Objectives of the Bachelor's degree program Management and Information Technology

In the following, you can see the skills and competences which each module is intended to achieve.

Management and information technology experts with specialist knowledge in business process management

Knowledge:

- Students obtain a solid knowledge base in the areas of information technology, business economics as well as mathematics & technology;
- Students acquire comprehensive knowledge of business process management.

Acquisition of knowledge:

- all modules

Skills:

- Documentation, analysis and organisation of business processes.

- Documentation, analysis and organisation of IT systems to support business processes.

- Documentation, analysis and organisation of IT processes.

Acquisition of skills:

- all modules

Competences:

- Graduates are able to independently understand, work through and solve problems which arise in the area of management and information technology as well as in interdisciplinary matters in practice.
- Graduates are able to organise business processes and support them with the appropriate information technology.

Acquisition of competences:

- all modules

Graduates can be deployed in an international environment

Knowledge:

- Students acquire not only a general knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar of the English language; they learn the necessary specialist terms. 

- Students are able to acquire knowledge of a further foreign language.

Acquisition of knowledge:

- Introduction to Technology and Business Studies

- Electives

Skills:

- Students can use the English language competently in the areas of information technology, technology and management.

Acquisition of skills:

- Introduction to Technology and Business Studies

- Electives

Competences:

- Graduates are able to work effectively at home and abroad in international and intercultural teams.

Acquisition of competences:

- Introduction to Technology and Business Studies

- Electives

Graduates can be deployed in business process management.

Knowledge:

- Students know the basics of business process management as well as methods of modelling business processes.

- Graduates know the methods involved in implementing business processes in organisations and in IT.

- Students know standard and reference processes in industrial companies.

- Students know IT reference models.

Acquisition of knowledge:

- Introduction to Business Process Management, advanced studies and specialisms

- Reference Processes in Businesses

Skills:

- Students can model business processes.

- Graduates can implement organisational and IT business processes. They can evaluate software solutions and implement business processes in a standard software package such as SAP.

- Students can implement reference processes in IT.

- Students master the entire arsenal of methods in business process management.

- Students master the customising of business processes in a standard software package such as SAP.

Acquisition of skills:

- Business Process Management - basic, advanced and specialised studies

- Reference Processes in Businesses

Competences:

- Students are able to organise business processes, select and implement the appropriate IT support systems.

Acquisition of competences:

- Business Process Management - basic, advanced and specialised studies

- Reference Processes in Businesses

- Interdisciplinary project

Graduates can be deployed in information management / organisation

Knowledge:

- Students know reference IT processes.

- Students know database concepts and the database language SQL.

- Graduates know database  architectures and components.

- Graduates know UML.

- Students know standard management  systems.

- Students know the basics of application development in SAP.

- Graduates know how networks function and how they are constructed.

- Students understand client-server programming.

- Students understand the security risks in networks.

- Graduates know web technologies and multimedia applications. 

Acquisition of knowledge:

- Business Information Technology - basic and advanced studies

- Databases - basic and advanced studies

- Communication Systems - basic, advanced and specialised studies 

- Reference Processes in Companies

Skills:

- Graduates can model and set up databases and work with them.

- Students understand the construction of standard company economic systems and can describe them.

- Students know the basics of application development in SAP and can describe and use them.

- Graduates can set up and monitor computer networks, analyse their security risks and  initiate appropriate measures to protect them.

- Students can implement and use content management, webshop and e-learning systems.

Acquisition of skills:

- Business Information Technology - basic and advanced studies

- Databases- basic and advanced studies

- Communication systems - basic, advanced and specialised studies 

- Reference Processes in Companies

 

Competences:

Students can recognise all the problems which arise in information management / organisation, analyse them and select and implement appropriate solutions.

Acquisition of competences:

- Business Information Technology - basic and advanced studies

- Databases- basic and advanced studies

- Communication Systems - basic, advanced and specialised studies 

- Reference Processes in Companies

 

Graduates in DV / project management

Knowledge:

- Graduates know the demands on project leaders and members.

- Students know the possibilities of project organisation.

- Graduates know the methods and instruments of project management.

Acquisition of knowledge:

- Project Management

Skills:

- Project management 

Competences:

- Graduates know how to tackle and solve complex, interdisciplinary and new problems with the help of their project management skills.

Acquisition of competences:

- Project Management 

- Interdisciplinary project

Graduates can be deployed in quality management.

- Knowledge:

- Graduates understand the importance of quality management

- Graduates know the norms and standard texts on quality management. 

- Students know the framework data on standards, norms and standard texts. 

Acquisition of knowledge:

- Quality Management

Skills:

- Graduates can read, interpret and apply standards which apply to companies.

- Students master the methods and procedures involved in organising and analysing processes in accordance with standard texts.

Acquisition of skills:

- Quality Management

Competences:

- Students can organise business processes and IT systems according to the demands of quality management.

Acquisition of competences:

- Quality Management

Graduates can be deployed in consulting

Knowledge:

- Students know the methods and tools of process management.

- Students know the methods and tools of business process management.

- Students know reference processes in companies

Acquisition of knowledge:

- Project Management

- Business Process Management -basic, advanced and specialised studies

- Reference Processes in Companies

Skills:

- Graduates can plan, organise and manage projects and master all the methods and instruments of project management.

- Graduates can analyse, organise and implement business processes. They can compare their processes with reference processes.

Contact address

Esslingen University of Applied Sciences
Faculty of Engineering Management
Robert-Bosch-Str. 1
73037 Göppingen

Tel.: +49(0)7161.679-11 76
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