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-====== Advanced Business ​Process ​Management ======+====== Advanced Business ​and Management ======
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 +  * <wrap em>​**October 22nd, 2014**</​wrap>:​ the course web site is now on-line
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 ===== General Info ===== ===== General Info =====
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 **Teacher**: ​ **Teacher**: ​
-  * [[|Grid Thoma]] ​+  * [[http://​www.cs.unicam.it/​|Grid Thoma]] ​
  
 **Lessons schedule**: **Lessons schedule**:
-  * Wednesday: ​ 9:00 am – 11:00 am +  * 1st time slot 
-  * Thursday: ​ 9:00 am – 11:00 am +  * 2nd time slot 
 +  * 3rd time slot
  
 **Students reception hours**: **Students reception hours**:
-  * Please book an appointment by mail+  * Thursdays from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
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-  * The course ​focuses on enterprise information systems that are driven by models, i.e., instead ​of constructing code these systems ​are assembled, configured or generated using a model-driven approach +This course ​analyzes the financial structure of the firm and its relation to the optimal investment strategy both in the long run and in the short termThe goals of the course ​are the following: 
-  * We will focus on the so-called "​process-aware"​ information systems ​to better understand ​the impact ​of the modelling of business processes both in static and dynamic environment + 
-  * The course introduces all relevant state-of-the-art concepts, methods and technologies enabling process flexibility,​ e.g., process configuration,​ exception handling, ad-hoc process changes, process schema evolution+[a] What capital structure to adopt for investment strategies in the long run; 
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 +[b] How to calculate ​the value of investment projects when there are bankruptcy costs and taxation; 
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 +[c] How to manage ​the cash flow in the short term in order to evade the payment due dates; 
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 +[d] What financial and legal policies are viable in case of the financial distress of a firm. 
  
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-  * **Introduction to Business Process Management** (Evolution ​of Enterprise Systems ArchitecturesBusiness Process ​and Business Process ModelsBusiness Process Life-Cycle) + 
-  * **Flexibility Issues in Process-Aware Information Systems** (Perspectives on a Process-Aware Information SystemPre-specified ​and Repetitive Processes and Knowledge-Intensive ProcessesVariability,​ Looseness, Adaptation, Evolution. Process Modelling & Flexibility-by-Design) +Sequence ​of different topics of the course: 
-  * **Business Process Modelling** (Conceptual models ​and abstraction mechanismsPetri nets, Workflow nets and workflow modulesWorkflow patternsEvent-driven Process Chains (EPC)Business Process Modelling Notation 2.0 (BPMN), Yet Another Workflow Language (YAWL); Related Extension to support flexibility) + 
-  * **Analysing ​the Behaviour of Process Models** (Verifying Pre-specified Process Models; Ensuring Correctness of Configured Process Variants; Unfolding techniques)+[+] Long term debt, equity, common stocks and preferred stocks; 
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 +[+] Capital markets, stock returns, ​and efficiency
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 +[+] Financial leverage and firm value; 
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 +[+] Modigliani-Miller'​s ​ proposition; 
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 +[+] Pecking-order theory; 
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 +[+] Methods for capital budgeting for leveraged firms; 
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 +[+] Net working capital ​and cash cycle of the firm
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 +[+] Cash and liquidity management; 
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 +[+] Credit ​and inventory policy; 
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 +[+] Financial distressbankruptcyliquidation and the Z-Score model. 
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 **Course Slides** **Course Slides**
-  * [[https://​dl.dropboxusercontent.com/​u/​1606914/​ATBPM%282014-15%29/​Class1%20-%20Syllabus%20Course.pdf | Course Introduction]] +  * slide 1st lesson 
-  * [[https://​dl.dropboxusercontent.com/​u/​1606914/​ATBPM%282014-15%29/​Class2%20-%20Introduction.pdf | Introduction ​to BPM]]  +  * [to be updated during the completion ​of the course]
-  * [[https://​dl.dropboxusercontent.com/​u/​1606914/​ATBPM%282014-15%29/​Class3%20-%20Enterprise%20Systems%20Architectures.pdf | Evolution ​of Enterprise System Management]] +
-  * [[https://​dl.dropboxusercontent.com/​u/​1606914/​ATBPM%282014-15%29/​Class4%20-%20Pattern.pdf | Patterns]] +
-  * [[https://​dl.dropboxusercontent.com/​u/​1606914/​ATBPM%282014-15%29/​Class5%20-%20BPMN.pdf | BPMN 2.0]]  +
-  * [[https://​dl.dropboxusercontent.com/​u/​1606914/​ATBPM%282014-15%29/​Exercise%201%20-%20Modelling%20BPMN.pdf | BPMN 2.0 exercise 1]]  ([[https://​dl.dropboxusercontent.com/​u/​1606914/​ATBPM%282014-15%29/​Esercizio%201.jpg| A possible solution of exercise 1]]) +
-  * [[https://​dl.dropboxusercontent.com/​u/​1606914/​ATBPM%282014-15%29/​Exercise%201%20-%20Modelling%20BPMN.pdf | BPMN 2.0 exercise 2]]  ([[https://​dl.dropboxusercontent.com/​u/​1606914/​ATBPM%282014-15%29/​Excersise%202.png| A possible solution of exercise 2]]) +
-  * [[https://​dl.dropboxusercontent.com/​u/​1606914/​ATBPM%282014-15%29/​Class6%20-%20Flexibility%20Issues%20in%20Process-Aware%20Information%20Systems.pdf| Process Aware Information System]] +
-  * [[https://​dl.dropboxusercontent.com/​u/​1606914/​ATBPM%282014-15%29/​Class7%20-%20Flexibility%20Need.pdf ​ | Flexibility Need]] +
-  * [[https://​dl.dropboxusercontent.com/​u/​1606914/​ATBPM%282014-15%29/​Class8%20-%20bpFM.pdf| bpFM - Business Process Feature Model]] +
-  * [[https://​dl.dropboxusercontent.com/​u/​1606914/​ATBPM%282014-15%29/​Questionario%20Valutazione%20Approcci%20di%20Variabilit%C3%A0%20Processi%20di%20Business%20v3%20ENG.pdf| bpFM into practice and related validation]] +
-  * [[https://​dl.dropboxusercontent.com/​u/​1606914/​ATBPM%282014-15%29/​Class9%20-%20Verification.pdf | BP Analysis]] +
-  * [[https://​dl.dropboxusercontent.com/​u/​1606914/​ATBI%282013-14%29/​Unfolding.pdf| Unfolding techniques and related properties]] +
-  * [[https://​dl.dropboxusercontent.com/​u/​1606914/​ATBPM%282014-15%29/​Class10%20-%20PetriNets%26Mapping.pdf| BP Analysis: Petri Net and mapping from semi-formal to formal language]] +
-  * [[https://​dl.dropboxusercontent.com/​u/​1606914/​ATBPM%282014-15%29/​Class11%20-%20Compliance.pdf| BP Analysis: compliance checking]] +
-  * [[https://​dl.dropboxusercontent.com/​u/​1606914/​ATBPM%282014-15%29/​SimulazioneEsame.pdf| Course'​s Topic overview and Exam simulation]] +
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-** Homework ** +
-  * [[https://​dl.dropboxusercontent.com/​u/​1606914/​ATBPM%282014-15%29/​Exercise%203-7.pdf|Modeling BPMN 2.0]] +
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-** Reading ** +
-  * Moving toward e-business as usual [[https://​dl.dropbox.com/​u/​1606914/​Advanced%20topics%20in%20Business%20Intelligence/​Readings/​Libro-Alter-Chapter1.pdf ​  ​|pdf]] +
-  * Understanding systems from a business viewpoint [[https://​dl.dropbox.com/​u/​1606914/​Advanced%20topics%20in%20Business%20Intelligence/​Readings/​Libro-Alter-Chapter2.pdf ​  ​|pdf]] +
-  * Design science in information system research [[https://​dl.dropbox.com/​u/​1606914/​Advanced%20topics%20in%20Business%20Intelligence/​Readings/​Hevner%20ea%20-%20design%20science%20in%20IS%20research%20MISQ-2.pdf ​  ​|pdf]] +
-  * A framework for information system architecture [[https://​dl.dropbox.com/​u/​1606914/​Advanced%20topics%20in%20Business%20Intelligence/​Readings/​Zachman.pdf ​  ​|pdf]] +
-  * Workflow Pattern [[http://​www.workflowpatterns.com/​ | link]] +
-  * BPMN 2.0 specification [[http://​www.omg.org/​spec/​BPMN/​2.0/​ | link]] +
-  * BPMN 2.0 by example [[http://​www.omg.org/​spec/​BPMN/​20100601/​10-06-02.pdf | link]] +
-  * BPMN 2.0 – manifesto [[https://​dl.dropboxusercontent.com/​u/​1606914/​ATBI%282013-14%29/​BPMN2_0_Poster_EN.pdf ​  ​|pdf]] +
-  * bpFM – “Modeling Process Intensive Scenarios for the Smart City” [[https://​dl.dropboxusercontent.com/​u/​1606914/​ATBPM%282014-15%29/​Gov2014Final.pdf |paper]+
-  * A technique of state space search based on unfolding [[ http://​citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/​viewdoc/​download?​doi=10.1.1.16.6281&​rep=rep1&​type=pdf ​ |pdf]] +
-  * Semantics and analysis of business process models in BPMN [[http://​www.sciencedirect.com/​science/​article/​pii/​S0950584908000323 | link]] +
-  * Petri Net: Properties, Analysis and Applications [[http://​embedded.eecs.berkeley.edu/​Research/​hsc/​class.F03/​ee249/​discussionpapers/​PetriNets.pdf ​  ​|pdf]] +
-  * Flexibility issues in process-aware information system [[http://​www.process-flexibility.com/​fileadmin/​user_upload/​reading/​PAISBook_Reichert_Weber.pdf | link]] +
  
 **Reference books** **Reference books**
-  * Mathias Weske. 2010. Business Process Management: ConceptsLanguagesArchitectures (1st ed.). Springer Publishing CompanyIncorporated. +  * Corporate FinanceRossWesterfieldJaffeMc Graw Hill2009 ISBN 0073382337, ​ for the 9e edition only the following chapters14,15,16,17,1826, 27, 28, 30This edition is available at UniCam'​s library
-  * ReichertManfredand Barbara Weber. Enabling flexibility in process-aware information systemschallengesmethodstechnologies. Springer2012. + 
-  * Other lecture notes and research papers, selected during the course+
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 ===== Exams ===== ===== Exams =====
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-**Exam Dates A.Y. 2014/​2015 ​(https://​didattica.unicam.it/​Home.do)** +**Exam Dates A.Y. 2014/​2015** 
-  * 01/02/2016 14:00 +  * Winter session dates here  
-  * 01/10/2015 14:00 +  * Summer session dates here 
-  * 15/09/2015 14:00  +  * Autumn session dates here 
-  * 01/07/2015 14:00  +  * Winter session dates here (2016)
-  * 16/06/2015 14:00  +
-  * 31/03/2015 14:00  +
-  * 23/02/2015 14:00  +
-  * 03/02/2015 14:00 +
 **Exam rules**: ​ **Exam rules**: ​
-  * Writing Examination on the topics ​of the syllabus + 
-  * Open or multiple-choice questions + Exercise +The exam is in written form with possibility ​of integration with an oral discussion.
-  * Time available: 2 h+
  
 ** Exam Results ** ** Exam Results **
   * N/A   * N/A
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