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Chair of General Management and Information Systems Prof. Dr. Armin Heinzl Philipp Hoffmann 12.02.2018

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 Professor: Prof. Dr. Armin Heinzl • Information Systems Outsourcing and Governance • Business and Software Development Processes • Information Behaviour Assistant Professors: Dr. Jens Förderer Dr. Kai Spohrer • Platform Strategy • Software Development • Digital Transformation • Team Learning and Team Cognition • Causal Inference • IT in Healthcare Office: Luise Bühler • Phone: +49 621 181-1691 • Mail: wifo1@uni-mannheim.de

Team Research Assistants and PhD Students : Okan Aydingül Nele Lüker • IS in Healthcare • IT Consumerization • (Clinical) Decision Support Systems • Cloud Computing • Group Collaboration • BYOD • Application Development Anna-Maria Seeger Ekaterina Jussupow • Human Computer Interaction • IS in Healthcare • E-Commerce • Human-Computer Interaction • Conversational Agents • Social Cognition (esp. Information Processing and Identity Threat) Monica Fallon André Halckenhäußer • Human Computer Interactions • Cloud Computing • eHealth • Online behavior Philipp Hoffmann • Cloud Computing • Crowdfunding • Business Analytics and Machine Learning

Team Adjunct Lecturers and Researchers: Dr. Michael Grebe Dr. Tobias Schimmer (geb. Hildenbrand) • SAP AG • Partner, The Boston Consulting Group • Lecture: IS613, IS615 • Lecture: IS513 Dr. Tommi Kramer • Outsourcing in Software Engineering • Mobile Technologies and Software Solutions • Teamprojects

Excerpt of Courses Offered by the Chair: ID Course Name IS 510 Process Management IS 512 IT Management in the Digital Age IS 541 Theories and Methods in Information Systems IS 513 Applied IT Management in the Digital Age IS 613 Applied Project in Design Thinking and Lean Development IS 614 Corporate Knowledge Management IS 615 Design Thinking and Lean Development in Enterprise Software Development IS 712 Master Seminar

IS 510 – Process Management 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. – C omplementary 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 512 – IT Management in the Digital Age 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 541 – Theories and Methods in Information Systems 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 513 – Applied IT Management in the Digital Age 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 Fall term • 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 613 – Applied Project in Design Thinking and Lean Software Development 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. • Fall term Improve the ability to work in teams. • Recommended: IS 615 . • Assessment : Software development term project (100%). •

IS 614 – Corporate Knowledge Management 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, – Fall term architectures, implementation, and evaluation of integrated knowledge management systems. Assessment : Written exam (100%) or 80% with optional Case Study (20%) •

IS 615 – Design Thinking and Lean Development in Enterprise Software Development 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. Fall term – 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 712 – Master Seminar 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%).

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).