inf659 - Environmental Management Information Systems II (Complete module description)

Module label	Environmental Management Information Systems II
Module code	inf659
Credit points	6.0 KP
Workload	180 h
Institute directory	Department of Computing Science
Applicability of the module	Master's Programme Business Administration, Economics and Law (Master) > Schwerpunktmodule NM - interdisziplinär Master's programme Business Administration: Management and Law (Master) > Schwerpunktmodule NM - interdisziplinär Master's Programme Business Informatics (Master) > Akzentsetzungsmodule Bereich Wirtschaftsinformatik Master's Programme Business Informatics (Master) > Akzentsetzungsmodule der Informatik Master's Programme Computing Science (Master) > Angewandte Informatik Master's Programme Environmental Modelling (Master) > Mastermodule Master's Programme Sustainability Economics and Management (Master) > Supplementary Modules
Responsible persons	Marx Gómez, Jorge (module responsibility) Bremer-Rapp, Barbara (module responsibility) Solsbach, Andreas (module responsibility) Lehrenden, Die im Modul (authorised to take exams)
Prerequisites	recommended privious knowledge: The topics discussed in the modules inf651 Environmental Management Information Systems I as well as inf660 Sustainability Informatics, like material flow analysis, environmental management system, life cycle assessment, sustainability management.
Skills to be acquired in this module	This course aims at examining emerging research questions in the field of corporate environmental management information systems (CEMIS). After finishing this course, the students will have extensive knowledge regarding Business Environmental Informatics. In addition, they will be aware of recent research topics and challenges as well as relevant software solutions and practical projects. Professional competence The students: will obtain extensive knowledge in the field of CEMIS know emerging research questions and challenges as well as software solutions and projects Methodological competence The students: find their own solutions or apply already existing approaches to new and unsolved questions in the field of CEMIS capture required data, analyse it and present it to their team or the whole group Social competence The students: are supposed to work in teams and therefore have to identify working packages and have to take on responsibility for the jobs assigned to them present and discuss their own results with the team and the other members of the course Self-competence The students: learn about their own limitations and learn to accept criticism in order to strengthen their own abilities
Module contents	A strong social pressure forces enterprises to question their current way of implementing their business and to include different aspects of sustainability into their strategies and operational actions. Such a rethinking of one's business is supported by corporate environmental management information systems. Such systems aim at optimising the energy and ressource usage, emission and waste minimisation as well as production integrated environmental protection. Of course they support the fulfillment of legal requirements such as waste management or hazardous material handling. The module will cover: recent and emerging research questions and topics related to the field of CEMIS as well as Business Environmental Informatics. discussion and hands-on experience of standard software systems and newly established solutions. applying the knowledge obtained to the definition of new as well as on solving new case studies.
Recommended reading	Marx Gómez, Jorge, Scholtz, Brenda (Hrsg.) (2016): Information Technology in Environmental Engineering. Springer International Publishing Marx Gomez, J., Sonnenschein, M., Vogel, U., Winter, A., Rapp, B., Giesen, N. (Hrsg.) (2016): Advances and New Trends in Environmental and Energy Informatics. Springer International Publishing Marx Gómez, J., Teuteberg, F. (Hrsg.) (2010): Corporate Environmental Management Information Systems – State of the Art and Future Trends. Idea Group Publishing Hershey (PA), London Heck, P., Bemmann, U. (Hrsg.) (2002): Praxishandbuch Stoffstrommanagement. Deutscher Wirtschaftsdienst Rüdiger, C. (2000): Betriebliches Stoffstrommanagement. Deutscher Universitätsverlag Möller, A. (2000): Grundlagen stoffstrombasierter Betrieblicher Umweltinformationssysteme. Projekt Verlag Rautenstrauch, C. (1999), Betriebliche Umweltinformationssysteme, Springer-Verlag, Berlin
Links	http://www.wi-ol.de
Languages of instruction	German, English
Duration (semesters)	1 Semester
Module frequency	WiSe
Module capacity	unlimited
Reference text	Usually, this course is offered as a block couse during the lecture free period. The specific type and language will be announced prior to the beginning of the course
Teaching/Learning method	V+Ü

Type of course	SWS	Frequency	Workload of compulsory attendance
Lecture	2	WiSe	28
Exercises	2	WiSe	28
Total module attendance time			56 h

Examination	Prüfungszeiten	Type of examination
Final exam of module	In case the course is offered as block course, exams will be scheduled accordingly. Otherwise, usually within two weeks after the end of the lecture period	Written examination or Oral examination or Term paper/assignment or Formal presentation or Portfolio The specific type of exam will be announced prior to the beginning of the course.