students in their preparation for their master theses, the course will introduce the most common methods used in business research by looking at examples from the Information Systems (IS) discipline. This includes how to carry out a literature review as well as qualitative (e.g., case study research) and quantitative (e.g., survey-based research) methods of empirical research. Furthermore, the design science paradigm will be discussed.

Teaching Mode

The course will be held in a digital lecture setting, consisting of self-study units and interactive live sessions. For the self-study units, students will be provided with appropriate lecture materials, video recordings, screencasts, and readings. The live sessions will make extensive use of video conferencing to allow for discussion of topics and answering of open questions.

Schedule

Live Tutorial: Monday 12:15 – 13:45; start on 11.05.2020, then the following dates: 08.06.2020, 15.06.2020, 22.06.2020, 29.06.2020, 13.07.2020,

Live Q&A Session: Tuesday 14.07.2020, 10:15 – 11:45

Course Requirements

This course is offered to all Master students enrolled in the Business Administration (BWL) program of the University of Bayreuth as part of the B1-6 module (Research Methods) or the supplementary module (“Ergänzungsmodul”). There are no prerequisites for attending this course. Exchange students are welcome.

Registration

A registration is not necessary.

Lecture Materials

The required documents will be made available in the eLearning portal:
https://elearning.uni-bayreuth.de/course/view.php?id=24955

Contact

Prof. Dr. Nils Urbach (nils.urbach@uni-bayreuth.de) and
Tobias Guggenberger (tobias.guggenberger@fim-rc.de)

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