IS-403 Digital Transformation and Business Process Management (Autumn 2026)
- ECTS Credits:
- 10
- Responsible department:
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Course Leader:
- Markus Philipp Zimmer
- Lecture Semester:
- Autumn
- Teaching language:
- English
- Duration:
- ½ year
Table of contents
The course is connected to the following study programs
- Master’s Programme in International Business
- Master's Programme in Information Systems
- Master's Programme in Social Communication
- Master's Programme in Business Administration
Teaching language
English
Recommended previous knowledge
Bachelor level courses in digitalisation.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will:
- be able to plan digitalization and digital transformation in organisations
- have advanced knowledge about how digital technology enables new strategies, restructuring and improvements of work processes in organisations
- have knowledge about the role process orientation plays in digitalisation and in creating digital transformation in organisations
- have in-depth knowledge about different traditions, theories and practices for business process management in organisations
- be able to independently model, analyse, and identify target states for business processes using leading tools
Contents
The digitalisation of society and business leads to an increasing need for private and public enterprises to renew themselves regularly. New requirements for products and services, as well as greater emphasis on sustainability goals, make adaptability increasingly important.
The course consists of the following:
- Digital transformation of organisations
- Analysis of several cases with digital transformation in several industries
- Digital transformation and sustainability
- The importance of IT and dynamic skills for the creation of new strategies and change processes in organisations
- Customer orientation as a basis for digitalisation
- Management concepts focusing on continuous change for sustainable competitiveness
- Enterprise Architecture
- IT-based tools for modelling business processes
Teaching and learning methods
The teaching is organised in the form of weekly seminars and group work. Compulsory attendance is required in parts of the teaching, which will be announced at the start of the semester. Estimated workload is 270 hours.
Examination requirements
Group assignments must be passed before being allowed to sit for the oral exam.
Examinations
The course examination comprises of a group examination and individual examination. Students must pass the group and individual examination to obtain a final grade.The group examination consists of one or more group assignments that jointly count 50% of the final grade.The second is an individual oral exam that counts 50% of the final grade.The final grade is an individual grade (A-F).
Student evaluation
The person responsible for the course decides, in cooperation with student representative, the form of student evaluation and whether the course is to have a midway or end of course evaluation in accordance with the quality system for education, chapter 4.1.
Offered as a free-standing course
Yes, subject to availability or capacity.
Admission Requirement if given as a free-standing course
Same admission requirements as for the master's programme in information systems
Reduction of Credits
This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:
| Course | Reduction of Credits |
|---|---|
| IS-4100 – Information Technology and Business Development. | 10 |
| IS-4100 – Information Technology and Business Development. | 10 |
| IS-917 – Digital transformation. | 10 |
| IS-421 – Digitalisering og prosessledelse. | 5 |
| IS-910 – Digitalisering og forretningsutvikling. | 5 |
Last updated from FS (Felles studentsystem)
Oct. 15, 2026 2:28:53 PM