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

The following lectures will be part of the course:

• Presentations of the relevant methods
• Discussion of these methods
• Seminarpaper on using the research methods in one's own master thesis

All sessions of the course will be held on-line. All students registered for this cuorse will be added to the correpsonding TUWEL course. The links to the sessions and all material will be posed in the TUWEL course.

Short tests following the presentation of the methods.

Seminar paper on the use of research methods in the context of one's own master thesis.

In order to participate in the tests and in a feedback session on the seminar paper, students need a device (PC, Laptop) with camera.