In the following you will find some reading hints, which are mainly recommendations for participants of our master courses. Although these recommendations are not obligatory readings, we strongly recommend the selected contributions because they are suitable as a complement and deepening of the lecture material. In order to facilitate access to the works, we have supplemented the individual titles below with brief notes to support selective reading.

• Jaspers, K. (1980). Die Idee der Universität (Nachdruck der 1. Ausg., Berlin 1946). Berlin: Springer.

In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War and the devastation wreaked on German universities by the Nazis, the philosopher Karl Jaspers presents his ideas of the university as a special place in society, where freedom and knowledge are also ends in themselves, and who therefore exhorts teachers and students to assume special responsibility. The partially antiquated-looking language is to be placed against the historical background. Apart from that, the short script is still very topical. Foreword and introduction can be found here.

• Frank, U. (2019). Linguistic Structures in the Light of the Digital Transformation: Addressing the Conflict Between Reference and Change. In K. Bergener, M. Räckers, & A. Stein (Eds.): The Art of Structuring: Bridging the Gap Between Information Systems Research and Practice (pp. 41–54). Springer

In this article, Prof. Frank examines the fundamental challenges that the investigation and design of digital transformation poses for business informatics as a science. On the one hand, Prof. Frank discusses the central role of language and conceptual models. On the other hand, he examines how the concept of possible worlds as well as carefully designed narratives can contribute to developing a scientiffically sound orientation for digital change. Not necessary to follow the lecture, but suitable to put the topics into a larger scientific context. Download here

• Frank, U. (2011). Multi-Perspective Enterprise Modelling: Background and Terminological Foundation (ICB Research Report No. 46).

Although the title of this research report suggests that it is mainly relevant for the lecture Enterprise Modelling II, it is also relevant for the lectures Integrated Business Information Systems I+II. First of all this research report deals with the clarification of basic concepts (especially chapter 3 "Information Systems") is therefore also important for IBIS. The further chapters then deal with the basics of conceptual modelling and enterprise modelling, which is more in the focus of EM II. Download here

Please pay attention to the literature references for the individual lectures, as we give them in the respective Moodle courses.