Artifact-Centric Business Process Models: Brief Survey of Research Results and Challenges Richard Hull IBM T.J. Watson Research Center‚ Yorktown Heights‚ NY‚ USA Abstract. A data-centric approach to business process and workflow modeling has been emerging over the past several years. This short paper presents a structured framework for a class of data-centric business process models‚ which are based on “business artifacts”. The paper provides a brief survey of research results on artifact-centric
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BUSINESS PROCESS CHANGE PLAN EVALUATION GB560 Designing‚ Improving and Implementing Processes Session # 1105D Unit 6 Assignment Alicia Fields Kaplan University August 30‚ 2011 The importance of understanding Business Process Change Business processes comprise a set of sequential sub-processes or tasks‚ with alternative paths depending on certain conditions as applicable‚ performed to achieve a given objective or produce given outputs. Each process has one or more needed inputs. The inputs
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“identifies the scope of the research and guides the plan of the project”. The research question is the central issue being addressed in the study and from this research objectives can be set. The table below sets out criteria to help devise useful research objectives. Criterion | Purpose | Transparency | The meaning of the research objective is clear and unambiguous |
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Communication Styles and the Business Communication Process According to Stuart‚ Sarow‚ and Stuart (2007) “Interpersonal communication is the exchange of information between two or more senders or receivers in a casual context” (p. 12). I will discuss the content of a conversation between a young lady named Odetta and her boss Robert. Odetta is the group coordinator at a major hotel near the Los Angeles airport‚ and it is time for her review. The discussion will include the style of communication
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MPM 701 Business Process Management (BPM) Written Assignment Report Overview & Structure Executive Summary This preliminary business report analyse and evaluate why Cullen Creative Cooking Pty Ltd (CCC) is experiencing declined profitability and lower customer responsiveness. The report finds that the current business processes has problems that need to be redesigned and redressed. It offers the business owner several reasons for adopting a BPM approach‚ such as improving corporate performance
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Management by Objectives Motivating employees seems to be a challenge for managers - Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the MBO program and provide at least one example to support your discussion. Goal-Setting Theories have evolved since the 50s and have an impressive documented literature. The Goal-Setting Theory addresses the issues that goal specificity‚ challenge‚ and feedback have on performance (Robbins‚ 2009‚ p185). Setting goals and motivating employees are always an important
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MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES Management By Objectives (MBO)‚ was first introduced by Peter Drucker in 1954 in his book‚ The Practice of Management. By 1960s and 1970s‚ MBO became the no 1 buzzword of management practices and some form of a panacea for management ills. Most importantly‚ MBO has‚ for the first time‚ introduced significant changes to the command-control top down management system practiced at that time. Not that the Command & Control company system did not have any goals and objectives. It
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service possible." Employees also call it the wow statement and has been the key factor for Zappos.com quick success in a global scale. This mission statement has helped with employee retention because the company goes through many steps to find objective based employees which clearly fit the company ’s profile. They do mention that they have left behind very talented people who were not fitted with the company ’s profile. Every employee goes through two interviews‚ one from management and one from
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various approaches to the writing process‚ utilize and demonstrate various techniques designed to aid in the writing process. Topics for This Week’s Discussions: Objective Tone (graded) Flawed Diction (graded) Q&A Forum . . . for your questions and comments (not graded) Note: Click on the links in the “Topics” section to view the discussion topics. Then‚ click “Respond” to add your thoughts to the discussion thread. Topics Objective Tone (graded) Flawed Diction
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the management of people/staff in order for them to make contributions to the objectives of the organisation. “HRM is the body of management activities and used in this way HRM is really no more than a more modern and supposedly imposing name for what has long been labelled personnel management” (Torrington et al‚ 2009). The best way to describe HRM is to look at what it aims to achieve i.e. its four key objectives: 1) Staffing – includes recruiting staff‚ up-skilling of staff and training and
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