DYNM 640 - Virtual Forms of Collaboration

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University of Pennsylvania

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Reyes. In many of today's organizations, the process of improving productivity and performance has become a big business. Quite apart from the myriad internal studies, task forces, reorganization efforts, re-engineering projects, and the like, there are countless external vendors and consultants who provide productivity and performance products and services to organizations of all types. Perhaps the best known are Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) and Business Process Engineering (BPE) which have been developed to tackle the needs for broader-scale improvements. The adoption of Enterprise-wide Resource Planning (ERP) systems based on BPE has been a significant development. Not only does ERP ordinarly constitute a major investment of resources, it requires the adoption of a reconfigured view of the organization and the processes used in its design, structure, and operations. In this seminar, the rationale for ERP will be discussed in terms of its effects and impacts on productivity and performance in organizations. In order to illustrate the factors and considerations used in developing ERP systems, examples will be presented which employ SAP's R/3 system and the R/3 "Business Process Reference Models." In order to facilitate the review, additional examples will be presented.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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