Areas of Competence: Knowledge and Understanding; Use, application and generation of knowledge; Communication and cooperation; Scientific self-understanding / professionalism.

In the context of the challenges of "practice-oriented IT for decision makers" students know and understand,

1.) the role and relevance of IT as an enabler of corporate objectives and as a driver of value creation, with reference to its historical development, current socio-political trends, including ethical considerations;
2.) the resulting adequate and modern paradigms, organizational models, and approaches such as agile organizational forms, and the associated concepts for development, operations, and sourcing within a contemporary enterprise IT landscape;
3.) fundamental architecture models at various levels, including enterprise, application, and infrastructure architecture, and their relevance for a transformable IT landscape in corporate practice in the digital age; t
4.) he relevance of cross-cutting topics such as “cybersecurity and resilience” or “data and artificial intelligence.”

Students are able to (in real-world corporate application cases)

1.) assess and present the possible roles, objectives, and visions of enterprise IT;
2.) distinguish between fundamental organizational and architecture models, concepts, methods, and process models, and evaluate them in a differentiated manner with regard to their advantages and disadvantages as well as their opportunities and risks;
3.) evaluate the various development, operations, and sourcing concepts of a contemporary enterprise IT in a differentiated manner with regard to their advantages and disadvantages as well as their opportunities and risks;
4.) assess which state-of-the-art approaches can be effectively applied in transformation projects in the digital age, and justify their related preferences.

Students are able, in class contributions, discussions, talks, and presentations,
 
1.) to explain complex subject-specific issues related to the use of IT,
2.) to construct theoretically and methodologically sound arguments for their own proposed solutions,
3.) and to present and defend these publicly within the university as well as to non-experts.

Students are able

1.) to reflect on their own subject-related actions and competencies using theoretical and methodological knowledge, based on their personal experiences and observations, including through dialogue with guest speakers and practitioners;
2.) can work independently on open-ended tasks;
3.) and can competently deal with the increasing uncertainty of managerial decision-making in a VUCA environment.