TY - BOOK AU - Monk, Ellen F. AU - Wagner, Bret J. TI - Enterprise Resource Planning SN - 978-981-4352-84-0 U1 - C 658.054 M74e CY - Singapore KW - Business Enterprises KW - Business planning KW - Computer Networks-Management KW - Information resource management N2 - This edition continues our goal of keeping the text at an introductory level. The book can be used in a number of ways: � The book, or selected chapters, could be used for a three-week ERP treatment in undergraduate Management Information Systems, Accounting Information Systems, or Operations Management courses. � Similarly, the book or selected chapters could be used in MBA courses, such as foundation Information Systems or Operations Management courses. Although the concepts presented here are basic, the astute instructor can build on them with more sophisticated material to challenge the advanced MBA student. Many of the exercises in the book require research for their solution, and the MBA student could do these in some depth. - The book could serve as an introductory text in a course devoted wholly to ERP. It would provide the student with a basis in how ERP systems help companies to integrate different business functions. The instructor might use Chapter 8 as the starting point for teaching the higher-level strategic implications of ERP and related topics. The instructor can pursue these and related topics using his or her own resources, such as case studies and current articles. � Because of the focus on fundamental business issues and business processes, the book can also be used in a sophomore-level Introduction to Business course. Except for a computer literacy course, we assume no particular educational or business background. Chapters 1 and 2 lay out most of the needed business and computing ground-work, and the rest of the chapters build on that base ER -