Business processes

The new, updated and expanded edition of the modern publication for business managers, students, IT managers and IS developers deals comprehensively with business processes and their function in business management, especially in relation to the company's information system. In the second edition of the book you will find new images converted to BPMN notation, which has since become the dominant standard for business process modelling, to reflect this change in the text, elaboration of the methodology of business process modelling, an additional chapter on process analysis in connection with the development of the organisation's information system, update of business process modelling tools and other current knowledge. The author from the Department of Information Technology at the University of Economics in Prague summarizes the important aspects of business processes - their importance for reengineering the company, their relationship to other aspects of business management (organization, corporate culture, human resources management and corporate knowledge), process modeling as a tool for business management through IS/ICT tools. It maps existing practices in the field of process modelling and control and critically evaluates them. The book outlines a general methodology for modelling and analysing business processes and its links to other areas of management, especially the company's information system. It also includes an updated case study on the application of the methodology of business process modelling and analysis.