How Was School Today
How Was School Today
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今天在学校怎么样
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2018
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Zoya Master
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Happy New Year! Last year I described several movements in BPM research, including efforts of boundary spanning [1], Green BPM [2] and x-aware BPM [3]. In my first Column in 2012, I want to turn to the educational side of " BPM Research and Education ". Education in Business Process Management is meant to provide organizations with the knowledge and capabilities that they require for successful BPM initiatives. As we are seeing how organizations are becoming more process-oriented and more mature, we also see how they become more demanding of the initiatives and the outcomes BPM can provide. In turn, the need for BPM expertise is increasing. Process owners, process analysts, process architects, and managers of BPM centers of excellence are just some of the job descriptions for which deep and specialized as well as broad and generic BPM skills are required. Another observation that can be made is that an increasing number of organizations are interested in adopting or expanding BPM initiatives and implementing BPM technologies without necessarily having sufficient internal competencies to undertake these initiatives. The essential decision is thus to " buy or build " – hiring BPM expertise from the outside through consultancies, or building BPM expertise within the organization. Of course, the latter option is more sustainable in the long run, as expertise is developed in-house. Still, roadblocks persist. We witness in particular: (1) a lack of consistent and comprehensive understanding of the notion of " process " in organizations and (2) a lack of capabilities and knowledge in BPM practices and technologies. Several organizations turn therefore to universities to provide a response to the skill challenge. And indeed, BPM is making strides in academia [4]. Faculties in Information Systems, Computer Science, Operations Management, Business and other disciplines are leading the diffusion of BPM teaching in academia. Some departments are committing to teaching and developing new courses on BPM in order to increase the number of business majors; while in others, BPM is proposed as an answer to calls from employer representatives, professional associations, and the federal government to embed employability skills in university curricula. Yet, the lack of a common vision and definition of BPM among academics or practitioners is hindering the development of a consistent BPM body of knowledge that can be used for education by both professional certification bodies and universities around the world. Thus, what I want to do in this …