Overview

The chapters of this book are based on papers presented at the International Working Conference on Information and Process Integration in Enterprises (IPIC '96), held at MIT on the 14th and 15th November 1996. They cover issues ranging from the future role of documents in enterprise integration to emerging models of business processes and information use, and practical experiences in implementing new processes and technologies in real work environments. The book is suitable as a secondary text for a graduate-level course on information technology.

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Author:   Toshiro Wakayama ,  Srikanth Kannapan ,  Chan Meng Khoong ,  Shamkant Navathe
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1998 ed.
Volume:   428
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.760kg
ISBN:  

9780792380597

ISBN 10:   0792380592
Pages:   419
Publication Date:   31 December 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section I: Framework Concepts for Information and Process Integration.- 1 Documents, Processes, and Metaprocesses.- 2 Documents and Business Processes: Understanding the Links.- 3 Documents and Dependencies: Enabling Strategic Improvement through Coordination Redesign.- 4 Enterprise Modeling within the Framework of Business Process Reengineering.- 5 Lessons from Paperwork: Designing a Cooperative Shared Object Service.- Section II: The Use of Documents in Information and Process Integration.- 6 Information Integration for Field Workers and Office-based Professionals: 3 Case Studies.- 7 Crossing the Border: Document Coordination and the Integration of Processes in a Distributed Organisation.- 8 Approaches to Standardization of Documents.- 9 Information and Process Integration from User Requirements Elicitation: A Case Study of Documents in a Social Services Agency.- Section III: Models for Information and Process Integration.- 10 Three Good Reasons for using a Petri-net-based Workflow Management System.- 11 Logical Structure Transformation between SGML documents.- 12 Task Oriented Modeling of Document Security in CapBasED-AMS.- 13 The Partial Order Model of Data: Enterprise Integration via a Unifying Model.- 14 Information Integration in Maintenance and Design Processes: A Modeling Effort.- Section IV: Emerging Contexts of Practice in Industry.- 15 The LSS Project: A Case study for Integrating an Electronic Document Repository into the Legal Process.- 16 Dynamic Documents and Situated Processes: Building on Local Knowledge in Field Service.- Document and Process Transformation during the Product Life Cycle.- 18 Forming the Research and Development Workplace: Documents as the Glue in the Process Design.- Section V: Emerging Contexts of Practice in Government and Education.- 19 Understanding of Business and Organizational Issues Surrounding Integration: Redesigning MIT’s Publishing Services.- 20 Process Redesign In Education: The Case of Documents.- 21 Knowledge Worker System for Process Integration.- 22 Web Publishing and Changes in Document Production.- Section VI: Strategies for Success: Lessons from a Failure Case.- 23 Paper Documents: Implications of Changing Media For Business Process Redesign.- 24 Guiding Enterprise Change: A Group Exercise in Information and Process Integration.

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