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Code: 167600
Module title: Business Modelling
Version: 1.0 (03/2012)
Last update: 23.03.2012 12:28:08
Person responsible for content: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ruhland, Klaus
k.ruhland@hszg.de


Dr.-Ing. Pawlowski, Maciej
maciej.pawlowski@pwr.jgora.pl


Semester according to time table: SoSe (summer semester)
Module level:Bachelor/Diplom
Duration:1 semester
Language of Instruction:English
Place where the module will be offered:Wroclaw

ECTS Credits: 9
Student workload (in hours): 270

Number of contact hours:
total
subdivided into
8
4
Lecture
2
Seminar/Exercise
2
Laboratory work
0
Other
Self study time (in hours):
sum

180



Exam(s)
Assessment Major oral exam
 - 
 100.0%



Learning and teaching methods:Lectures, seminars, projects

Syllabus plan/Content: The module enables students to learn the basic concepts of identification, description, modelling and experiment/simulation methodology with its applications in management of business & economic systems. It consists of the following parts: methodology of modelling (object-oriented, process-oriented, operations research, simulation/gaming concepts and methods), modelling techniques, experiments, verification, optimisation, interpretation of model results. The application part of the course includes survey of some modelling methods and software tools for business management. Lecture Content:
1. Introduction to business & economic systems modelling. Origins and background.
2. Introduction to BPM modelling. Business structure, effectiveness and competitiveness.
3. Application of modelling in business, economics and management. Case studies.
4. Fundamentals of modelling. Notions, objects, relations, functions, processes.
5. Methodology of quantitative and qualitative modelling. Simulation, OR, AI, BPM, BPR.
6. Continuous, discrete and hybrid simulation modelling. Examples of projects.
7. Simulation games. Management and decision games for business management.
8. Computer simulation languages and systems for BPM. Software and applications.
9. The concept of ARIS approach. The 5-element architecture, process life-cycle.
10. ARIS Product family. ARIS Toolset, ARIS Easy Design, ARIS ABC, ARIS Simulation.
11. Implementation of ARIS methodology. Planning, implementation, design, improvement.
12. Structured approach to enterprise modelling and analysis. IDEF family of methods.
13. Course summary - practical conclusions.

Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific skills and competences: The module enables students to learn the basic concepts of identification, modelling and experimenting (simulation) methodology with its applications in business systems. The aim of the seminar is to provide an opportunity to discuss basic methodology and problems of modelling for business systems management. During the seminar students present reports based on their research and studies (e.g. literature, web sites). The seminar is focused on the following topics: 1) basic approaches in business modelling; 2) systems thinking and systems analysis in business modelling; 3) application of OR, simulation, AI, BPM and BPR models in business, economics and management (paradigms, procedures, optimisations, analyses, examples); 4) basic problems of enterprise modelling, e.g. simplicity vs. complexity, deficiency vs. accuracy, uncertainty vs. certainty, small-scale vs. large-scale. The project course develops the quantitative and analytical skills necessary for successful business analysis. It is concerned with the following activities: 1) analysis in business systems by simulation experiments on models - from elementary to medium size models; 2) building and validation/verification of quantitative and BPM models for small and medium scale - simulation modelling methods (System Dynamics, discrete event and process simulation); 3) application of tools and systems for continuous simulation (ITHINK, VENSIM), discrete simulation (GPSS World, EXTEND, ARENA), BPM modelling (ARIS Tools), function modelling and activity analysis (AI0 Win) and some general application tools (EXCEL).
Generic competences (Personal and key skills): ?

Pre-requisites: ?

Literature: Books:
OAKSHOTT, L.: Business modelling and simulation, Pitman Publ., London, 1997.
PIETRON, R.: Business modelling, e-material for NU students, PWr., Wrocław 2008 (textbook)
SCHEER, A.-W.: ARIS - business process modeling, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2000.
SCHEER, A.-W., et al. (eds):, Business process excellence: ARIS in 2002 practice, Springer-Verlag, 2002.
STERMAN, J.D.: Business dynamics. Systems thinking and modeling for a complex world, Irwin McGraw-Hill, 2000.
VAN DER AALST, et al. (eds): Business process management: models, techniques, and empirical studies, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2002.
Journals:
Int. Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Int. Journal of Information Systems, Int. Journal of Production Economics, System Dynamics Review, Simulation, Simulation & Gaming, , Decision Support Systems
Web sites simulation software and tutorials (some examples):
Demo product: IThink 7.0 - High Performance Systems product: http://www.iseesystems.com
Demo product: Vensim PLE 5.1 - Ventana Systems, Inc. product: http://www.vensim.com
Demo product: GPSS World - Minuteman Software product: http://www.minutemansoftware.com
Demo product: Extend - Imagine That! product: http://www.imaginethatinc.com
Edu-product: ARENA – Systems Modeling Corp. Software product: http://www.sm.com
Demo product: AI0 Win 6.0 – KBSI Tools product: http://www.kbsi.com
Edu-product: ARIS 6.02 PL Collaborative Suite – IDS Scheer product: http://www.ids-scheer.com