Research topics

Overview

Research at the Chair of Information Management and Information Systems addresses central issues relating to the design and use of modern information systems in organizations. The focus is on three closely interlinked areas that combine technological developments with organizational, regulatory and strategic perspectives.

IT governance, risk and compliance management

The first focus area deals with the management and safeguarding of IT and AI-supported information systems in organizations. In particular, it examines frameworks, models and decision-making logics that enable the responsible, transparent and sustainable use of such systems.

  • Governance and management approaches for IT and AI systems
  • Reference, maturity and evaluation models for the use of AI in companies
  • Evaluation and decision-making logics, for example with regard to auditability, quality, cost-effectiveness and sustainability
  • Trustworthiness of AI systems, in particular transparency, traceability and explainability
  • Regulatory requirements for AI-based information systems

AI-supported information systems and architectures

The second focus is dedicated to the conception, modeling and implementation of AI-supported information systems in operational application contexts. The focus here is on architectural issues as well as methodical procedures for the introduction of such systems.

  • Architectures of AI-supported information systems, such as modular, service-oriented, agent-based or hybrid approaches
  • Use of generative AI in operational information systems
  • Modeling of AI-based information systems at architecture, data and process level
  • Process models for the introduction and integration of AI-supported systems

Digital transformation processes in organizations

The third focus area considers digital transformation as a long-term, socio-technical change process. It examines how digital information systems - especially AI - change working methods, roles, structures and business models in organizations.

  • Introduction and sustainable anchoring of digital information systems
  • Changes in work processes, role models and organizational learning
  • Digital business models and data-based value creation logics
  • Cross-innovation approaches for transferring digital solution principles between fields of application