Theses
A Thesis at our group
In the Information Systems and Transformation Management group, we supervise students who write their bachelor's or master's thesis. Here, we focus on the study programs offered by the Department of information systems and the Rhine-Ruhr Institute of Information Systems.
Topics of your thesis should be in line with the current fields of research in the group. If you are interested in writing your thesis in our group, we recommend you first look at our current research for topic inspiration. You may, of course, propose your own ideas as long as they fit into our current research areas. Alternatively, one of our research assistants could help you find a suitable topic that is in line with his or her current research. You should therefore take a look at our research assistants’ fields of research as well. You are welcome to make an appointment with one of our research assistants to discuss possible topics, or you can directly submit a summary (topic and goal of your thesis, initial outline, and used literature).
We are also open to supervise bachelor and master theses conducted in collaboration with a partner from industry. However, they also need to fit our current research areas. In addition, their goals and topic need to be of sufficient novelty, abstraction, and quality from a research perspective (please do not submit proposals for mere descriptive “internship reports” as the topic of your thesis).
When writing your thesis, we will provide a continuous exchange and have an open ear for your problems to guide you through the process as well as possible. However, writing a thesis is ultimately your project. You should consider yourself as the project manager of your thesis. That means you are responsible for asking for advice and guidance.
Find currently offered theses topics
Offered Theses Topics
Our group continuously provides state-of-the-art topics for potential bachelor and master theses. Students can have a look into the provided list and can feel free to approach the respective topic owner and supervisor of our group.
Find helpful information for writing academic documents
Moodle Course for theses information
Our group supports students with helpful information available for students who write a thesis at our group, e.g.
- selected paper on how to write a thesis or how to conduct a literature based / empirical investiagtion
- ready-to-use templates for theses
Tasks for a successful thesis
Overview of responsibilities
Responsibilities of the student
- Literature research and topic suggestion
- Selection and evaluation of literature
- Structure and organization of thesis
- Outline of objectives and problem statement
- Presentation of intermediate results
- Obligation to collect regarding question and problems
- Preparing of proposal of assignation of a bachelor/master thesis
- Submission in due time
Responsibilities of our group
- Agreement on topic and oprionally support in formulating it
- Feedback to questions in reasonalbe time span
- Offering of consultation hours
- Application at the examination office
- Evaluation of thesis as first reviewer