Courses
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The goal of this introductory course is to introduce students to the central issues in business informatics and to equip them with the skills to actively design digital value-creation systems. The focus is on the design and use of information systems in a socio-technical and economic context—always tailored to the needs of the digital user.
The course covers fundamental theoretical and methodological concepts in business informatics, highlights their intersections with business administration, computer science, and engineering, and deepens students’ understanding of the discipline’s application-oriented and design-focused perspective. Among other things, students learn how business processes, data models, digital goods, and services can be modeled and implemented in a user-centered manner as part of the digital transformation.
Through practical exercises, case studies, and modeling tasks, students gain a solid understanding of the implementation, use, and further development of information systems, as well as their strategic importance in organizations. Students are also equipped to contextualize and critically reflect on relevant technologies, data, and business models within the digital context.
The course content not only prepares students for designing digital systems in a professional setting but also for further specialization in business informatics during their bachelor’s program.
Degree Programs: Economics (Bachelor’s, Curriculum 2013 / Curriculum 2020), Business Informatics (Bachelor’s), Business Law (Bachelor’s), and others
Semesters: Summer and winter semesters
Credits: 6
SWS: 4
Instructors:Prof. Dr. Jan Marco Leimeister and Adjunct Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bretschneider
Internet-based applications, such as ChatGPT, social media platforms (e.g., LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.), messaging services (e.g., WhatsApp), and virtual communities are increasingly being adopted by companies to support daily work and value creation. In this course, students will learn in which areas of a business internet-based applications are used and what added value they provide to companies.
Degree Program: Business Informatics (Bachelor’s), Economics (Bachelor’s)
Semester: Winter semester
Credits: 6
SWS: 4
Instructor: Adjunct Professor Dr. Ulrich Bretschneider, M.Sc. Anna Hupe
In this course, students are taught the basics of managing and analyzing data in companies. The course covers the three central topics of "data", "data management" and "business analytics" from a business perspective. The content taught in the course forms a fundamental knowledge base in these subject areas.
Study program: Business Informatics (Bachelor), Business Administration (Bachelor)
Semester: Summer semester
Credits: 6
SWS: 4
Lecturer:Apl.Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bretschneider
Contact person:Apl.Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bretschneider
The focus of this course is on information systems in companies. It will be shown what types of information systems exist in companies and what strategic role they play. The architecture of these information systems and the associated Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) will also be discussed. It also explains how the interaction between the business and its processes on the one hand and the information systems on the other works (business-IT alignment).
Degree course: Business Information Systems (Bachelor), Business Studies (Bachelor)
Semester: Winter semester
Credits: 6
SWS: 4
Lecturer: PD Dr. Jörg Schellhase
Contact person:Apl.Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bretschneider
The central subject of this course is IT project management. Students will learn how to set up IT projects and then manage, coordinate, control and monitor them.
Degree course: Business Informatics (Bachelor), Business Studies (Bachelor)
Semester: Winter semester
Credits: 6
SWS: 4
Lecturer: Dr. Heinz Krebs
Contact person:Apl.Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bretschneider
This course deals with the system development of information systems used in companies. Various approaches and methods for system development as well as their principles and instruments are presented. In addition, the modeling and various modeling techniques of information systems are the subject of this course.
Study program: Business Informatics (Bachelor), Business Administration (Bachelor)
Semester: Summer semester
Credits: 6
SWS: 4
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Matthias Schumann from the University of Göttingen
Contact person: Apl.Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bretschneider
Note: This course is a course offered by the University of Göttingen to students of the University of Kassel as part of the Winfoline exchange program.
This course deals with the basics of service provision and the information processing required for this in service companies. A particular focus is placed on information processing in financial service providers (credit business, standard software, securities business, payment transaction processing), the insurance industry (workflow management systems, document management systems), the media industry (content management systems) and tourism (travel distribution systems).
Degree program: Business Informatics (Bachelor), Economics (Bachelor)
Semester: Winter semester
Credits: 6
SWS: 4
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Matthias Schumann from the University of Göttingen
Contact person:Apl.Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bretschneider
Note: This course is a course offered by the University of Göttingen to students of the University of Kassel as part of the Winfoline exchange program.
Master
Collaboration Engineering (CE) is an approach to developing and implementing collaboration processes—so-called digital collaborative work methods—that can be handed over to “practitioners” (non-collaboration experts) and carried out by them to perform recurring, high-value tasks. Such digital collaborative work formats pool valuable facilitation and collaboration expertise and can therefore be carried out without facilitators. This course demonstrates how collaboration among groups, teams, or communities in both personal and professional settings can be structured and digitally supported in accordance with CE.
Degree Programs: Digital Innovation and Transformation (Master’s), Business Studies (Master’s), and others
Semester: Winter semester
Credits: 6
SWS: 4
Instructor: M.Sc. David Sonnabend
The aim of this course is to introduce students to research and scientific work. Under the guidance of a supervisor, students work individually or in small groups to answer a purely scientific question using suitable research methods and strategies (empirical, design-oriented or conceptual) and document it in a short scientific paper. At the same time, students are taught the necessary thematic and methodological basics and put these into practice.
In this way, students are given the opportunity of a "research internship", during which they not only get to know the background, methods, models and tools of research, but can also actively participate in the design and exploration of exciting research questions. This course therefore offers students the opportunity to prepare for writing their own Master's thesis as well as for a possible doctorate.
The topic is determined in consultation with the supervisor and can have interfaces with the topic of a planned Master's thesis and/or complement it.
Degree program: Digital Innovation and Transformation (Master), Business Studies (Master) and others
Semester: Summer and winter semester
Credits: 6
SWS: 4
Lecturer:Apl.Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bretschneider
Contact person:Apl.Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bretschneider
Successfully delivering and marketing services is becoming a key success factor for many companies. To systematically capitalize on these opportunities, specialized expertise in service engineering and service management is required. This is due to the unique characteristics of services. They are intangible and require joint efforts by the customer and the provider to achieve the desired results. It is the interaction between the customer and the provider that makes it possible to ensure that customers derive value from the process of using the services.
This course covers the fundamentals, key processes, and methods, as well as practical examples for the systematic development of new services (service engineering) and their management throughout the service lifecycle (service management).
Degree Programs: Digital Innovation and Transformation (Master’s), Business Studies (Master’s), and others
Semester: Winter semester
Credits: 6
SWS: 4
Instructor:M.Sc. Antonia Tolzin
This course focuses on the research methods that are commonly used in business informatics. In this course, students learn about these research methods and are also enabled to apply the research methods they have learned to specific research questions.
Degree program: Digital Innovation and Transformation (Master)
Semester: Summer semester
Credits: 6
SWS: 4
Lecturer: Apl.Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bretschneider
Contact person:Apl.Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bretschneider