Business Informatics
Contents
This course first outlines the basics of data and business process modelling based on wide-spread approaches such as entity relationship diagrams, event-driven process chains (EPC), and business process model and notation (BPMN). The remainder of the course then focuses on the use and purpose of integrated information systems across different functional areas in industrial companies. Finally, basics of management support systems such as business intelligence systems are addressed.
- Business Process Modelling
- Application Systems in
- Research and Development
- Marketing and Sales
- Procurement and Warehousing
- Production
- Shipping and Customer Service
- Finance, Accounting, HR
- Planning and Control Systems
Learning outcomes
After attending the lecture, exercises and tutorials students are able to:
- model complex business processes based on popular modelling techniques
- discuss the requirements, characteristics and effects of integrated information systems in industrial companies, including complex process interdependencies
- complete basic tasks from different functional areas in a wide-spread integrated information system.
Necessary prerequisites
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Recommended prerequisites
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| Forms of teaching and learning | Contact hours | Independent study time |
|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 2 SWS | 3 SWS |
| Exercise class | 1 SWS | 2 SWS |
| Tutorial | 2 SWS | 2 SWS |
| ECTS credits | 6 |
| Graded | yes |
| Workload | 180h |
| Language | English |
| Form of assessment | Written exam (90 min) |
| Restricted admission | no |
| Further information | registration for optional tutorials after first lecture session |
Examiner |  | Prof. Dr. Armin Heinzl |
| Frequency of offering | Spring semester |
| Duration of module | 1 semester |
| Preliminary course work | – |
| Literature |
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