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Below you will find an overview of all Master's courses offered in the field of Business & Information Systems Engineering at the University of Bayreuth:

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Emerging Digital Technologies (B1-6)Hide

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The seminar takes place after a previous announcement, typically during the winter semester. 

Course Description

The seminar “Emerging Digital Technologies” is designed to provide students with an opportunity to build up necessary theoretical and methodological skills needed to conceptualize, conduct, and communicate the latest insights on different Emerging Digital Technologies. The block course will familiarize students with the essential basic concepts on a specific topic in one or several digital technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), Blockchain, the Internet of Things (IoT), or particular applications thereof. While selecting a new problem is a fundamental anchor for research’s relevance, a research’s ability to provide rigorous results depends on a toolkit of theories and methods. Therefore we will also address the fundamentals of different techniques and approaches in the block course.

In this context, theories provide the researcher with a sound basis by summarizing current knowledge and allowing a thoroughinvestigation and definition of their topic’s underlying phenomenon. They also provide the students with a theoretical lens to investigate their problems from the perspective that they are most interested in. Complementary to this, methods afford the student with the ability to produce reliable results, which allow them to derive both meaningful and trustworthy conclusions. This way, they can make sure that their results are not only entertaining but also scientifically valid. To apply the lessons learned in the block course, the students will write a “Research in Progress Paper” (English, approx. 10 pages) in teams of typically two students under the supervision of at least one Ph.D. student from the respective research area. While the students are writing their research in progress papers, they are supported by research assistants with practical and theoretical background in the context of emerging digital technologies in general and AI, Blockchain, and IoT specifically. 

Learning Objectives

  • Understanding the impact of emerging technologies on business
  • Getting familiar with the concepts of a specific emerging digital technology
  • Understanding the relevance of methods and theories in meaningful research
  • Preparing and executing a research project
  • Gathering knowledge of the essential quality criteria for scientific research

Course Outline

Block course with 4 or 5 days attendance phase, an individual research phase that lasts approx. 2 months, and a final presentation  

Course Grading

The course will be graded based on the Research in Progress paper and its presentation.

Creditability

  • BWL – B 1-6, Ergänzungsmodul 
  • Spöko - Ergänzungsmodul 
  • Informatik B 1-6 
  • IWG B 1-6 
  • MeKuWi B-6 

There are no prerequisites for attending this course. Exchange students are welcome.

Registration

The seminar places are limited to 20 persons. To register for a course, please send an e-mail with your curriculum vitae and a current grade sheet to johannes.sedlmeir@fim-rc.de 

Contact

For organizational questions please contact 

Dr. Anna Maria Oberländer: anna.oberlaender@fim-rc.de  
Johannes Sedlmeir: johannes.sedlmeir@fim-rc.de 

Strategic Information Management (V7-7)Hide

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Offered in the winter semester.  

Allgemeine Informationen 

The lecture “Strategic Information Management” is designed to make students familiar with contemporary topics and challenges related to the strategic management of information technology (IT) and information systems (IS). The lecture will emphasize the current technological, managerial and social disruptions of the digitalization and shed light upon their implications for companies. It stresses the strategic aspects of the topics introduced and shows how they are leveraged to generate sustainable business value. 

Lerninhalte

The lecture will familiarize students with the various decision domains that IT strategy needs to incorporate and align, structured along a reference framework for strategic IT/IS management. The lecture introduces fundamental concepts of IT infrastructure, enterprise applications that will enable the students to understand the “IT world” as well as to communicate with IT experts in business settings. Building on these foundations, general principles of IT organizations, IT sourcing as well as different models of IT value generation will be introduced and contrasted. Moreover, the internal perspective of the IT organization will be complemented by investigating the value chain interfaces of IT. This includes the delivery of IT services, IT innovation management, IT/IS controlling, as well as the alignment of IT and business strategies. Finally, an introduction to strategic management of emerging technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence, blockchain, internet of things) enables students to understand the special role of emerging technologies in information management.

Lernziele

Upon completion of this module, students are acquainted with the most important concepts, methods, and techniques for a business-oriented management of IT organizations. Thus, an overview of contemporary topics and challenges related to the strategic management of information technology (IT) and information systems (IS) in the digital age is provided. 
Furthermore, participants will be able to identify the principal constituents of IT strategies and have a sound understanding ofhow the various domains of IT management contribute to the overall value creation of the business. 

Veranstaltungsaufbau 

The lecture comprises ten sections, covering all relevant domains of Strategic Information Management like, among others, IT infrastructure, IT strategy & governance, IT service management, IT innovation management, and the management of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI). The lecture introduces important concepts comprehensibly, provides a vivid learning environment encouraging active classroom participation.  

In the tutorials, students apply the knowledge conveyed in the lecture (e.g., by discussing case studies), discuss review questions, clarify questions on course content, and discuss suggested readings.  

Students may opt to hold a group presentation voluntarily. Each group is exclusively assigned to one contemporary topic within the domain of strategic information management. Available topics will be announced in the lecture. 

Leistungsnachweis

  • 60-min written exam 
  • 6 ECTS 

The exam can be taken in English or German.

If a student opted to hold a voluntary presentation, up to six (6) bonus points will be added to the final exam result. Bonus points are added on passed exams only

Anrechenbarkeit

  • BWL -  V 7-7, Ergänzungsmodulbereich 
  • Wing - TOP 
  • Spöko - B-5 
  • Angewandte Informatik  
  • Economics 
  • P&E  

Ansprechpartner

Dr. Peter Hofmann 
Luis Lämmermann 

Introduction to Business and Information Systems ResearchHide

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The lecture is offered in the summer term 

Allgemeine Informationen

Lerninhalte und -ziele
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.

Veranstaltungsaufbau

Lecture + Tutorial (2 + 1 SWS)

Syllabus

For further information including the course outline please download the lecture’s syllabus.

Leistungsnachweis

  • The course will be graded on the basis of a written exam (English or German, duration 60 minutes) covering the learning objectives of the lecture
  • 6 ECTS

Anrechenbarkeit

  • WIng – TOP
  • BWL – B1
  • Ergänzungsbereich​

Vorlesungsunterlagen

e-Learning

Kontakt

Dr. Anna Maria Oberländer and Peter Hofmann

Value-based Business Process Management (V7-8)Hide

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The lecture is offered in the winter term

Lerninhalte

The lecture introduces the fundamentals of BPM and provides insights into all BPM life cycle tasks. In addition, the course provides in-depth knowledge in value orientation in BPM and process industrialization and digitization. Value orientation refers to a decision-oriented approach to BPM that takes a business case perspective and focuses on the organizational impact of BPM decisions. Process industrialization covers the systematic realization of business process automation, standardization, flexibility, and sourcing potential. Process digitization considers how digital technologies (e.g., smart devices) can be effectively used with business processes and what innovative design options emerge for business processes with digital technologies.

The lecture is structured along the tasks of the BPM lifecycle. These tasks include the identification, definition, and modeling of business processes, the implementation and execution of business processes, their monitoring and control, and continuous process improvement and innovation.

Lernziele

The lecture addresses students who previously had no or only slight contact with topics related to BPM. The course is designed to introduce students to BPM and to provide in-depth knowledge in the areas of value orientation as well as process industrialization and digitization.

For further information, including the course outline, please download the lecture’s syllabus.

Veranstaltungsaufbau  

The contents of the course are taught through lectures (2 SWS), tutorials (1 SWS), and guest lectures. In addition, current scientific publications are discussed together with the lecturer.

Leistungsnachweis

  • The course will be graded based on a written exam (English or German, duration 60 minutes) covering the learning objectives of the lecture
  • 6 ECTS

Anrechenbarkeit

  • BWL - TOP, V 7-8, Ergänzungsmodulbereich 
  • WIng  TOP 
  • SpÖko 

Ansprechpartner

Prof. Dr. Maximilian Röglinger​

    Master courses in german

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