4906579: Information Management

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Semester:SS 20
Type:Module
Language:English
ECTS-Credits:6.0
Scheduled in semester:4
Semester Hours per Week / Contact Hours:75.0 L / 56.5 h
Self-directed study time:123.5 h

Module coordination/Lecturers

Curricula

Bachelor's degree programme in Business Administration (01.09.2012)

Events

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 typical information management tasks (e.g., maintaining information resources; information requirements analysis; assessing information quality)
    • describe the relationships between key information management concepts (e.g., data, information and knowledge)
    • describe theoretical information management models (e.g., information sets model; information processing model; information quality frameworks)
    • apply information management methods, tools and systems to solve simple tasks
    • compare and contrast information management methods and tools
    • compare and contrast components and functions of information management systems (e.g., databases; data warehouses)
    • develop comprehensive plans to solve information management problems
    • evaluate information management methods, tools and systems
    • list real-life examples of information management tasks (e.g., maintaining information resources; information requirements analysis; assessing information quality)
    • describe information management case studies using theoretical concepts and models
    • apply information management methods, tools and systems to solve real-life case studies
    • choose appropriate information management methods and tools to solve a given task
    • choose appropriate components and functions of information management systems (e.g., databases; data warehouses) to solve a given task
    • develop comprehensive plans to solve real-life information management problems
    • evaluate information management methods, tools and systems with regards to real-life business requirements
    • actively listen to lectures and fellow students
    • communicate within teams
    • collaborate in order to solve complex exercises and case studies
    • assess their own work with regards to collaboration, communication, and conflict management
    • take responsibility within teams
    • develop strategies to solve team conflicts
    • justify their solution approaches and results
    • support fellow students during exercises and case studies
    • learn in study groups
    • support each other in lectures, exercises, case studies and self-study (e.g., by forming and contributing in study groups)
    • repeat the contents of lectures, exercises and case studies in a self-organized way
    • assess their own learning progress during lectures, exercises, case studies and self-study (e.g., participation in discussions, solving exercises, presenting solutions)
    • identify their own strengths and weaknesses
    • tolerate different opinions and working styles (e.g., during classroom discussions, in online forums)

Admission Requirements

Knowledge prerequisites:

Modul Information Systems

  • Components and functions of different types of information systems

Modul Operations Management
  • Basic concepts, methods and tools of operations management

Prerequisities

The following conditions need to be met prior to registering for the module:

  • successful completion of English I
  • successful completion of additional first year programme modules amounting to at least 45 credit points.