Systems Analysis & Design Fundamentals

A Business Process Redesign Approach
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-4129-0585-5
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 634 g

Systems Analysis & Design Fundamentals: A Business Process Redesign Approach uniquely integrates traditional and modern systems analysis with design methods and techniques. By using a business process redesign approach, author Ned Kock enables readers to understand, in a very applied and practical way, how information technologies can be used to significantly improve organizational quality and productivity.

Key Features:

- Breaks new ground in the teaching of systems analysis and design. This book introduces a new business process redesign–oriented approach to teaching systems analysis and design. It goes significantly beyond what one would normally find in similar texts in terms of business process redesign, as well as related emerging trends in business.

- Offers a strong hands-on approach that is better aligned with what happens in the real world of organizations today than most traditional textbooks on the topic. The book is based on a retrospective analysis of dozens of real-world projects.

- Identifies new and innovative business processes for organizations. Several mini-cases and one comprehensive case of an Italian restaurant chain comprehensively illustrate the methods and techniques discussed in the book.

Intended Audience: This is an ideal text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses such as Systems Analysis and Design, Business Process Redesign, and Project Capstone courses in Management Information Systems and Computer Science programs.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Kock, Ned Florencio

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsinformatik, SAP, IT-Management
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Interdisziplinär Systemtheorie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Kybernetik, Systemtheorie, Komplexe Systeme
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware SAP

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction
Part I: Emerging Trends in Business
Part I Case: The FBI's Virtual Case File
Chapter 2 Data, Information, and Knowledge Flow in Business Processes
Chapter 3: Return on Investment in Technology
Part II: Understanding Business Processes
Part II Case: DoD's Software Procurement From CSC
Chapter 4: The Past, Present, and Future of Business Process Redesign
Chapter 5: Business Process Modeling Approaches and Diagrams
Part III: Changing Business Processes
Part III Case: IBM Global Financing's Credit Issuance Process
Chapter 6: Selecting a Target for Successful Businesss Process Redesign
Chapter 7: Representing Information and Knowledge in Business Processes
Chapter 8: Redesigning Business Processes
Part IV: Technology-Based Business Process Implementation
Part IV Case: Investars, Inc.'s Outsourcing of Programming to Belarus
Chapter 9: Using IT to Enable New Process Designs
Chapter 10: Redesigning Little Italy Restaurants
Part V: Advanced Technology Issues
Part V Case: Denver International Airport’s Baggage Handling System
Chapter 11: Database Design Concepts and Issues
Chapter 12: Object-Oriented Design Concepts and Issues
Chapter 13: Business Process Automation With ASP
Chapter 14: Conclusion
Appendix A: Complete ASP Code Examples
Appendix B: Answers to Review Questions
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

Über Autor(innen)

Kock, Ned Florencio
Ned Kock (Nereu Florencio Kock Jr.) is Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Department of MIS and Decision Science at Texas A&M International University. He holds degrees in electronics engineering (B.E.E.), computer science (M.Sc.), and management information systems (Ph.D.). Ned has authored several books, and published in a number of journals including Communications of the ACM; Decision Support Systems; IEEE Transactions on: Education, Engineering Management, and Professional Communication; Information & Management; Information Systems Journal, Information Technology & People; Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce; Journal of Systems and Information Technology; MIS Quarterly; and Organization Science. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of e-Collaboration, Associate Editor of the Journal of Systems and Information Technology, and Associate Editor for Information Systems of the journal IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. His research interests include action research, ethical and legal issues in technology research and management, e-collaboration, and business process improvement.