Enterprise Systems Education in the 21st Century

Targowski, Andrew, Tarn, J. Michael

Idea Group Inc (IGI), Aug 31, 2006 - Computers - 386 pages

IT education, particularly at business colleges, is undergoing a transformation because of the emerging federated systems or enterprise-wide systems (ES). This follows a trend in industry, which uses complex software applications like SAP and others. This movement toward ES in industry has created major challenges for integrating ES into the classroom.

Enterprise Systems Education in the 21st Century presents methods of reengineering business curricula in order to use ES solutions. It also helps ES vendors understand the higher education environment so they can support college and university programs. Enterprise Systems Education in the 21st Century acts as a platform for both educators and vendors to present solutions and experiences gained from the challenges of integrating ES into the business classroom.

Contents

• Critical Success Factors for Implementing ERP Systmes as a Vehicle for Business Curriculum Integration at a Large State University: 1
• Implementing ERP Education in a Changing Environment and Different Degree Programs: 27
• ERP Education Hosting Visiting and Certifying: 41
• The Business ProcessDriven Undergraduate IS Curriculum A Transition from Classical CIS to Emerging BIT: 52
• The ERPOriented Graduate IT Program: 74
• Examples How to Teach Specific Business Processes of ES: 94
• Teaching ERP Concepts in a Capstone Course: 95
• Teaching an Enterprise Project as a Capstone Course of the CISBIT Program: 113
• Teaching Human Resource Management Using SAP: 129
• Teaching Operations Management with Enterprise Software: 138
• Using SAP for SCM Applications and Design A Study of the Supply Chain Management Process: 152
• Using SAP for ERP Applications and Design A Case Study of the Sales and Distribution Process: 176
• Examples How to Teach Specific IT Topics in ES: 201
• Putting Enterprise Systems in a Larger ICT Context A Pedagogical Framework: 202
• Enterprise Architecture and Information Architecture What is It and How to Teach It: 213
• Teaching ERP with Microsoft Business SolutionsGreat Plains: 230
• Teaching Integrated Business Processes via ERP Configuration: 246
• Teaching ERP Programming Using SAP ABAP4: 261
• A Course on Enterprise Portal Development and Management Issues Challenges and Solutions: 283
• Industrial Support of ES Education: 297
• The Status of SAPRelated Education Results of a Global Survey: 298
• Supporting Enterprise Systems Across the Business Curriculum The Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance: 327
• Enterprise Systems EducationA Vendors Approach Oracle Universitys Practice: 339
• About the Authors: 358
• Index: 364

About the author

Andrew Targowski was engaged in the development of social computing in totalitarian Poland (INFOSTRADA and Social Security # for 38 million citizens-PESEL, 1972) and received political asylum in the U.S. during the crackdown on solidarity in 1981. He has been a professor of business information systems at Western Michigan University since 1980. He published 21 books on information technology, history, and political science (Red Fascism, 1982) in English and Polish. During the 1990s, he was a director of the TeleCITY of Kalamazoo Project, one of the first digital cities in the U.S. He investigates the role of information-communication in enterprise, economy, and civilization. He is a president of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations and a former chairman of the Advisory Council of the Information Resources Management Association (1995-2003).

J. Michael Tarn is an associate professor of business information systems at Western Michigan University, USA. He holds a Ph.D. and an MS in information systems from Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Tarn has published numerous research papers in academic refereed journals, book chapters, and refereed conference proceedings. He currently serves as managing editor of the International Journal of Management Theory and Practices (IJMTP) and was editor-in-chief of Communications of the ICISA. He is a co-founder of the Telecommunications & Information Management (TIM) Program at Western Michigan University, the first interdisciplinary and inter-collegial TIM program in Michigan. Professor Tarn is former president of the International Chinese Information Systems Association. [Editor]

Bibliographic information

• Title: Enterprise Systems Education in the 21st Century
• Editors: Targowski, Andrew, Tarn, J. Michael
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Idea Group Inc (IGI), 2006
• ISBN: 1599043513, 9781599043517
• Length: 386 pages
• Subjects: Computers / Enterprise Applications / General; Computers / General; Education / Computers & Technology