Digitalisation, Innovation and Information Management, M.Sc.

In the age of 4.0 technologies, the boundaries between information technology and organisation are becoming increasingly blurred. Organisational strength and communication skills are becoming more and more important as digitalisation progresses: Applicants as well as employees must not only have technical qualifications and skills, but should also be capable of designing processes and implementing projects. In order to do justice to the complexity of the processes, the necessary interdisciplinary knowledge from the areas of computer science and business administration is imparted in this degree programme. However, the topic of digitalisation is not only interesting in terms of the labour market. Digitalisation also offers a range of exciting topics with regard to research activities. Whether Big Data, Industry 4.0, Social Media Analytics or E-Learning, the spectrum of research topics is limitless.

The programme is designed as a consecutive programme for graduates of seven-semester Bachelor programmes in Business Informatics/Computer Science and Business Administration and related subjects. Students work on an interdisciplinary project during the first and second semesters, which usually takes place in cooperation with a company. The topic of digitalisation is examined here, for example. In this way, students gain concrete experience in the organisation and implementation of interdisciplinary projects. A project-accompanying module in the first semester enables a research link to the exemplary knowledge in the master project to be established. In the ‘Current Research’ module, students are also introduced to various research methods. Students write their master thesis in the third semester. The chosen topic confirms the orientation of the major focus.

The graduates have an understanding of the content of the respective other subject area and can therefore be employed in a variety of ways in companies. This includes, for example, - the concept design and implementation of interdisciplinary projects such as the integration and design of IT systems and business processes in the direction of business 4.0 and industry 4.0. - designing IT systems for business management and management reporting. - digital design of customer relationships. - identifying risks and vulnerabilities in corporate organisations. - profitable combination of different research methods from the different disciplines, such as empirical research methods combined with constructive approaches to solutions to make large amounts of data usable for companies.