Business informatics specialists are able to manage information systems from a business perspective and, with their combination of technical and business know-how as well as their project management skills, are highly sought-after experts on the job market. As a result, the career prospects for graduates of this master’s program are very good.
What industries and sectors employ graduates?
- IT service providers in general
- Trade and distribution
- Operational and management consulting
- Financial service providers, insurance companies, and banks
- Auditing firms and business consultancies
- System vendors and distributors of commercial software
- Industry
- Healthcare
- Government service
- Energy management
What jobs and functions do graduates perform?
- Company analyst
- System consultant
- System designer
- Computer scientist
- Business analyst
- Consultant
- IT architect
- IT coordinator
- Solutions architect
- System architect
- Business informatics specialist
What are some of their typical tasks and activities?
- Identifying company-specific problems, performing analyses, and consulting
- Advising companies with regard to the utilization of systems
- Planning and implementing IT systems
- Planning and implementing information, information systems, and information structures in companies
- Designing and realizing IT architectures
- Consulting users and management personnel for the purpose of designing and documenting what is needed so as to ensure that the system fundamentals correspond with their requirements
- Identifying and analyzing business processes, procedures, and company practices
- Identifying and assessing inefficiencies, and recommending the best business practices, system functions, and approaches
- Taking on responsibility for the utilization of functional solutions such as the preparation, adoption, and implementation of system test plans
- Developing functional specifications for utilization by system developers
- Expanding or modifying systems in order to increase their efficiency or enable them to perform new tasks
- Coordinating and connecting the computer systems within an organization to increase their compatibility