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 and outputs may be received from, or sent to other business processes, other organizational units, or internal or external stakeholders. Business processes are designed to be operated by one or more business functional units, and emphasize …show more content…
The possible effects on staff members could include outsourcing, training requirements and staff development opportunities, or even equity impact and any negative impact on staff and/or directly or indirectly affect a particular group. In regards to relevant financial information, one might want to consider general relevant financial information and provide a cost benefit analysis if the change is financially driven. Also include details regarding how the proposed change will ensure the financial viability of that particular division. Conduct a self-evaluation and describe your own performance and approach to the class throughout the semester. In performing a self-evaluation, I would describe my own performance as minimal, yet, contributory. I use these terms because my discussion involvement usually took place toward the end of the unit, but I always participate in a manner which, I believe, brought out a unique perspective and triggered an advanced thought process. I enjoyed the fact that each assignment was a building block from the previous week, but I will admit that the assignment portion was very intimidating from the beginning. The structure of the course really made you view yourself as an expert at process change. You had to put yourself in that role in order to not only understand the
2. Amir Bonakdar, T. W. (2013). Transformative Influence of Business Processes on the Business Model: Classifying the State of the Practice in the Software Industry. Hawaii: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
Some were first-year students like myself and others were halfway through the program. It was interesting to get to know them, their professions and experiences with distance education. Finally, this assignment required me to summarize data from excel spreadsheet, synthesize information (5.6) and effectively communicate in a variety of forms (5.7). This was not easy as all the data had to be explained in writing and typed clearly for the reader to make sense of it. Overall, this assignment taught me the skills of analyzing quantitative data, and despite the struggles with formulas, it was an excellent opportunity to practice and answer the questions and get them right some after a few attempts if not on the first
A business process modeling technique mainly models four aspects of business processes, which are functional, informational, behavioural and organizational. An appropriate modeling technique is chosen, depending upon goal of modeling. Several Business Process Modeling Techniques have emerged since the beginning of the century. A few of these techniques are
4. Self-Assessment: I was impressed on how quickly I found the answer to the Problem of the Week. Normally, in this math class, first answer you get immediately is not the right answer. But this time I got it on the first try. I would rate myself a 10 out of 10 for my
Business must endlessly update their systems to keep up with the changes that occurs with their business process. Business processes are continually trying to find many ways to accomplish new and shifting goals for the business. New or shifting goals, such as changing the responsible for a current business process, or combining more than one responsible into one can be difficult and needs a clear understanding of multi-tiered systems and the business processes itself. The absence of connection among requirement and employment can lead to problems in recognizing the suitable program which must be changed to further increase the worthiness of a system in response to the new goals. Unfortunately, these changes can lead to errors and can make take longer than expected.
We had the week assignment to do, it took some time and thinking to do it but I learned a lot and I got more use to the logic gates implementation and the truth tables. I also have to mention that while I was doing the assignment unit I learned more on how to use the logisim tool.
2) Review your homework from Week 1. What progress did you make on your course
Another change can be, working policies and procedures where at present they might not reflect the company in the best light therefore it can damage the company’s reputation.
One assignment that I feel as though I put my all into would be the Definition essay, in my opinion is my best. I took my time and tried to focus on what the instructor was
There have been many assignments that I have completed in this class that have been helpful. The top two assignments are “The Missouri Connection” and Emotional Intelligence Inventory chose these two because they both helped me learn something about myself that I did not know before. Missouri Connection help me find the perfect career path I want to follow. Before doing this assignment, I had an idea of what I wanted to pursue but this helped show me that it’s the right career path for me. It gave me reassurance that I am going down the right path that follow my interests. Also it helped me to get a different opinion from someone I did not know. Emotion Intelligence helped me identify my emotions easier and at an appropriate time. I have always
It is important that I do a student evaluation and a self evaluation in order to see how well
The purpose of this evaluation is to help graduate students (and their advisors) assess the student’s performance since the last committee meeting as a means toward fostering scientific and professional growth. The evaluation includes a variety of topics to help stimulate your self-assessment, and will be discussed by you and your advisor within a few weeks of your committee meeting. Not all of the topics are appropriate for all students or for all years. For instance, if you did not take any courses or did not TA since your last meeting, you would not complete those sections. Skip topics that are not relevant to you and
When we create a product or provide a service, such as developing software, writing a report, generate a business analysis, we always follow a series of ordered steps to accomplish a set of tasks. To correctly produce an intended output, the tasks must be completed as specific order, we can consider a set of ordered tasks as a process, involving activities, constraints, and resources. When the process involves the building of some
Pakn’ Save is a very good example of Business Process Re-Engineering done in ordination with Foodstuff NZ. Pak’n Save came in to form as an after effect of an outing by various Foodstuff officials to the United States. On that visit they saw operations of Cub Foods worked by SuperValu. Pak’nSave worked by Safeway, and various other general stores. Foodstuffs then replicated this configuration in the New Zealand market. The first Pak’nSave organisation was just about was just about an indistinguishable clone of Safeways’s Pak “N” Save chain in Northern California. (Wikipedia, 2013)
What kind of systems are described in this case? Identify and describe the business processes each supports. Describe the inputs, processes, and outputs of these systems.