There has been an ongoing debate about the use of research methods in Information Systems Research (ISR). Despite the international dominance of the behaviourist approach, there is a remarkable number of researchers who propagate alternative methods, such as hermeneutic approaches or the...

Dieser Bericht stellt die Mentoring-Konzeption für den Studiengang M. Sc. Wirtschaftsinformatik an der Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Universität Duisburg-Essen vor. Im Zentrum der Konzeption steht ein strukturierter Mentoringprozess, der durch ein begleitendes...

Classification and generalisation are arguably the most important abstractions used in conceptual modelling. From a software developer's perspective it may seem that there is a clear difference between classification and generalisation. However, this impression is deceptive. It is indeed...

An enterprise model comprises various abstractions of an enterprise that represent both information systems and the surrounding action systems. These different models are integrated in order to avoid redundant work and to contribute to a tight and consistent integration of action systems and...