Deployment of Business to Business Scenarios in ERP Education: Evaluation and Experiences from an International Collaboration

Collaboration between Universities has increased in an attempt to help curriculum stay abreast with the business of the 21 st century. Many businesses have extended to an e-business world that is business to business process oriented, web-centric, and ERP driven. Developing effective collaborative methods that simulate this new process oriented e-business world remains a challenge. This paper presents a description of the collaboration and the preliminary evaluation results, in the form of students feedback, of an international collaboration between two universities that address these issues of new e-centric business practices. The collaboration deploys a case scenario methodology that utilizes SAP R/3 and the web to link geographically dispersed students. A description of the collaborative method and a report on the lessons learned in deploying this type of collaboration is provided. Keywords: Enterprise resource planning, collaboration, inter-organizational processes, curriculu

Developing a Framework to Understand Student Engagement, Team Dynamics, and Learning Outcomes Using ERPsim

The value of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to business organizations has long been recognized with their use being integrated into educational business curricula and training. ERPsim games incorporate live business simulations that enable students to learn about ERP concepts firsthand by working in teams and managing their own companies using SAP ERP software. Prior research has examined the use of ERPsim and learning outcomes, yet to date, there is little if any research that has explored the association of learning outcomes with student engagement and team dynamics, two areas that have continued to grow in importance in many business school programs. This research develops and tests a model to examine these relationships. Validated constructs and a validated survey instrument are created and verified. Study results indicate a positive association between student engagement, team dynamics, and learning outcomes. Results and implications are discussed, and recommendations for further research are presented

Engaging Business Students with “Low-Code” Model Driven Development: Self-Efficacy Beliefs in an Introductory MIS Course

“Low-code/no-code” (LC/NC) platforms are designed to empower non-IT business professionals to use model driven development to rapidly create sophisticated applications. Organizations are increasingly adding LC/NC platforms to their IT software portfolios. Thus, it is likely that current business students will encounter such tools and be expected to be able to use them. This research assesses the implementation of a low-code app development case within a business management information systems (MIS) course with the aim of identifying whether it promotes student self-efficacy of learning complex technology topics and how this relates to interest in further LC/NC skill development and interest in the MIS major

Enterprise Systems Education: Where are We? Where are We Going?

Enterprise systems are used by companies worldwide. As the importance of enterprise systems has increased in the corporate world, so have their importance increased in IS education. As a result, enterprise systems education impacts the IS curriculum of many universities. The maturity of enterprise systems education has developed over the years, however, when compared to other maturity models, enterprise systems education has a long way to go. As part of its mission to support Information Systems (IS) education, JISE is pleased to publish this special issue devoted to enterprise systems education. A Teaching Tip, a Teaching Case, and eight papers on varying enterprise systems education topics are presented