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Business process management (3347)
  
Coordinating lecturer :Prof. dr. Koen VANHOOF 
  
Member of the teaching team :Mevrouw Gythe STANS 
 De heer Haroon THARWAT 
 Mevrouw Pauline VANHEUSDEN 
 Prof. dr. Silia MERTENS 

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

Prerequisites

The student has adequate understanding (written and oral) of the English language.


Content

This course contains the necessary components for applying business process management. Business process modeling notation (BPMN en DMN) will be used for combining business friendliness with the expressiveness and semantic precision demanded by IT. A step-by-step methodology will be given in order to create business processes and decision models at different level.


Organisational and teaching methods
Organisational methods  
Lecture ✔  
Small group session ✔  


Evaluation

Period 1    Credits 6,00

Evaluation method
Written evaluaton during teaching periode5 %
Report✔
Oral evaluation during teaching period5 %
Presentation✔
Written exam90 %
Open questions✔

Second examination period

Evaluation second examination opportunity different from first examination opprt
No
Explanation (English)written exam closed-book 100%
 

Compulsory textbooks (bookshop)
 

Textbook 1:

BPMN method and style, Bruce Silver, second, Cody-Cassidy Press

Textbook 2:

DMN method and style, Bruce Silver, third edition, 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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