Bachelor's degree

Digitalization

In the summer semester 2026, digitalization will be offered for the last time in the summer semester, due to the changeover to the new examination regulations (BPO 2025).

From the winter semester 2026/2027, digitalization will be offered in the winter semester.

Field of study:	Bachelor
Module:	Module 3: Planning, decision-making and value creation
Event:	Digitalization
Lecturer:	Manuel Wiesche, Fabian Helms
Scope / Credits:	2 SWS / 4 credits
Type of event:	Lecture materials and exercise (alternating), tutorials Due to the changeover to the new examination regulations (BPO 2025), digitization will be offered for the last time in the summer semester.
Date and place:	Thursday, 16:15 - 17:45, location HG II HS 1
Consultation hours:	Wednesdays, 10 - 11 am via Zoom. If required, please send an email in advance to fabian.helmstu-dortmundde
Start of lecture:	tbd
planned guest lectures:	tbd

Content overview

Based on the central paradigms of business informatics, the course "Digitalization" offers an introduction to the process of digital change in value creation as an element of integration between business, society and IT.
In the course, students acquire a basic understanding of information systems as drivers of digitalization and learn to understand models as a basis for designing such systems.
Please register for the course in moodle (self-enrollment) to receive up-to-date information about the course. The corresponding link to the moodle room will be announced shortly.

Selected literature

Hess, T. (2019). Strategically managing digital transformation. Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-24475-0
Krcmar, H. (2011). Introduction to information management. Springer-Verlag.
Leimeister, J. M. (2015). Introduction to business informatics. Springer-Verlag.
Mertens, P., Bodendorf, F., König, W., Schumann, M., Hess, T. & Buxmann, P. (2017). Fundamentals of business informatics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53362-8