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This supplement text bridges the gap between the fundamentals of how businesses operate (processes) and the tools that business people use to accomplish their tasks (systems). The authors have developed this text for an introductory MIS or general business course to establish a fundamental understanding of business processes. Business students, regardless of their functional discipline, will be able to apply the real-world concepts discussed in this text immediately upon entering the workforce.

Title: Essentials of Business Processes and Information Systems
Authors: Jeffrey Word, a 1999 Thunderbird graduate, is vice president of product strategy at SAP. Word has more than 14 years’ experience in business consulting and IT strategy working for Global 1000 companies in the high tech industry.  Over the last 8 years at SAP, he has driven the evolution of enterprise technology strategy with focus on corporate process improvement initiatives and services-based IT architecture design. The co-author is Simha R. Magal.
Publisher: Wiley (Jan. 20, 2009)
Price: $46.75
ISBN: 978-0470418543
Description: Paperback, 170 pages
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Companies are gaining competitive advantage through networked business models, tapping into talent across the globe to defend themselves against commoditization and disruptive innovation. Rather than rigid “built-to-last” systems and processes, the new era instead calls for fluid, “built-to-adapt” networks in which each company focuses on its differentiation and relies increasingly on its partners, suppliers,and customers to supply the rest.

Title: Business Network Transformation: Strategies to Reconfigure Your Business Relationships for Competitive Advantage
Author: Jeffrey Word is a 1999 Thunderbird graduate. Contributors include: Philip Lay, Geoffrey Moore, Marco Iansiti, Ross Sullivan, Mohanbir Sawhney, Ranjay Gulati, David Kletter, N. Venkatraman, John Hagel III, John Seely Brown, Gautam Kasthurirangan, Randall H. Russell, Henry Chesbrough, Jeffrey H. Dyer and Andrew McAfee.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass (August 17, 2009)
Price: $40
ISBN: 978-0470528341
Description: 304 pages, hardcover
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