Strategic enterprise management (SEM) systems attempt to bridge the gap between strategy and operations by making shareholder value the key criteria in decision-making. They provide the tools and information to monitor and manage business performance and make better decisions. SEM is designed to improve effectiveness by providing managers with business performance monitoring, consolidation, and data warehousing intelligence capability. Software offerings from companies such as SAP and PeopleSoft include techniques such as shareholder value management, balanced scorecard and activity-based management. The author examines the implications of SEM for finance professionals and management accounting activities. He argues that SEM is not just another technological issue. Instead, SEM is about integrating the best practices in planning, decision-making, implementation and measurement to maximise stakeholder value. * Describes and demystifies the workings of Strategic Enterprise Management systems * Explains how to take a wider approach to achieve the benefits of implementing SEMs * Explores the implications of SEM software offerings

The Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) discipline deals with the alignment of business and information systems architectures. While EAM has long been regarded as a discipline for IT managers, this book takes a different stance: It explains how top executives can use EAM to leverage their strategic planning and controlling processes, as well as how it can contribute to their sustainable competitive advantage. Based on the analysis of best practices from eight leading European companies from various industries, the book presents the crucial elements of successful EAM. It outlines what executives need to do in terms of governance, processes, methodologies, and culture in order to bring their management to the next level. Beyond this, the book points out how EAM could develop in the next decade, thus allowing today’s managers to prepare for the future architecture management.

This book presents a socio-technical view of strategic informationsystems issues such as enterprise systems implementation andmanagement, knowledge management, customer relationship management, and e-government initiatives. It contains eight case studiesdocumenting experiences of utilizing enterprise systems ande-government initiatives in organizations and government agencies fromAsia-Pacific countries such as Australia, India, Singapore, and SouthKorea

"This book reviews enterprise resource planning frameworks for government enterprises along with their applications and methodologies to improve effectiveness of processes and enhancement of citizen-centric services"--Provided by publisher.

Addresses the field of enterprise systems, covering progressive technologies, leading theories, and advanced applications.

This three-volume collection, titled Enterprise Information Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications, provides a complete assessment of the latest developments in enterprise information systems research, including development, design, and emerging methodologies. Experts in the field cover all aspects of enterprise resource planning (ERP), e-commerce, and organizational, social and technological implications of enterprise information systems.

Presenting core theories alongside practical applications, this publication will help students understand how to effectively move an organization toward strategic goals. Author Gary Cokins uses his deep knowledge of the subject matter to deliver an easy-to-follow road map to effective and strategic management through: Establishing the integral links between planning and performance Demonstrating how risk management and performance assessment impact planning Applying business analytics and Big Data in the finance and accounting functions as well as marketing, sales, operations and other functions Evaluating the effectiveness of a strategy map and the balanced scorecard as a management tool Tying budgeting to strategy and measuring the effectiveness of both via ongoing performance Written in a plain, straight-forward fashion that will allow students to draw immediate value from its content, this book pulls together several topics in an elegant yet sophisticated approach. It uses detailed graphics and diagrams to provide students with a clear understanding of the dynamic intersection between key management and organization leadership topics that management accountants need to master in order to fill a strategic leadership role within their organizations.