Integrating ERP in the Business School Curriculum.

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This article focuses on the implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) into business education <!--[if gte mso 9]> Biblioteca de Ciencias y Tecnología Normal Biblioteca de Ciencias y Tecnología 2 0 2006-05-24T23:33:00Z 2006-05-24T23:33:00Z 1 192 1060 UCLA 8 2 1250 11.6568 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Clean Clean 21 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} span.SpellE {mso-style-name:""; mso-spl-e:yes;} @page Section1 {size:595.3pt 841.9pt; margin:70.85pt 3.0cm 70.85pt 3.0cm; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> <!--[if gte mso 10]> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Tabla normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} <![endif]--> This article focuses on the implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) into business education. The demand of trained enterprise resource planning professionals has motivated a number of universities to join alliances with ERP software vendors such as SAP. Students are required to obtain hands-on experience with the technical tools that serve to administer and analyze these processes within the enterprise. To achieve the goal of integrated curriculum through ERP an incremental approach was taken in order to gain requisite skills with the ERP system while developing new coursework. To reach goal of integrated curriculum oriented education through ERP, faculty must develop coursework on core business processes, rather than along functional areas. An ERP vendor may selectively choose university partners to be application service providers who will develop, support and provide system and associated coursework to other university partners who will buy Internet-based access. This capability will open the opportunity for universities with limited resources to become users of ERP services in the classroom, avoiding the expense of purchasing hardware, supporting the system, and gaining the required expertise. INSET: SAP Resources.

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