After successful completion of the course, students are able to

• distinguish and understand different fields in the research of business informatics,
• assess which research methods are suitable for which problems,
• recognize when a research method is not suitable for a problem,
• describe and apply the steps necessary to carry out a particular research method,
• select appropriate research methods for a given problem,
• assess the suitability of a research method for a given problem,
• analyse and criticise research methods chosen in research, and
• configure a research method suitable for their diploma thesis, taking into account recognized research approaches.

Introduction to the interdisciplinary research field of business informatics

• design-based methods
• empirical-quantitative methods
• empirical-qualitative methods
• data-driven methods
• formal-analytical methods

• Presentations of the relevant methods
• Discussion of these methods
• Seminar Paper on applying these methods in the context of a future master thesis

Kurze Tests im Anschluß an die Vorstellung der Methoden und Seminararbeit