4306659: Cross-Curricular Integration Course - Information Management

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Semester:SS 17
Type:Exercise
Language:English
Scheduled in semester:4
Semester Hours per Week / Contact Hours:15.0 L / 11.5 h
Self-directed study time:18.5 h

Module coordination/Lecturers

Curricula

Bachelor's degree programme in Business Administration (01.09.2012)

Modules

Description

Introduction (e.g., Data, Information and Knowledge; Tasks of Information Management); Information Economics; Managing Information Demands (e.g., Information Requirements Analysis; Information Overload) Managing Information Supply (e.g. Information Quality; Meta-Data Management); Information Management Systems (e.g., Databases, Data Warehousing; Data Mining); Managing Information and Communication Technology (e.g., Predicting ICT Trends and Developments); Information Management Case Studies

Qualifications

    • list real-life examples of information management tasks (e.g., maintaining information resources; information requirements analysis; assessing information quality) from different industries and functional areas
    • describe information management case studies from different industries and functional areas against the backdrop of theoretical concepts and models
    • apply information management methods, tools and systems to solve real-life case studies from different industries and functional areas
    • choose appropriate information management methods and tools to solve tasks from different industries and functional areas
    • choose appropriate components and functions of information management systems (e.g., databases; data warehouses) to solve tasks from different industries and functional areas
    • develop comprehensive plans to solve real-life information management problems from different industries and functional areas
    • evaluate information management methods, tools and systems with regards to real-life business requirements from different industries and functional areas
    • actively listen to lectures and fellow students
    • communicate within teams
    • collaborate in order to solve case studies
    • assess their own work with regards to collaboration, communication, and conflict management
    • take responsibility within teams
    • develop strategies to solve team conflicts
    • support fellow students during case studies
    • repeat the contents of case studies in a self-organized way
    • assess their own learning progress during case studies
    • tolerate different opinions and working styles

Lectures Method

  • Interactive seminar
  • Case-based teaching
  • Group work
  • Presentation and discussion of solutions

Literature

  • Case studies will be distributed during class

Exam Modalities

  • 3 business cases (documentation and presentation)