3. AREA: MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS 3.1 Chair of Management Information Systems I Prof. Dr. Armin Heinzl Address: Universität Mannheim Lehrstuhl für ABWL und Wirtschaftsinformatik Schloss D - 68131 Mannheim Phone: +49 (0)621/181 1691 Fax: +49 (0)621/181 1692 E-mail: Internet: wifo1@uni-mannheim.de http://www.bwl.uni-mannheim.de/wifo1/ger 3.1.1 Curriculum Winter Term Lecturer hours / week ECTS- Credits Information Management (in English) Dibbern 2 5 Case Studies in Information Management (in English) Dibbern 2 5 Artificial Intelligence I Rothlauf 2 5 Artificial Intelligence II Grosche 2 5 Seminar: Mobile Business (in English) Dibbern, Rothlauf 2 5 Summer Term Process Management (lecture) Heinzl 2 5 Information Systems in the Services Industry (lecture) Heinzl 2 5 Data and Knowledge Management (lecture) Dibbern 2 5
Project and Change Management (lecture) N.N 2 5 Seminar (in English) Heinzl 2 5 3.1.2 Course description Information Management (in English) Contents: Information Management This course is designed for students who wish to achieve a broad overview of important information systems management issues. It elaborates on the interconnectedness of information technology, business tasks and human beings as the constituent elements of information systems (IS) and the role of information as both an input and output of IS. Based on this understanding, it introduces concepts of IS planning, strategizing, organizing and controlling. All topics will be discussed from an academic perspective as well as from a practical perspective. Case Studies in Information Management (in English) Contents: Case Studies in Information Management This case study course complements the course "Information Management". It illustrates selected information systems management issues. The main objective is to better understand and to apply the concepts taught in the course. Students are required to analyze cases as well as to write an own case study within a team effort. Artificial Intelligence I
Contents: Artificial Intelligence I The course is aimed at students who are interested in concepts of artificial intelligence. It deals with modelling and emulation of intelligent systems and intelligent behavior patterns. The objective of this course is to introduce traditional as well as modern artificial intelligence techniques. It will explore aspects of computational models of intelligence including problemsolving, search, knowledge representation, deduction, planning and learning. A focus of the course is on evolutionary computation methods. The course is organized as a survey, with assignments focusing on hands-on experience on selected fundamental topics. Artificial Intelligence II Type of course: exercise Contents: Artificial Intelligence II In this course, selected methods of artificial intelligence are demonstrated. Theoretic aspects as well as real-world applications of techniques like Evolutionary Optimization, Artificial Neural Networks or Fuzzy-Logic (Fuzzy-Systems) are presented and trained on by examples and exercises. Finally, combinations of these three techniques are illustrated. Mobile Business Type of course: exercise (in English) seminar paper and presentation ECTS Credits 5 Contents: Mobile Business The seminar addresses mobile business solutions, which represent a current development in the field of electronic business. Mobile business solutions are expected to grow significantly within the next few years. The emergence towards mobile business solutions is
driven by technological innovations and the integration of Internet and mobile, resp. wireless communication techniques. Other relevant aspects are the increasing demand towards mobility, which allows customers and companies to perform business everywhere and at any time via portable devices like mobile phones, laptops or PDAs. The seminar addresses important aspects of mobile business from the information systems perspective. The topics can be classified into three different groups: The first group provides the conceptual foundations for mobile business. Topics are the research objectives and methods in the field of mobile business as well as the underlying technologies of mobile business. The second group derives - from a theoretical view - the obstacles and drivers of the use of mobile services. The last group investigates applications of mobile business solutions in different domains. Furthermore, it discusses the question of how the success of mobile commerce can be measured. Students are to prepare and present a research paper. Active participation during the course and successful completion of the research project are necessary for the acquisition of a seminar certificate which is required to write a diploma thesis. Process Management Contents: Process Management In this lecture, theoretical and practical concepts of modelling, analyzing and implementing business processes with the help of information and communication technologies are presented. Economic foundations as well as theoretical and methodical knowledge are communicated. Information Systems in the Services Industry Contents: Information Systems in the Services Industry In this lecture, selected function and process architectures in the logistics, aviation, health
care and financial services are considered. Data and Knowledge Management Contents: Information Systems in the Services Industry In this course, concepts of data and knowledge management are presented. Initially, data modelling techniques, database models and implementation issues are considered. Then, knowledge elicitation, knowledge modelling and knowledge storage are considered. Finally, aspects of data warehouses and data and knowledge mining are demonstrated. The course will include some practical exercises which help students to better understand and apply the concepts. Project and Change Management Contents: Project and Change Management This course is concerned with project planning, project organization and project controlling. Moreover, the management of planned organizational change and team techniques are discussed. Seminar Type of course: seminar (in English) Examination: no Contents: Topic and details will be announced by the end of winter term 04/05.
3.2 Chair of Information Systems II Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. J. Niedereichholz Address: Universität Mannheim Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik II L 5, 6 D - 68131 Mannheim Phone: +49 (0)621/181 1632 Fax: +49 (0)621/181 1634 E-mail: Internet: niedereichholz@wifo.uni-mannheim.de http://www.bwl.uni-mannheim.de/niedereichholz/ls_homepage.html 3.2.1 Curriculum Winter Term Lecturer hours / week Information Technology I (lecture) Niedereichholz 2 Information Technology I (exercise) Niedereichholz 1 ECTS Credits Information Systems I (lecture) Niedereichholz 2 7.5 Information Systems I (exercise) Niedereichholz 1 Enterprise Server Architecture I (lecture) Niedereichholz 2 5 Seminar Niedereichholz 2 0 Summer Term 7.5 Information Technology II (lecture) Niedereichholz 2 Information Technology II (exercise) Niedereichholz 1 7.5 Information Systems II (lecture) Niedereichholz 2 7.5 Information Systems II (exercise) Niedereichholz 1 Enterprise Server Architecture II (lecture) Niedereichholz 2 5 Seminar Niedereichholz 2 0
3.2.2 Course description Information Technology I ECTS credit with exam and participation in the exercise: 7.5 Contents: Information Technology I The aim of the course unit is to give an understanding of the methods and strategic position of information technology in a dynamic enterprise and to understand the organizational challenges of IT management. Different organizational measures will be discussed: - Outsourcing - ASP - Organization and HRM of computing centers Information Technology I Type of course: exercise Length: 1 hour/week see lecture Information Technology I : see lecture Information Technology I Contents: Information Technology I This exercise class accompanies the lecture Information Technology I. The topics presented in the lecture are discussed in more detail.
Information Systems I Length: 1 hour/week : 7.5 with examination and participation in the exercise Contents: Information Systems I The aim of this course is to give an advanced introduction to the concepts for modelling, designing, querying and managing database systems with the following contents: - store and managing of large quantities of data - fundamentals of modern database management systems - hierarchical and network databases - object-oriented databases - relational databases - data modelling (ER-model) - data definition and data manipulation languages (SQL) - practice with SQL - storage and indexing techniques - recovery Information Systems I Type of course: exercise Length: 1 hour/week see lecture Information Systems I : see lecture Information Systems I Contents: Information Systems I This exercise class accompanies the lecture Information Systems I. The topics presented in the lecture are discussed in more detail.
Enterprise Server Architecture I Contents: Enterprise Server Architecture I This course will introduce students to different computer architectures and their development and application orientation. The following items are covered: - fundamentals of computer architecture - zseries of IBM - fundamentals of RISC and CISC - POWER architecture and pseries of IBM - iseries of IBM Seminar /summer seminar paper and presentation with examination: 0 Contents: Seminar The seminar discusses different problems of Information Technology and Information Systems. Students will prepare and present a research paper. Active participation during the course and successful completion of the research project are necessary for the acquisition of a seminar certificate, which is required to write a diploma thesis. Information Technology II /exercise with examination and participation in the exercise: 7.5
Contents: Information Technology II This course unit will introduce students to the economic potential of information technology. Therefore, basics of corporate IT-strategies and IT-controlling will be discussed: - IT Controlling - Rightsizing/Downsizing - Modern IT strategies Information Technology II Type of course: exercise Length: 1 hour/week see lecture Information Technology II : see lecture Information Technology II Contents: Information Technology II This exercise class accompanies the lecture Information Technology II. The topics presented in the lecture are discussed in more detail. Information Systems II with examination and participation in the exercise: 7.5 Contents: Information Systems II Data warehousing is the process of selecting, migrating, cleaning, transforming and storing data from different source systems into a central database system whereby end users can extract and perform their analyses. This course provides students with the foundation to understand what a data warehouse is and how it works. The focus of this course will be set on different data modelling techniques for a data warehouse system (including ADAPT, STAR-scheme etc.).
Information Systems II Type of course: exercise Length: 1 hour/week see lecture Information Systems II ECTS-Credits: see lecture Information Systems II Contents: Information Systems II This exercise class accompanies the lecture Information Systems II. The topics presented in the lecture are discussed in more detail. Enterprise Server Architecture II : 5 with examination Contents: Enterprise Server Architecture II The aim of this course is to extend the knowledge of system architecture. Different computer systems and their current and prospective usage are discussed: - fundamentals of parallel computing - fundamentals of Cluster and MPP systems - Peculiarities of S/390 Parallel Sysplex and SP2 of IBM - Number crunching in business applications
3.3 Chair of Management Information Systems III Prof. Dr. Martin Schader Address: Universität Mannheim Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik III Schloss D - 68131 Mannheim Phone: +49 (0)621/181 1639 Fax: +49 (0)621/181 1643 E-Mail: Internet: webseiten@wifo.uni-mannheim.de http://www.bwl.uni-mannheim.de/schader/1/de/index.html 3.3.1 Curriculum Winter Term Lecturer hours / week Object-Oriented Analysis and Object- Oriented Design (in English) Object-Oriented Development in Java (Part 1) Korthaus Korthaus/Gitzel ECTS- Credits 2 5 2 5 Supply Chain Management II Merkel 2 5 Distributed Objects Schader, Aleksy, Gitzel, Merz 2 5 Object Technology Schader 2 5 Summer Term Component-Based Software Engineering Korthaus 2 5 Object-Oriented Data Management Korthaus/Merz 2 5 Object-Oriented Development in Java (Part 2) Schader/Gitzel 2 5
Supply Chain Management I Merkel 2 5 Corporate Information Technology and E-Business (in English) Wong 2 5 E-Commerce & E-Business (in English) Wong 2 5 Object Technology Schader 2 5 3.3.2 Course description Object-Oriented Analysis and Object-Oriented Design (in English) part of final exam Contents: Object-Oriented Analysis and Object-Oriented Design This lecture is an introduction to object-oriented systems analysis. It describes the basics of object technology, presents various software lifecycle models, and elaborates on the process of developing the static, dynamic and functional view of a problem domain. Theoretical knowledge is transferred into practice by solving small case studies during exercise sessions. Object-Oriented Development in Java (Part 1) /exercise part of final exam Contents: Object-Oriented Development in Java (Part 1) This lecture is an introduction to object-oriented software development in Java. It describes the basic building blocks of the language, as for example classes, inheritance, interfaces, packages and user interfaces.
Supply Chain Management (Part 1) /exercise part of final exam Contents: Supply Chain Management (Part 1) The interrelations between structures and processes (behavior) of dynamic systems are explained. This includes the discussions of how elements are coupled in positive and negative loops. The insights are applied to the logistical structures and processes of international firms. Distributed Objects /exercise part of final exam Contents: Distributed Objects This lecture deals with Java-based implementation of distributed systems. Client/Server programming in Java Remote Method Invocations in Java Java and CORBA RMI over IIOP Foundations of Internet Computing Object Technology Type of course: seminar
- seminar paper - presentation Contents: Object Technology The focus of this seminar lies on various issues of the object-oriented software development which are currently up to date. Object-Oriented Data Management /exercise part of final exam Contents: Object-Oriented Data Management This lecture starts with SQL basics as well as Java s JDBC API. The concepts and the implementation of XML-based data management applications are dealt with. Both XMLenabled RDBMS and native XML databases are subjects of this lecture. The lecture ends with an outlook on Sun s Java Data Objects technology. Object-Oriented Development in Java (Part 2) /exercise part of final exam Contents: Object-Oriented Development in Java (Part 2) This second part deals with higher interface components, exception handling and I/O techniques. Supply Chain Management (Part 2)
/exercise part of final exam Contents: Supply Chain Management (Part 2) The lecture analyzes possible conditions for a firm in order to change their logistical structures and processes. Furthermore, it contains an overview of concepts and methods for the implemention of SCM information systems. Corporate Information Technology And E-Business (Lecture / Exercise) /exercise (in English) part of final exam Contents: : Corporate Information Technology and E-Business (Lecture/Exercise) This course will focus on ebiz, especially on ecommerce, an on corporate Information Technology. The following topics will be addresses: (1) The technological and managerial issues surrounding ebusiness and e-commerce, (2) The IT and ebiz Industry, (3) The entrepreneurial and venture capital aspects on the IT Industry, (4) The planning and management of coprorate Information Technology and (5) Issues and concerns related to Management Information Systems (MIS). E-Commerce & E-Business /exercise (in English) - Seminar paper - Presentation Contents: E-Commerce & E-Business The course will focus on e-commerce and e-business.
Object Technology Type of course: seminar - Seminar paper - Presentation Contents: Object Technology The focus of this seminar lies on various issues of the object-oriented software development which are currently up to date. 3.3.3 Examination Final exams: The final exam consists of seven written tests of 45 minutes each. ECTS Credits: 35 Thesis: In order to qualify for a thesis, a graded seminar in the field of Management Information Systems is required. The thesis must be completed within four months by students of Business Administration and within six months by students of Management Information Systems. ECTS Credits: 30