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Record Nr.

UNISA996465854403316

Autore

Schäl Thomas <1962->

Titolo

Workflow management systems for process organisations / / Thomas Schael

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Heidelberg : , : Springer, , [1998]

©1998

ISBN

3-540-49450-2

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 229 p.)

Collana

Lecture notes in computer science ; ; 1096

Disciplina

658.4038011

Soggetti

Management information systems

Reengineering (Management)

Production management

Workflow management systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

From the Functional to the Process-Centred Organisation -- Analysis and Design of Cooperative Networks -- Workflow Management Technology -- Field Study 1: The Coordinator Supporting Distributed Management Processes in a Training Company -- Field Study 2: X_Workflow for Overdraft Management in a Bank -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

All of us have learned a lot during this exercise, and the enormous success of the first edition of this book shows the great international interest for the topic and the results. A French edition appeared last year and met with equal interest. Springer-Verlag has therefore decided to publish a second edition of this book, which is not just a reprint but brings the literature and results to the newest state. This is a rare occurrence in the history of the LNCS series. We congratulate Thomas Schael on this success, and we are sure that reader- scientists and practitioners - will likewise profit from it. Aachen and Milan Giorgio De Michelis, Klaus Henning, Matthias Jarke August 1998 Preface to the Second Edition This book is a bit of a mixture of scientific and management literature. It is based on my research activities in the CSCW community, and also reflects the last ten years of my professional experience in consulting. I have had the opportunity to live



in different cultural settings, to work in many companies, and to meet people all over the world, which has helped me to reflect on what I was doing and to focus on the content of this book. This second edition reflects the fast moving field of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and the discussion on Business Process Re-engineering (BPR). It contains the latest developments in the scientific and managerial discussion of the issues developed in the first edition.