Essentials of Business Processes and Information Systems

Author Biographies

Simha R. Magal, PhD, is professor of management (MIS) and director, ERP initiative, in the Seidman College of Business, Grand Valley State University. He received his PhD from the University of Georgia. His primary research interests include e-business and enterprise systems. His articles have appeared in such publications as MIS Quarterly, Journal of MIS, and Information and Management, among others. He is editor of AISWorld Net (www.aisworld.org) and has served on the editorial boards of several journals. He served as cochair of the inaugural conference of the Midwest Association for Information Systems (MWAIS) in 2006 and as president of MWAIS during 2008–2009.

Jeff Word is vice president of product strategy, SAP AG. Mr. Word is responsible for defining SAP's future product strategy and fostering product innovation inside SAP. For more than 14 years, Mr. Word has worked for Global 1000 companies in the high-tech industry, specializing in business consulting and IT strategy. At SAP he has driven the evolution of enterprise technology strategy with a special focus on corporate process improvement initiatives and services-based IT architecture design.

Mr. Word is currently completing a doctorate in information systems at Manchester Business School in England. His research focus is on event-driven process design and next-generation enterprise architecture. He earned ...