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BPRA-EMBA-19
MBA(Exe.) 2019-20: Term-IV

Business Process Reengineering and Automation (BPRA)
Credits3
Faculty NameDr. Ajit Kumar, Associate Professor
Postdoctoral (Taiwan), Ph.D. (Taiwan), MCA (India), BSc (India)
Office Phone: +91-674-6647717
Email: ajit@ximb.ac.in
ProgramEMBA
Term and Academic YearTerm IV, MBA 2019-2020

Introduction
Business Process Reengineering (BPR) is the fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of business processes, to achieve dramatic improvements in critical, contemporary measures of performance such as cost, quality, service, and speed. BPR advocates that enterprises return to the basics and re-examine their very roots and aim for total reinvention. BPR redesigns strategic and value-added processes that transcend organizational boundaries. This course is to familiarize students to formulate and implement strategies for Business Process Reengineering (BPR). Moreover, to improve productivity and reduce the cost of operations, many organizations automate their processes apart from BPR. Again, Business Process Automation (BPA) helps if we properly formulate and implement automation strategies. This course highlights the trend in business automation over the years and criteria for taking decisions on the automation of processes. At the end of the course, a participating student would know the automation strategy for the processes and ROI calculation of automation. The course would be useful who aspire to be Chief Information Officer/Business Analyst/Consultant. Some understanding of strategic management is desirable.
Student Learning Outcomes
· Understand basic concepts related to BPR,
· Formulate and implement Strategies for BPR
· Understand basic concepts related to BPA
· Implement and Deploy BPA Solution, including BPA tools
· Discuss advanced topics, such as Automation and Business Intelligence and Robotics Process Automation (RPA)
Required Textbooks and Reading Material
· Handout provided by the Faculty
· The Process-Focused Organization - A Transition Strategy for Success by Robert A. Gardner (Robert)
· Business Process Management and the Balanced Scorecard using Processes as Strategic Drivers by Ralph F. Smith (Smith)
· The Process Management Memory Jogger: Building Cross-Functional Excellence by Ralph F. Smith (Ralph)
· Fundamentals of Business Process Management - Marlon Dumas, Marcello La Rosa
· Introduction to Robotic Process Automation: A Primer, Institute for Robotic Process Automation (IRPA)
Session Plan
SessionsDescriptionStudy MaterialRemark
1. · Course Outline and IntroductionHandout
Case Study, Exercise, Tools, and Techniques
2. · Process, Need of Process, Characteristics of Good Process, Principles of Good ProcessesHandout
3. · Types of Business Processes – Management Process, Core Processes, Support ProcessesHandout
4. · Process versus Function Focused Views of Organization
· Connecting Process and Organization		Handout
5. · A world of change and How process drives strategy – Total Quality Management, Business process reengineering, Process-based organizational design, Process-based competitionHandout
6. · Initiate re-engineering project
· Identify and select processes for reengineering		Handout
Case Study, Exercise, Tools, and Techniques
7. · Map processes using process chart
· Identify value added, and non-value-added activities within a process		Handout
8. · Evaluate the process in term of cost, duration and service quality
· Benchmark process within the industry		Handout
9. · Re-engineer the processes to meet business objectives
· Verify new process with stakeholders		Handout
10. · Develop a re-engineering project plan
· Simulate the new processes for optimum results		Handout
Case Study, Exercise, Tools, and Techniques
11. · Map existing skill sets to new skill sets
· Structure of the organization and jobs to support the new process		Handout
12. · Replace old KPIs with new KPIs to support the new process
· Introduce change management
· Critical thinking		Handout
13. · Conduct post reengineering review
· Initiate new continuous improvement programs		Handout
14. · What Is Business Process Automation?
· Business process automation: Where it works, and where it does not		Handout
Case Study, Exercise, Tools, and Techniques
15. · BPA and IT
· Implementing and Deploying a BPA Solution		Handout
16. · Return on Investment from BPAHandout
17. · BPA ToolsHandout
18. · Automation and Business IntelligenceHandout
19. · Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
· Beyond Pressing a Button: The Automation of Automation
· From Transactional to Analytical: The Upsides of Robotic Process Automation
· The End of Outsourcing? The Call for a New Synergy		Handout
20. · Welcome to the Future: Robotic Process Automation Is Here to Stay
· Revving to Go: The Roadmap to RPA Success
· Summary and Course Wrap-up		Handout
Evaluation
· Class Tests: 20%
· Class Participation: 20%
· Assignment: 20%
· End-term: 40%
Academic Integrity
· Attendance: You will be marked ABSENT if you are not present in the classroom at the time of attendance. The attendance policy of the school will be strictly enforced.
· Class Participation: You are supposed to participate in the class discussion wholeheartedly. Use of any electronic device (mobile, laptop, and so on) is NOT permitted during the session. In case you are found using them, you would be awarded ZERO in class performance component of the evaluation.
· Plagiarism: Zero tolerance if any plagiarism is detected in the individual assignment. You will be awarded ZERO if plagiarism is detected in your assignment or individual project.
· Assignment Submission Dates: Students should strictly adhere to the deadlines for assignment submissions. No reason will be entertained if you miss the deadline.
· Content of the Course: The faculty may modify the course outline/evaluation composition at his discretion during the course.
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