Business process management (3347)
  
Coordinating lecturer :Prof. dr. Niels MARTIN 
  
Member of the teaching team :Mevrouw An VANTHIENEN 
 Mevrouw Gythe STANS 
 Prof. dr. Marijke SWENNEN 

Language of instruction : English
Credits: 6,0
  
Period: semester 1 (6sp)
  
2nd Chance Exam1: Yes
  
Final grade2: Numerical
 
Exam contract: not possible
 
Sequentiality
 
   No sequentiality

Prerequisites
  • The student has a basic understanding of business operations and business processes
  • The student can draw a correct process model using the Level 1 palette of the process modelling language BPMN


Content

Business process management refers to a body of methods, techniques and tools to identify, discover, analyze, redesign, execute and monitor business processes in order to optimize their performance. This course will focus on various topics in the business process management discipline. The course is structured around the phases of the business process management lifecycle: process identification, process discovery, process analysis, process redesign, process implementation and process monitoring.


Organisational and teaching methods
Organisational methods  
Lecture ✔  
Response lecture ✔  
Small group session ✔  
Teaching methods  
Exercises ✔  


Evaluation

Semester 1 (6,00sp)

Evaluation method
Written exam100 %
Closed-book ✔

Second examination period

Evaluation second examination opportunity different from first examination opprt
No
 

Compulsory course material
 
 

Recommended reading
 
  • BPMN method and style, Silver B, 2011, Cody-Cassidy Press, ISBN: 9780982368114
  • DMN method and style, Silver B, 2024, Cody-Cassidy Press, ISBN: 9798218313302


Learning outcomes
Bachelor of Business Engineering
  •  EC 

    • EC 05: The holder of the degree communicates in a business context in writing and orally, and if necessary with visual support. (Communication)

  •  EC 

    • EC 13: The holder of the degree applies insights from business science and relevant supporting/related disciplines in the analysis of financial and technical business problems. (Problem-solving capacity)

  •  EC 

    • EC 14: The holder of the degree models and designs solutions for financial and technical business problems to support decision-making at different levels. (Problem-solving capacity)

  •  EC 

    • EC 15: The holder of the degree can identify, evaluate and optimise the technological and business processes in an organisation in light of its strategic goals. (Programme-specific competencies)

 
Bachelor of Business and Information Systems Engineering
  •  EC 

    • EC 05: The holder of the degree communicates in a business context in writing and orally, and if necessary with visual support. (Communication)

  •  EC 

    • EC 13: The holder of the degree applies insights from business science and relevant supporting/related disciplines in the analysis of business and information technology problems. (Problem-solving capacity)

  •  EC 

    • EC 14: The holder of the degree models and designs solutions for business and information technology problems to support decision-making at different levels. (Problem-solving capacity)

  •  EC 

    • EC 15: The holder of the degree is able to identify, optimise and manage the information flows and technological and business processes in an organisation in light of its strategic goals.

 
  EC = learning outcomes      DC = partial outcomes      BC = evaluation criteria  
Offered inTolerance3
2nd Bachelor of Business and Information Systems Engineering J
2nd Bachelor of Business Engineering J
Exchange Programme Business Economics J



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