Teaching Tip: Teaching Business Process Concepts in an Introductory Information Systems Class: A Multi-Level Game-Based Learning Approach

Autor/inn/en	Farkas, Bernie; Shang, Yanyan; Alhourani, Farouq
Titel	Teaching Tip: Teaching Business Process Concepts in an Introductory Information Systems Class: A Multi-Level Game-Based Learning Approach
Quelle	In: Journal of Information Systems Education, 33 (2022) 4, S.306-323 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1055-3096
Schlagwörter	Business Schools; Business Administration Education; Teaching Methods; Game Based Learning; Introductory Courses; Information Systems; Experiential Learning; Simulated Environment; Best Practices; Visual Aids + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Einführungskurs; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Künstliche Umwelt; Anschauungsmaterial
Abstract	This research develops an effective methodology for a core business introductory information systems course to teach business process concepts and the role of information systems in business processes. The developed methodology also helps students properly diagram an organization's business processes. The methodology uses an experiential learning approach: Multidimensional Game-based Learning. Initially, students learn elementary business processes and modeling concepts, e.g., start, end, activity, and gateway. Advancing to a more complex process during the second level, student teams learn the concept of process activity responsibility, e.g., role, pool. The last level challenges student teams to manage a company in a simulated business environment using an SAP® Enterprise Resource Planning system. Students learn the relationship between information systems and business processes and the concepts of data flow, encapsulation, event, and parallelism. A survey of the student's perception and the researchers' ad hoc observations demonstrates the effectiveness of the developed methodology. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Information Systems Education. e-mail: editor@jise.org; Web site: http://www.jise.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01