The Open Government Institute | TOGI

Teaching

TOGI attaches great importance to the interaction between teaching and research. It has been shown in the past that not only the discussion of current developments and results with students offers a great added value. Student research itself also provides valuable impulses.

Bachelor

The disciplinary border separating economy, politics, management and culture in former times becomes blurred, multidisciplinarity wins increasingly in meaning. Information and communication technologies as a driver of these changes become more and more relevant in the management oriented political and administrative sciences. To understand the new challenges resulting from this development, students are getting an introduction to public sector informatics and business informatics in this module.
By the use of selected concepts, models and tools the different functionalities, operation areas and chances of modern information and communication technologies are demonstrated for administrative and business praxis.
Thus a basic understanding is produced for organisational process and the use of computers and IT-systems to the fulfilment of public tasks and economical interests.
The students receive a general idea about the possible field of application of information and communication technologies in political, administrative and economical context. They are enabled to work independently with new models and technologies and to apply this knowledge to existing political, administrative and economical theories and context.


The programming of computers and computer networks is no component of the modules.

Module 123191 | Public Sector Informatics & Digitalisation

The course (in German) is the introduction to public sector informatics. It focuses on Electronic Government and the application-oriented use of modern information and communication technologies in political boards and administration for the fulfilment of public tasks. The number of tools and system solutions under consideration opens up a wide range of possible applications, from which particularly relevant approaches can be prepared in exemplary fashion and discussed together.

The students receive an insight into essential concepts, models and tools of public sector informatics, get known to the application spectrum in governmental agencies, offices and public enterprises in Germany and should be enabled to get used to the work in the future independently with new technologies foreseeable not yet.


- Public Sector Informatics, Electronic Government and Electronic Governance

- Players of E-Government in the Federal Republic of Germany

- Secure Documents: Files, Certificates, Data Privacy and Data Security

- Secure Communication: Identification, Signatures, Delivery, Trust

- One Stop Government and Portals for the Public Sector

- Open Government: Opening of State and Administration

- Transparency, Participation, Collaboration and Open Innovation in the Public Sector

- Smart Government: Internet of Things and Internet of Services

- Digitalisation in the Civil Service, in Justice and in Tax Administration

- E-Health: Digitalisation in the Health Administration


The programming of computers and computer networks is not part of the module.

Module 123192 | Business Informatics & Digitalisation

The course (in German) is the introduction to business informatics. It focuses on the scientific approach of business informatics and the application-oriented use of modern information and communication technologies in economy and administration. The huge number of applicable tools and system solutions opens up a large field of possible applications. Outstanding attempts will be retreated and discussed in group.

The students receive an insight into essential concepts, models and tools of business informatics, get known to the application spectrum in companies, and public sector and should be enabled to look ahead to new technologies foreseeable not yet.


- Informatics
- Business Informatics and Information Systems Science
- Data Management, Information Management and Knowledge Management
- Management: Planning, Building And Running of Information Systems
- Business Processes, Office Information Systems and Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
- Management Support Systems, Business Intelligence and Big Data
- Internet and World Wide Web
- Web 2.0, Web 3.0, Internet of Things, Internet of Services and Tactile Internet
- Portals, Distribution Channels, Electronic Business and Electronic Commerce
- Digital Transformation


The programming of computers and computer networks is not part of the module.

Master

The disciplinary border separating economy, politics, management and culture in former times becomes blurred, multidisciplinarity wins increasingly in meaning. Information and communication technologies as drivers of these changes possess a large relevance for management oriented politics and administrative sciences. In order to understand and to master the challenges resulting from this development, the students receive a deepened knowledge of public sector informatics and business informatics based on selected cases where information and communication technologies are used to modernize the public sector.
With this module, the existing knowledge should be deepened and the understanding of new technologies should be strengthened. The aim is that students will learn the relevance and the possible uses of information technologies for government modernization, organization and process.
The students acquire knowledge of current trends, new concepts, models and tools of the information technology. They become familiar with possibilities in the political and in the public sector and should be able to solve situations where they have to prepare and to make strategic decisions with using new technologies.


The programming of computers and computer networks is not part of the module.

Module 243121 | Digitalisation of the Public Sector

The course introduces aspects of digitalisation in the public sector and deepens them through seminar papers. The application-oriented use of modern information and communication technologies in the public sector will be the focus: Electronic Government, Open Government, Smart Government and Realtime Government. The multitude of tools and system solutions under consideration, the ubiquitous possibilities of the Internet and the complexity of the public sector open up a wide range of possible applications, from which selected current trends are presented and discussed in exemplary fashion.

The students will gain insights into current concepts, models and tools in public sector informatics and politics informatics, analyse the relevant actors, learn about possible applications in government and administration, in public authorities and public enterprises, and get used in familiarizing oneself with technologies not known yet.


- Methods and models of Public Sector Informatics and Politics Informatics

- Actor analysis for the digitalisation of state and administration

- Electronic Government – Information, Services and Process Management

- Open Government – Transparency, Open Data, Participation and Collaboration

- Smart Government – Smart Objects and Cyber-physical Systems

- Realtime Government – Governmental Activities in real time

- Digitization strategies: digital.fn, Digital@BW & the coalition agreement

- Cooperation across administrative levels with the IT Planning Council & FITKO

- Onlinezugangsgesetz, Portal Federation and the German Digitalisation Programme

- Germany's 4th National Action Plan 2023-25 for the Open Government Partnership

- Open societal innovation for state modernisation

- Business models around geodata from the state's point of view

- Smart City Ulm 2030 

- Activities of the Smart Government Academy Bodensee and its partners

- Foreign Policy in Times of Wikileaks, NSA Surveillance and Russian Troll Factories

- Open Aid in development cooperation

- The challenge of digitalisation for public service broadcasting

- The cyber security challenge for government and administration


The programming of computers and computer networks is not part of the module.

Module 243122 | Public Sector Informatics and Artificial Intelligence

With this module, the existing knowledge should be deepened and the understanding of new technologies should be strengthened. The aim is that students will learn the relevance and the possible uses of information technologies and artificial intelligence for government modernization, organization and process.

The application-oriented use of modern information and communication technologies in administration will be in the foreground, whereby current technology trends and projects relevant to the public sector at federal, state and municipal level will be given special consideration. With a view to current developments, the thematic focus shifts from year to year.

The students gain insight into current trends, novel concepts, models and tools of public sector informatics, learn about possible applications and should be enabled to prepare and make strategic decisions on the use of innovative technologies. External guests are invited as impulse generators.


- Current megatrends and consequences for administrative modernization
- Current trends in public sector informatics
- Artificial intelligence in the public administration
- Current developments in digital policy after the German elections
- Reflexion: Corona-Warn-App vs. Luca-App
- Workshop: IoT-data platforms and digital twins
- Workshop: Vision of a digitized administration 2050
- Workshop: Designing sustainable smart cities
- Attending the Smart Government Summit 

- Space available for own content suggestions for seminar papers


The programming of computers and computer networks is not part of the module.

Module 233012 | Public Administration

This introductory course provides a comprehensive and theoretically well-founded overview of public administration and the administrative sciences. Starting from the development of the public sector in modern states the different approaches to identifying and implementing public tasks are handled. The main focus lies on the integration of public administration in the political, social, legal, organizational and economic environment. In this analysis of public organizations, emphasis will be placed on the modernization of public administration, the use of information and communication technologies in government and the bureaucracy and administrative management issues. The course combines introductions to the cross-cutting issues of the administrative sciences with current issues of modernization in the public administration.

Students get an overview about current issues of administrative sciences. They can capture important debates for establishing and carrying out public functions in the context of scientific literature and discuss and evaluate complex organizational problems in the public sector analytically. They can obtain the theoretical and conceptual foundations on concrete examples from the public sector and work out sound solutions. In addition to the analytical skills the students acquire the ability to professionally formulate their arguments in written and oral form in short comments.


- Administrative sciences and the science of public administration
- State and Government in a historical perspective
- State and administrative law
- State and administrative tasks
- Organizational structure of public administration
- Theory of bureaucracy and administrative federalism
- Internal organization of administrative authorities
- Administrative culture in governance
- Modernization of public administration and administrative reform
- New public management
- Human resources in the public administration
- Finance and budget
- Planning, decision, control and accountability
- Public procurement
- Public sector informatics, e-government, open government and smart government

Module 243145 | Selected Topics Public Management & Digitalisation: Open Government

As part of the eGov-Campus, a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) covering the field of open government and a textbook have been produced by The Open Government Institute (TOGI). The aim is to contribute to the education, training and continuing education of public administration managers in the field of open government. This module aims to deepen students' existing knowledge and strengthen their understanding of open government.

The MOOC uses different didactic methods. Online lecture units in the form of videos are used to disseminate knowledge. These are supplemented by expert impulses from the field on various topics as well as reflection units at the end of each section. In addition, the MOOC relies on extensive quizzes and transfer exercises that students can work on alone or together with others in digital learning spaces. In addition, simulation games were designed for four sections in which students can take on different roles from politics, administration, civil society, business and academia in order to deal with the respective challenges in these areas. The results and findings of the simulation games can in turn be shared in the learning spaces. The accompanying textbook summarises all the content in a comprehensible way. At the end of the MOOC, a take-home exam has to be passed.

After completing the course, students are able to name current examples and projects in the field of open government in national and international contexts, to describe the upcoming change processes through the opening of state and administration and to identify associated potentials as well as risks. They will also be enabled to independently draft guiding images, goals, concepts and strategies in the sense of open government. Open governance thrives on the active participation of civil society. Therefore, it is also a concern of the course to inform individual civil society actors and organisations about possibilities of participation, to encourage them to participate and to network them with one another.

- Open Government
- Transparency
- Open Data and Open Government Data
- Open Budget
- Citizen participation
- Cooperation
- Open Government Partnership

Module 241134 | Selected Topics Public Management & Digitalisation: Data Spaces and Digitalisation of Media

The course focuses on current trends in media informatics and data spaces. The application-oriented use of social media, modern information and communication technologies and artificial intelligence in the media industry and public broadcasting companies is initially in the foreground. On this foundation, the students independently work their way into the data spaces currently being set up and present the status and current developments as part of their assignments.

The students gain insight into current trends, new concepts, models and tools of media informatics and data spaces, get to know application possibilities and should be enabled to prepare and make strategic decisions for the use of new technologies by public broadcasting agencies and for the design of data spaces.


- Media Informatics and Digital Communication

- Public Broadcasting Agencies in Germany

- Transformation in the Media Economy

- The Future for Newspapers and Publishing Houses in the Digital Age

- The Future for Radio Stations in the Digital Age

- The Future for TV Stations in the Digital Age

- The Future for the Movie Business in the Digital Age

- The Future for the Music Business in the Digital Age

- The Future for Performing Arts in the Digital Age

- The Future for Imagination Arts in the Digital Age

- Open Culture and Urban Culture Data Spaces

- Data Strategy of the European Union and the German Federal Government

- Open Cultural Policy and Urban Cultural Data Spaces

- Open Administrative Data and Urban Data Spaces

- Mobility Data Space

- Health Data Space

- Energy Data Space

- Green Deal Data space

- Financial Data Space

- Industry Data Space

Theses

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