Chair of General Management and Information Systems

Prof. Dr. Armin Heinzl

Philipp Hoffmann12.02.2018

Outline

• Overview of the Chair

• Teaching

• Master Thesis

• Q & A

Wifo-Master & MMDS

• Basics– The area Information Systems (IS) consists of 3 chairs and a Junior Professor.

• Career opportunities– Digital business transformation.– Digital entre- and intrapreneurs.– Strategy and management consultants.– CIO / CDO office.– Project Managers for digital transformation.– Enterprise Software Product Managers.– Process architects.

More Information at: www.area-is.bwl.uni-mannheim.de

Team

Prof. Dr. Armin Heinzl• Information Systems Outsourcing and Governance• Business and Software Development Processes• Information Behaviour

Office:Luise Bühler• Phone: +49 621 181-1691• Mail: wifo1@uni-mannheim.de

Assistant Professors:Dr. Kai Spohrer• Software Development• Team Learning and Team Cognition• IT in Healthcare

Professor:

Dr. Jens Förderer• Platform Strategy• Digital Transformation• Causal Inference

Team

Research Assistants and PhD Students :

Okan Aydingül• IS in Healthcare• (Clinical) Decision Support Systems• Group Collaboration• Application Development

Nele Lüker• IT Consumerization• Cloud Computing• BYOD

Anna-Maria Seeger• Human Computer Interaction• E-Commerce• Conversational Agents

Ekaterina Jussupow• IS in Healthcare• Human-Computer Interaction• Social Cognition (esp. Information Processing and Identity

Threat)

Monica Fallon• Human Computer Interactions• eHealth• Online behavior

André Halckenhäußer• Cloud Computing

Philipp Hoffmann• Cloud Computing• Crowdfunding• Business Analytics and Machine Learning

Team

Adjunct Lecturers and Researchers:

Dr. Tobias Schimmer (geb. Hildenbrand)• SAP AG• Lecture: IS613, IS615

Dr. Michael Grebe• Partner, The Boston Consulting Group• Lecture: IS513

Dr. Tommi Kramer• Outsourcing in Software Engineering• Mobile Technologies and Software Solutions• Teamprojects

Excerpt of Courses Offered by the Chair:

ID Course NameIS 510 Process ManagementIS 512 IT Management in the Digital Age IS 541 Theories and Methods in Information SystemsIS 513 Applied IT Management in the Digital Age IS 613 Applied Project in Design Thinking and Lean DevelopmentIS 614 Corporate Knowledge ManagementIS 615 Design Thinking and Lean Development in Enterprise Software Development IS 712 Master Seminar

• Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Armin Heinzl• Lecture: Spring term• Content & Learning Goals:

– Recognize the significance of process management.– Model and analyze business processes by using particular techniques

and tools.– Define the structure of processes in a semantically precise way.– Examine the (dynamic) behavior of objects in processes.– Improve the design of processes.– Complementary exercises will be offered to emphasize the method

background.– Business case workshop with Boston Consulting Group.

• Assessment: Written exam (80%) and Group work (20%).• Schedule: Every Thursday starting from April 12 until May 24 (Except

April 26 and May 10), Additional Lecture on Tuesday, April 24

IS 510 – Process Management

• Lecturer: Dr. Jens Foerderer• Lecture: Spring term• Content & Learning Goals:

– Profound insights into information systems and information technology management.

– Evaluate and initiate strategic IT initiatives and understand the role of the Chief Information Officer.

– Business / IT Alignment and Strategic IT Planning.– Governance frameworks, IT (de-)centralization and the role of the CIO.– The IT sourcing decision, hybrid arrangements, and offshoring.– IT controlling and IT risk management.

• Assessment: Written exam (100%).• Schedule: Lecture (block): Thursdays, 15.02.2018 - 22.03.2018, 13:45-

17:00 (O148 MVV Hörsaal)

IS 512 – IT Management in the Digital Age

• Lecturer: Dr. Kai Spohrer• Lecture: Spring term• Content & Learning Goals:

– Introduction to scientific research methods and theories in the field of information systems.

– Overview of the strengths and weaknesses of different methods and theoretical perspectives.

– Understand the importance and relevance of theory for organizing and cumulating knowledge as well as the importance of rigorous empirical methods to establish the validity of findings.

– Knowing the quality criteria and corresponding means to improve research designs.

– Being able to prepare, plan, and execute own research endeavors.• Assessment: Term paper (70%) and presentation (30%). • Schedule: Kickoff: TBA , block course: 13.03. - 26.04.

IS 541 – Theories and Methods in Information Systems

• Lecturer: Dr. Michael Grebe • Lecture: Fall term• Content & Learning Goals:

– In the digital age, the IT function & technology is at the core of most business models. IT management today is challenged by fast technological change, new digital opportunities, growing cost pressure, increasing business and regulatory requirements. This lecture discusses IT management in the banking industry where IT is a key success factor.

– Students will get a solid understanding of the following topics• Introduction to Banking and the role of IT• Digitalization Trend• IT sourcing in a Digital Age• IT Cost Management• IT Workforce Management• Discussion of future IT Trends

• Formal requirement: IS 511 or IS 512. • Assessment: Written test (70%), Case study (30%).

IS 513 – Applied IT Management in the Digital Age

Fall term

• Lecturer: Dr. Tobias Schimmer• Lecture: Fall term• Content & Learning Goals:

– The participants are required to have programming skills in JAVA SE, at best Java EE and HTML5/CSS.

– The goal of this term project is to develop a business model and to implement a software application to solve a real world problem in a student development team environment.

– Aim of the module• Understand how to apply design thinking for developing customer-centered applications.• Improve software engineering skills with industry-leading SAP technology.• Understand how to apply Scrum and state-of-the-art software engineering methods and tools.• Understand the difficulties involved in team-based software development.• Improve the ability to work in teams.

• Recommended: IS 615.• Assessment: Software development term project (100%).

IS 613 – Applied Project in Design Thinking and Lean Software Development

Fall term

• Lecturer: Dr. Kai Spohrer• Lecture: Fall term• Content & Learning Goals:

– Companies have realized that the knowledge of their professionals is a decisive factor in competition. Firms are able to differentiate against their competitors through superior knowledge in the long term. This lecture deals with the question of how the identification, acquisition, organization, storage, distribution, and use of knowledge can be supported with the help of information technology and where the limits of such efforts are.

– Thorough understanding of the role of information technology in supporting the identification, acquisition, organization, storage, distribution, and use of knowledge.

– Acquire a repertoire of analytical concepts regarding the strategic planning, architectures, implementation, and evaluation of integrated knowledge management systems.

• Assessment: Written exam (100%) or 80% with optional Case Study (20%)

IS 614 – Corporate Knowledge Management

Fall term

• Lecturer: Dr. Tobias Schimmer (geb. Hildenbrand)• Lecture: Fall term• Content & Learning Goals:

– Issues and challenges involved in enterprise software development.– Apply large-scale agile development based on lean principles.– Apply Design Thinking and other innovation practices.– Business models for software companies and products. – State of the art software engineering methods and tools. – Understand and explain particular success strategies recommended by

practitioners. – Understand and practice how to launch a start-up and scale a software

company.• Recommended: IS 613.• Assessment: 80% final exam, 20% group work.

IS 615 – Design Thinking and Lean Development in Enterprise Software Development

Fall term

• Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Armin Heinzl and research assistants.• Content & Learning Goals:

– Basic knowledge on the principles of academic writing.– Ability to independently and systematically explore a research topic.– Improve presentation skills in the seminar session.– Formal prerequisite for a master thesis at our chair(!).– Should be completed at the IS chair where you want to write the

master thesis, although seminars from other chairs in the area IS are accepted in exceptional cases.

• Recommended: -.• Assessment: Seminar paper (70%), Presentation (20%), Discussion and

Participation (10%).

IS 712 – Master Seminar

Master Thesis• You are welcome to develop your own research topic.• Topics developed out of a practical problem from industry are

supported.• Topics have to align with the research interests of the chair

department and meet scientific standards.• Development of a topic:– What am I interested in? Develop a conceptual idea.– Talk to an assistant at the chair. Look at her/his research

interests on the web.– Refine the concept idea and develop a thesis proposal

(research problem, research objective, research method).

Master Thesis (recent and current examples)• Platform Governance Mechanisms and Their Effect on Platform Performance• Platform wars - IT ecosystem strategies for platform migration and dethronement• The Effects of Envy on Information Behavior in Online Social Networks• Developing a New Framework for Knowledge Bases to Improve Clinical Decision

Support Systems• Process Mining – Comparison and analysis of different process discovery techniques• The influence of shared mental models and trans active memory systems on

coordination in multiteam systems• Wearable Technologies in Retail - How smart glasses can improve selling skills of sales

employees in physical stores• Software Sourcing Innovation - A Multi-Dimensional Model of Key Antecedents• Antecedents of knowledge hiding in organizations. A factorial design study• Leveraging Feedback of Cloud-Based Solutions in an Agile Setting to Increase Business

Value of Standard Enterprise Solutions• Digitalized Services in the Software Industry: Creation of a Self-Service Web Shop

Configurator Prototype• The Effects of Envy on Information Behavior in Online Social Networks• Exploring Structural Changes in Agile Multiteam Systems and Their Effects on Experts

Coordination - A Qualitative Case Study

Further Information

§ Web:http://wifo1.bwl.uni-mannheim.de

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§ Location:University of MannheimChair of Business Administration and Information SystemsProf. Dr. Armin HeinzlL15, 1-6, 5th floor68161 Mannheim

Phone: +49 621 181-1691Fax: +49 621 181-1692

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