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CS 633 — Advanced Issues of Sales and Marketing
(dt. IT-Vertrieb und Marketing in einer digitalisierten Welt)

Level, degree of commitment Specialization module, compulsory elective module
Forms of teaching and learning,
workload		 Lecture (2 SWS), recitation class (2 SWS),
180 hours (60 h attendance, 120 h private study)
Credit points,
formal requirements		 6 CP
Course requirement(s): Successful completion of at least 50 percent of the points from the weekly exercises as well as at least 2 presentations of the tasks.
Examination type: Two examinations: term paper (3 CP) and presentation (3 CP)
Language,
Grading		 English,
The grading is done with 0 to 15 points according to the examination regulations for the degree program M.Sc. Business Informatics.
Duration,
frequency		 One semester,
Im Wechsel mit anderen specialization moduleen zur Business Informatics
Person in charge of the module's outline Prof. Dr. Bernhard Seeger

Contents

Part one:

  • Importance of IT products and solutions (today/in future)
  • Comparison of IT sales versus classic consumer and industrial goods sales
  • IT marketing versus IT sales (differences and similarities)
  • Tactical and strategic aspects of IT Sales
  • Organizational models (today/in future)
  • The market
  • The customer
  • Importance, generation and analysis of data
  • Challenges and changes of market and customers in the context of digitization
  • CRM, PRM
  • Standardized IT sales processes and best practices in selected industries (use cases)
  • Role concepts in sales and marketing
  • Management of sales and marketing, sales controlling and analytical marketing
  • Importance of Market Intelligence
  • Modern and future forms of IT sales

Part two:

  • Treatment of a case study: Working on a concrete, current and practice-relevant sales scenario/problem.

Qualification Goals

The students

  • can describe the fundamentals and processes in technology sales with a focus on information technology,
  • can describe and demonstrate with so-called 'best practices' from industry how effective and efficient product sales can be realized,
  • are able to describe models for mass sales as well as for complex technology sales of capital goods,
  • can explain how technological progress, with a focus on the Internet, enables completely new sales scenarios,
  • can apply these skills in the form of a practical case study.

Prerequisites

None. Basic competences in business administration are recommended, as they are taught in the basic business administration modules.


Applicability

Module imported from M.Sc. Business Informatics.

It can be attended at FB12 in study program(s)

  • B.Sc. Business Informatics
  • M.Sc. Business Informatics

When studying B.Sc. Business Informatics, this module can be attended in the study area Basic and Continuing Modules in Business Informatics.


Recommended Reading

  • Aktuelle und spezifische Literaturquellen werden im Rahmen des Moduls bereitgestellt.
  • Empfehlenswerte Quellen:
  • Ralf T. Kreutzer und Karl-Heinz Land: Digitale Markenführung: Digital Branding im Zeitalter des digitalen Darwinismus. Das Think!Book (2017)
  • Hartmut H. Biesel: Vertrieb 4.0: Vertrieb und Marketing in einer Digitalen Welt (2016)



Please note:

This page describes a module according to the latest valid module guide in Winter semester 2025/26. Most rules valid for a module are not covered by the examination regulations and can therefore be updated on a semesterly basis. The following versions are available in the online module guide:

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