Information Management

Affiliation to semester

5

Duration

1 semester

State of the module

Compulsory module

Frequency of offering

Each semester

ECTS)

4

Hours of compulsory in credit hours

2/2

Learning outcome / competences

Students:

  • can recognise and analyse information structures and their role and integration in company processes,
  • can assess the differences between various information systems and their implications for operative, medium-term and strategic management decisions,
  • understand the conceptualisation and value of information systems and
    information management in companies,
  • are familiar with the core components of information systems in information processing and the design of company communication,
  • are able to work with diverse software in a business environment,
  • can create example solutions for business tasks using software tools,
  • understand various information systems (incl. CRM, SCM, WMS, DSS, ESS) and their significance for management activities,
  • understand and can operate selected software components of Enterprise Resource Planning Models (ERP),
  • understand the design of decision-support systems in binary and fuzzy conditions,
  • are able to efficiently employ information and communication technology to solve operative and strategic challenges in companies.
 

Level

1a

Necessary requirements

None

Recommended requirements

None

Method of examination

(applicable are §§ 9-14 RStPO)

Written exam over 90 minutes and module-accompanying tasks with software tools in the Lab. Credentialing relation Exam to Tasks is 70 : 30, Retake is possible as oral exam.

Performance rating

Differentiated by grades

Corresponding Units

2 Units: Information Management (SL), Information Management (BÜ)

Applicability of the module

The use of the module in other programs at the HTW Berlin is possible and done in consultation with the module-coordinator.

Unit 1

Name of the unit

Information Management (SL)

Name of the corresponding module

BIB 5.4 Information Management

Language

English

Rate of workload for the unit

50%: 120 hours of 60 minutes

Rate of hours of compulsory in credit hours

2

Type of learning

SL

Content of the unit

Theory

  • Technological and methodological basic concepts of information management (selected components)
  • Information and data management (organization of data and information, information and data quality, key retrieval processes, archiving)
  • Within and across corporate information systems (overview of business application systems)
  • Network structures and applications (Internet, Intranet, Extranet)
  • Legal aspects related to license rights, data protection and data security
  • Cross-section systems (business solutions)
 

Literature

Laudon, K.C. and J.P. Laudon: Management Information Systems, Pearson Education, last edition.

O‟Brien, J. and G. Marakas: Management Information Systems, McGraw-Hill, last edition.

Chaffey, D. and S. Wood: Business Information Management, Pearson Education, last edition.

Bocij, P. et al.: Business Information Systems, Pearson Education, last edition.

The relevant reading list will be supplied to students at the beginning of each semester

Indications

None

Unit 2

Name of the unit

Information Management (BÜ)

Name of the corresponding module

BIB 5.4 Information Management

Language

English

Rate of workload for the unit

50%: 120 hours of 60 minutes

Rate of hours of compulsory in credit hours

2

Type of learning

Exercise

Content of the unit

  
  • Practice
  • Working with complex spreadsheet components to solve business problems
  • Selected Visual-Basic-language-elements for simple automation, macros, etc.
 

Literature

Indications

None