Digitalization and enterprise systems

• Strategic importance of enterprise systems (and IT) as a resource in the era of digitalization: The strategic importance of the effective use of enterprise systems for digital transformation and innovation
• Acquisition of enterprise systems: Main decisions in acquiring enterprise systems, business case development and evaluation.
• Enterprise Systems Fundamental Concepts: Basic system types, history of digitalization, key components and properties of the specific types of systems (e.g., Enterprise Resource Planning, Customer Relationship Management, etc.).
• Management aspects of Digitalization through Enterprise Systems: Methods and approaches to enterprise system implementations, managing risks and critical success factors in EIS projects.
• Architectural aspects of Enterprise Systems: Overall structure of enterprise systems software and its relation to business processes, and styles in enterprise systems provisioning (on-premise, cloud, SaaS).
• Importance of enterprise systems for business intelligence.

After the course, the student is able to:

• explain the key concepts of digitalization and enterprise systems
• explain the strategic use of enterprise systems for digitalization
• identify different aspects of evaluating and acquiring enterprise systems
• distinguish different types of enterprise systems that are commonly used in organizations and explain their key characteristics
• identify different architecture styles of enterprise systems,
• discuss management-related aspects of enterprise system implementation and operation,
• use basic functionalities of an enterprise system (SAP ERP) by going through some core business processes.

You must meet the following requirements

• Registered for a degree programme other than
• HBO-TOP Applied Physics, Pre-Master
• Completed none of the course modules listed below
• Business information systems management (1BV20)

• Scientific papers, Book Chapters
• Book: Enterprise Systems for Management, 2nd Edition. Author(s): Luvai Motiwalla; Jeffrey Thompson Publisher: Pearson Education Limited, 2014.