This program is an interdisciplinary combination of twelve courses, usually taken over a two year period, on weeknights. It is designed to provide participants with the requisite management, business, technical, and strategic skills needed to help their organization prepare and execute process-oriented transformation programs. This program is available on Saturday mornings and at corporate locations.

The BPM and SI program primarily addresses the needs of public and private organizations with Process Management initiatives. It covers topics relevant for IT staff that is participating in BPM Projects, Business personnel involved in process modeling projects, and executives involved in process management and strategic development projects. The program is also suitable for IT organizations with BPM tool offerings and provides business-level education for sales-force personnel, technical staff, and consultants. Current students can choose BPM courses (for example MIS 712) as electives in the Information Management concentration of the MS in Information Systems program.

The program is designed around three core courses in BPM, starting with a strategy-focused module (MIS 710) that covers the transition from organizational goals to high-level process design. The next module (MIS 712) continues from the process design level and covers implementation aspects, change management, and technology platforms for Business Process support. The next module applies process management to the supply chain management domain (MIS 690). These three courses are followed by an elective that allows students to focus on either the management of operations in service enterprises  (MGT 657), the continuous improvement of processes using concepts such as TQM or Six Sigma (MGT 656) or to report on a research or practical project in the BPM context (MIS 800). Practitioners are encouraged to apply the insights from the first three courses to their organization and to report on their experiences.

Business Core

• MGT 609 Introduction to Project Management
• MGT 623 Financial Management
  
• MGT 680 Organizational Behavior and Theory

Information Systems Core

• MIS 620 Analysis and Development of Information Systems

 

Information Systems Capstone

• MIS 730 Integrating IS Technologies
• MIS 750 Management of IT Organizations
• MIS 760 Strategic Issues in Information Management

Business Process Management & Service Innovation Career Track

• MIS 710 Process Innovation and Management
• MIS 712 BPM and Workflow Implementation
• MIS 690 Supply Chain Management and Strategy
  
  Select two of the following:
  • MIS 630 Data and Knowledge Management
  • MIS 640 Managing Information Networks
  • MGT 656 Quality and Process Management
    
  • MGT 657 Operations Management
  • MGT 800 Special Problems in Management

Business/Information Technology Foundation
In addition to the twelve required courses, one or all of the following non-credit foundation courses may be required to begin the program:

• MIS 501 Information Management
• MIS 502 Introduction to Accounting, Microeconomics, Statistics and Finance