Introduction to Information Management

Brief description

  • Clarification and definitions: data/information, analogue/digital, digitisation, digitalisation
  • Data syntax and semantics
  • IT infrastructure - hardware
  • Software types - operating system, application software
  • Media and media technology
  • IT management
  • Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO)
  • Modelling of information systems
  • EPk
  • Normalisation
  • Databases
  • ERP, SCM, SRM, CRM concepts

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

Hansen, H. R., Mendling, J., & Neumann, G. (2019): Wirtschaftsinformatik. Berlin/München/Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lecture, blended learning in groups, group work, self-study

Assessment methods and criteria

  • Written final exam (70%, open questions, calculations)
  • Continuous assessment (30%): individual and group work, presentations, quizzes, active contribution
  • Content criteria: degree of problem identification and problem characterisation, complexity of solutions in terms of subject and methodological competence
  • Formal criteria: completeness of answers, linguistic differentiation, and independence of results presentation

Prerequisites and co-requisites

keine

Infos

Degree programme

Logistics & Transport Management (Bachelor)

Cycle

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

3.00

Language of instruction

German

Curriculum

Part-Time

Academic year

2023

Semester

1 WS

Incoming

No

Learning outcome

fter successful completion of the course, students can

  • name and explain central terms and concepts from information technology (1,2)
  • name and explain basic structural elements of information systems (1,2)
  • name and explain different types of information systems and their interdependencies (1,2)
  • name and explain basic methods of modelling information systems and implement them in a simple form (1,2,3)
  • name and explain the elements and tasks of IT management in a business context (1,2)
  • name and explain the main features of the Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) (1,2)

Course code

0391-21-01-BB-DE-10