Design of Enterprise Systems: Theory, Architecture, and Methods (Hardcover)

In practice, many different people with backgrounds in many different disciplines contribute to the design of an enterprise. Anyone who makes decisions to change the current enterprise to achieve some preferred structure is considered a designer. What is problematic is how to use the knowledge of separate aspects of the enterprise to achieve a globally optimized enterprise. The synthesis of knowledge from many disciplines to design an enterprise defines the field of enterprise engineering.

Because enterprise systems are exceedingly complex, encompassing many independent domains of study, students must first be taught how to think about enterprise systems. Specifically written for advanced and intermediate courses and modules, Design of Enterprise Systems: Theory, Architecture, and Methods takes a system-theoretical perspective of the enterprise. It describes a systematic approach, called the enterprise design method, to design the enterprise. The design method demonstrates the principles, models, methods, and tools needed to design enterprise systems. The author uses the enterprise system design methodology to organize the chapters to mimic the completion of an actual project. Thus, the book details the enterprise engineering process from initial conceptualization of an enterprise to its final design.

Pedagogical tools available from the author’s website include:

For instructors:

• PowerPoint^® slides for each chapter
• Project case studies that can be assigned as long-term projects to accompany the text
• Quiz questions for each chapter
• Business Process Analyzer software available for download

For students:

• Templates, checklists, forms, and models to support enterprise engineering activities

The book fills a need for greater design content in engineering curricula by describing how to design enterprise systems. Inclusion of design is also critical for business students, since they must realize the import their decisions may have on the long-term design of the enterprises they work with. The book’s practical focus and project-based approach coupled with the pedagogical tools featured on the author’s website gives students the knowledge and skills they need to lead enterprise engineering projects.

在實際應用中，許多具有不同背景的人們貢獻了許多不同學科的設計，這些人在改變當前企業以實現某種首選結構的決策中被視為設計師。問題在於如何利用企業各個方面的知識來實現全球優化的企業。從許多學科中綜合知識來設計企業定義了企業工程領域。

由於企業系統極為複雜，涵蓋了許多獨立的研究領域，學生必須首先學習如何思考企業系統。《企業系統設計：理論、架構和方法》專為高級和中級課程和模塊而撰寫，從系統理論的角度描述了企業。它描述了一種稱為企業設計方法的系統方法來設計企業。設計方法展示了設計企業系統所需的原則、模型、方法和工具。作者使用企業系統設計方法來組織章節，以模擬實際項目的完成。因此，本書詳細介紹了從企業的初步概念化到最終設計的企業工程過程。

作者網站提供的教學工具包括：
- 每章的 PowerPoint® 幻燈片
- 可分配為長期項目的案例研究，以配合教材
- 每章的測驗問題
- 可供下載的業務流程分析軟件

對於學生：
- 支持企業工程活動的模板、檢查表、表格和模型

本書填補了工程課程中對設計內容的需求，描述了如何設計企業系統。設計的包含對於商業學生也至關重要，因為他們必須意識到他們的決策對他們所合作的企業的長期設計可能產生的影響。本書的實踐重點和基於項目的方法，以及作者網站上提供的教學工具，使學生獲得了領導企業工程項目所需的知識和技能。