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Content


Students will analyze a complex topic using scientific methods and present, discuss, and document their work results at a scientific level. By independently working on a comprehensive research project, students will create a link between theory and practice and acquire additional social skills through group work.

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Learning Goals


Students should:

• Practice methods, especially in data collection and evaluation, to achieve the required methodological quality or create software prototypes (under close supervision of the scientific staff).


• Work independently on theoretical and empirical tasks, preferably in small groups (under close supervision, guidance, and review by the scientific staff).


• Regularly discuss intermediate steps with the supervising scientific staff.


• Receive instruction and supervision from the scientific staff in literature study, formulation of hypotheses on causal relationships, data collection, and review of hypotheses using multivariate analysis.

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Project Study Topics in Cooperation with Companies

• It is possible to write a project study in cooperation with a company.


• For questions about cooperation options or topic suggestions, please contact Michael Groth.


• Example cooperation partners of completed project studies:
  
  
  
  • Sycor
  
  
  • Volkswagen
  
  
  • Wilhelm Lambrecht GmbH
  
  
  
  

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Publications from Project Works

• Pilarski, B., Tornack, C., Klein, M., Pengl, A., Löwe, B., Prael, S., Torno, A., Schumann, M.: Mobile Personalinformationssysteme - Marktüberblick, Nutzenpotenziale und Rahmenbedingungen, in: Knoll, M.; Meinhardt, S. (Hrsg.): Mobile Computing: Grundlagen, Prozesse und Plattformen, Branchen und Anwendungsszenarien, 1. Auflage, Wiesbaden, 2016, S. 95-112.


• Gröger, S., Decker, J., Schumann, M.: Do Universities Get the Hang of Working Efficiently? A Survey of the Influencing Factors on the Adoption of Electronic Document and Workflow Management in German-speaking Countries, in: Proceedings AMCIS 2014, Savannah, 2014, S. 1-15.


• Hilpert, H., Kölle, H, Thöne, K, Weimeier, H, Schumann, M.: Do EMIS have the capabilities to support sustainability reporting in practice? Initial results from a latitudinal study with German companies, in: Kundisch, D., Suhl, L., Beckmann, L. (Hrsg.): Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI) 2014, Paderborn, 2014, S. 1261-1273.


• Frerichs, A., Michaelis, C., Wienekamp, M., Plagge, J., Schumann, M.: Usage of pre-made text-modules and peer-groups for mitigating information asymmetry in social lending - Evidence on funding success from German platform Smava, in: International Journal of E-Business Research 9 (2013) 3, S. 1 - 26.


• Klein, M., Heuschneider, S., Lins, C., Pontow, N., Rebhan, W., von Berg, A., Schumann, M.: Innerbetriebliche Social Software Anwendungen in Personalmanagementprozessen - Qualitativ-empirische Erhebung von Einsatzgebieten, Wirkungen und Rahmenbedingungen, Arbeitsberichte des Instituts für Wirtschaftsinformatik, Professur für Anwendungssysteme und E-Business, Universität Göttingen, Nr. 1, Göttingen, 2012.