The Chair of Information Systems IV, headed by Prof. Dr. Alexander Mädche, focuses in research & education on Enterprise Systems. Enterprise Systems (ES) represent a specific category of information systems. They build on pre-packaged industry best practices embedded in standardized product software and target large‐scale integration of data and business processes across all company's functional areas and beyond company borderlines. Enterprise Systems strongly interplay with work practices of individual employees as well as organizational structures shaping and being shaped by individuals' behavior.

Our research follows the basic idea of research on Information Systems being a fundamentally sociotechnical matter. We investigate the lifecycle covering a development, implementation and use phase as well as novel concepts of Enterprise Systems. Our comprehensive education program comprising the bachelor, master, PhD and executive MBA level introduces the foundations of Enterprise Systems and provides insights into the state-of-the-art in research. Practical relevancy of our research is driven by the associated Institute of Enterprise Systems (InES) which targets closing the loop with practice.