Business Information Management

Why Business Information Management?

Core Courses

Information Strategy

You will understand and master how businesses create value with information. You will intensively analyse the process of developing the information strategy and how it is linked with the overall business strategy. Crafting business models is an essential element in this course.

Implementing Business Applications

To be able to change the overall information strategy of an organisation, it is paramount to acquire an insight into the rapid development and implementation of business applications. In order to accelerate this process an in-depth knowledge regarding business processes and the role of information and business applications is required. This course in implementing Business Applications will focus on developing business modelling skills. The development of business applications will be analysed in its organisational context and resistance to change will be taken into account.

Consultancy and Project Management

To successfully apply the insights from the Information Strategy and Business Applications courses, it is crucial to have deep knowledge and understanding about the consultancy process and project management. Through working in multi-cultural student teams, this course will provide you with the right project management tools and techniques to help your team to execute these business projects successfully.

Managing Knowledge and Innovation

Following on the subjects taught in the previous core courses, we will focus on knowledge management and knowledge sharing platforms for international businesses and organisations. Managing innovation is the other topic in which you will develop an insight during this course. Innovation such as that of mobile business innovation will be explored. Mobile business in short is the use of mobile telephone technology for improved customer communication.

Managing Information Resources

As a graduate you will probably be confronted with the decision processes a Chief Information Officer (CIO) is facing today. Topics such as managing the IT infrastructure, IT outsourcing and offshore outsourcing in a global context. The centralised/decentralised role of the IT department, and managing security, privacy, and identity in global companies are also addressed.

Master thesis Research Clinic

Since every student needs to finalise its MScBA with the Master thesis we already give you the opportunity to follow our special Research Clinic. You will learn how to define and write your Master thesis proposal, how to do research in the field of your specialisation, and how you will be coached during the Master thesis period. During the Research Clinic staff involved in this MScBA will present their current research projects and you will be offered the opportunity to link your Master thesis to these research projects.

Career Prospects

Since the beginning of 2005 the career perspectives of business information management students look very promising. Companies are looking for graduates that have required a deep knowledge and understanding of the strategic value of information.

?All corporations are looking for well educated BIM-people. It was not hard to find a good job.?

Graduates in Business Information Management will have the following job descriptions and usually work for larger or multinational companies or consultancy firms:

• Information Managers, who analyse and implement information solutions for companies
  
• Business Consultants, who advise managers to develop business applications to create value
  
• Business Analysts, who analyse and implement new ways of doing business
  
• IT Consultants, who advise managers to developed new IT-enabled solutions
  
• Business Development Managers, who develop new IT-enabled business models
  
• Project Managers, who initiate, direct, and manage projects in and between companies
  
• Management Trainees usually will follow a two-year ?training on the job? programme and will continue their career in a management position.

Our graduates work in the following sectors:

• Management Consultancy (33%)
  
• Software and Computing Services (19%)  
  
• Technology, Multi-media, and Telecom (12%) 
  
• Banking (9%) 
  
• Energy, Oil- and Gas Services (6%) 
  
• Food, Drink, and Tobacco (4%) 
  
• Other Sectors (17%)

Our top employers are:

• PriceWaterhouseCoopers (12%) 
  
• Accenture (11%) 
  
• LogicaCMG (11%) 
  
• EUR (8%) 
  
• Solvision (8%) 
  
• Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (7%) 
  
• Deloitte & Touch (7%) 
  
• ABN AMRO (5%) 
  
• IBM (5%) 
  
• KPN (5%) 
  
• Shell (5%) 
  
• Akzo Nobel (4%) 
  
• ING Bank (4%) 
  
• KPMG (4%) 
  
• Oracle (4%)