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<title>Contemporary Issues in Business Information Systems (Seminar)</title>
<cid>WIB21-WPM-I-706</cid>
<sapsubmodule>P450-0019</sapsubmodule>
<bkey>wi3</bkey>
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<type>V</type>
<hours>1</hours>
<type>S</type>
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<cp>3</cp>
<semester>6</semester>
<mandatory>no</mandatory>
<language>English</language>
<exam>Written composition (80% of the total grade) and a presentation (20% of the total grade)</exam>
<curriculum>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>WIBASc-525-625-FÜ34</cid>
<branch>Industrial Engineering</branch>
<semester>6</semester>
<mandatory_tag>optional course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>WIB21-WPM-I-706</cid>
<branch>Industrial Engineering</branch>
<semester>6</semester>
<mandatory_tag>optional course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
</curriculum>
<workload>
30 class hours (= 22.5 clock hours) over a 15-week period.The total student study time is 90 hours (equivalent to 3 ECTS credits).There are therefore 67.5 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.</workload>
<prerequisites>
</prerequisites>
<prerequisitesfor>
</prerequisitesfor>
<convenor>Prof. Dr. Daniel F. Abawi</convenor>
<convenor-person-key>dab</convenor-person-key>
<lecturers>
<lecturer>Prof. Dr. Daniel F. Abawi</lecturer>
<lecturer-person-key>dab</lecturer-person-key>
</lecturers>
<objectives>After successfully completing this module, students will:
       be able to use a procedure for editing a written academic paper
       be able to structure and organize an academic paper appropriately
       be able to independently organize writing a paper
       be able to conduct a literature search on a scientific topic
       be able to articulate themselves logically, objectively, and rationally in spoken form and present their findings to an audience of experts
       be able to demonstrate in-depth knowledge in selected areas of computer science/business informatics</objectives>
<content>Current topics and questions from the field of business informatics and informatics with reference to companies, economy and society.

Students will receive assistance on how to prepare a scientific paper and formulate it in writing. The use of IT-based tools will also be discussed. Sources for literature research will be presented.


</content>
<literature>Individual literature on selected topics will be named and made available to the participants (in English and German as an introduction to the topic and for research purposes).</literature>
<offered>
</offered>
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