Enterprise Information Systems or Resizing the Organization

Enterprise Information Systems: A Pattern-Based Approach

Author: Cheryl Dunn

Enterprise Information Systems: A Pattern Based Approach, 3e, by Dunn/Cherrington/Hollander presents a pattern-based approach to designing enterprise information systems with a particular emphasis on the enterprise-wide database. This edition is built on the idea that a separation between accounting information systems and management information systems should not exist. We believe patterns help people see the "big picture" of enterprises more clearly and therefore help design better systems. We believe you cannot identify anything that we need to account for that we do not also need to manage; nor can we identify anything we need to manage that we do not also need to account for. In this edition, we will show how a well-designed REA-based Accounting Information System is the Enterprise Information System.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	An introduction to integrated enterprise information systems	1
Ch. 2	Representation and patterns : an introduction to the REA enterprise ontology	19
Ch. 3	The REA enterprise ontology : value system and value chain modeling	35
Ch. 4	The REA enterprsie ontology : business process modeling	51
Ch. 5	Task level modeling	91
Ch. 6	Relational database design : converting conceptual REA models to relational databases	121
Ch. 7	Information retrieval from relational databases	161
Ch. 8	The sales/collection business process	199
Ch. 9	The acquisition/payment business process	259
Ch. 10	View integration and implementation compromises	311
Ch. 11	The conversion business process	345
Ch. 12	The human resource business process	385
Ch. 13	The financing business process	409
Ch. 14	Enterprise system risks and controls	431
Ch. 15	ERP systems and E-commerce : intra- and inter-enterprise modeling	475

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Resizing the Organization: Managing Layoffs, Divestitures, and Closings--Maximizing Gain while Minimizing Pain

Author: Kenneth de Meus

Presented by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, this much-needed resource offers a wealth of theoretical information, best business practices, and winning techniques for executives who must guide their companies through the often difficult processes of mergers, acquisitions, downsizings, and other transitions. Written by top experts in the field, Resizing the Organization is a field guide for applying industrial and organizational psychology theories and practices to the management of change strategies.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword
	Preface
	The Authors
1	The Realities of Resizing	1
2	Who Moved My Drink? The Preparation for the Closure of Seagram's Spirits and Wine Business: A Personal Experience	39
3	Another Layoff? A Dot-Com Reality! My Story	58
4	Contribution-Based Process for Continually Right-Sizing an Organization: Experiences from W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc	68
5	The Effects of Organizational Resizing on the Nature of the Psychological Contract and Employee Perceptions of Contract Fulfillment	78
6	The Impact of Corporate Downsizing on Employee Fulfillment and Organizational Capacity	108
7	Financial Consequences of Employment-Change Decisions in Major U. S. Corporations, 1982-2000	131
8	Resizing and the Marketplace: The Response of Customers and Competition to Reorganization	157
9	The Impact of Layoffs on Family, Friendship, and Community Networks	188
10	Moving as the Markets Move: Planning for Resizing	220
11	How to Implement Organizational Resizing	246
12	Revitalization After Resizing	275
13	The Hidden Costs and Benefits of Organizational Resizing Activities	306
14	Organizational Adaptability: Rethinking the Resizing Process	347
15	Quicker, Faster, Cheaper, Smarter: Resizing Organizations, Resizing Employees	369
	Name Index	387
	Subject Index	395