Copyright c 2007–2017 by Jyrki Katajainen and Company Reengineering a university department Christopher Derek Curry Jyrki Katajainen
Copyright c© 2007–2017 by Jyrki Katajainen and Company
Reengineering a university department
Christopher Derek Curry Jyrki Katajainen
Abookonorganizationaldesign
Inthebook“Reengineeringauniversitydepartment”,authoredbyChristopherDerekCurryandJyrkiKatajainen,thebusinessprocessesofthecomputingdepartmentattheUniversityofCopenhagenareconsidered.Themainfocusisontheeducationalpartofthebusinessdoneatthedepartment.Thetopicscoveredarebusinessmodelling,requirementanalysis,andorganizationaldesignincludingtheinformationtechnologyneeded.Thewholedesignisbasedonthefundamentalideaofusingthetheoryofpsychologicaltypesinthedefinitionofsystemrequirements.
Thebookprojectwastriggeredbythebusinessproblemsexperiencedatthedepartment:highdropoutrate,longstudytimes,criticsfromstudents,budgetcuts,inadequateresearchfunding,braindrain,andweakmanagementstructure.Asapossibleremedyfortheseproblems,avisionaryplanhowtoreengineerthemostsignificantbusinessprocessesofthedepartmentisgiven.True,manyoftheproblemsaredifficultanddeeplyrootedinhistory,buttheworldwouldstopwithoutambitiousattemptsatsolvingthem.
Wehopethatthose,whowillreadthebook,
achieveacompetitiveadvantagewhentheirownteachingprocessesaretobeimprovedand
getabetterunderstandingoftheneedsanddemandsoftheirstudents.
Toreadmore,gotothehomepageforthisbook
http://www.diku.dk/∼jyrki/bpr/
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