MIS 574 - Business Process Reengineering

3 cr.

(Prerequisite MIS 504) Information technology (IT) makes possible new and radically different ways of performing business functions. This course will address the ways in which information technology can be used by organizations to restructure and redesign business processes. The course contents include: analysis of core business processes and cross-functional integration, identification and evaluation of opportunities to apply IT to business processes, design and development of solutions to reengineer business processes, development of implementation plans, and analysis of the key implications of the plan in terms of costs and organizational changes. Students will analyze and discuss several cases involving the use of IT in reengineering.