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ERP Integration into Existing Courses: A Three-Step Approach
Jaideep Motwani (Grand Valley State University, USA) and Asli Y. Akbulut (Grand Valley State University, USA)
Copyright: © 2009
|Pages: 7
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-845-1.ch040
Abstract
help improve their productivity and customer service while lowering costs and inventory levels. The inherent appeal of ERP has not gone unnoticed in the business curriculum either. Several business schools (Babson College, Louisiana State University, University of Idaho, University of California at Chico, University of North Carolina, and Grand Valley State University, among others) have made systematic changes across their business curriculums to ensure that they graduate students with an integrated understanding of business processes and ERP systems. These schools have mirrored the approach followed by companies in various industries by abandoning the traditional vertical, functional organizational structure in favor of a more horizontal, cross-functional structure (Bailey, Chow, & Haddad, 1999; Gwin & Gwin, 2000; Johnson, Lorents, Morga, & Ozmun, 2004; Ryan & Luthy, 2000; Stover et al., 1997).