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A collection of theoretical and practical contributions to the modelling of business processes as the key to success for todays companies and organisations. The book thus serves to exchange new ideas in the field while, at the same time, identifying as yet unsolved problems and proffering possible solutions.

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Business Process Modelling.- 1 Business Process Modelling and Workflow Management.- From Business Process Modelling to Workflow Management: An Integrated Approach.- Workflow Management Cycle - An Integrated Approach to the Modelling, Execution, and Monitoring of Workflow-Based Processes.- Process Modelling and Execution in Workflow Management Systems by Event- Driven Versioning.- Scheduling Models for Workflow Management.- to Business Process Management Systems Concepts.- 2 Business Process Modelling and Engineering Processes.- Implementation of Information Systems Supporting Engineering Processes Based on World Wide Web.- Business Process Management for Open Processes: Method and Tool to Support Product Development Processes.- Distributed Co-operative Modelling of Production Systems.- 3 Strategic Business Planning.- A Proposal Approach for Strategic Probe: A Scanning Information Support.- Integrating the Strategic and Technical Approach to Business Process Engineering.- 4 Business Process Modelling - Experiences.- Information Technology as an Enabler of Business Processes Designing During Macroeconomic Transformation.- Integration of IT Strategy, Process Analysis and System Implementation in an Office Automation Based Process Improvement Programme.- 5 Methodological and Technical Aspects of Business Process Modelling.- A Coordination-based Approach for Modelling Office Workflow.- An Object Oriented Approach to Business Process Modelling.- Business Process Reengineering with Reusable Reference Process Building Blocks.- An Object-Oriented and Business Process-Based Meta Model of an Architecture for Management Support Systems.- It´s Time to Engineer Re-engineering: Investigating the Potential of Simulation Modelling for Business Process Redesign.

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Business Process Modelling describes the influence of new information systems for the organization of the firm. This book brings new insights and applications.

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