Conceptualization and Integration of Information Systems in Educational Business Activities

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Author(s)

Salah Alkhafaji 1,* B. Sriram 2

1. IST Department, Sur University College, PO: 440, PC: 411, Sur, Sultanate of Oman

2. Quality Assurance Officer and Lecturer, IST Department, Sur University College, PO: 440, PC: 411, Sur, Sultanate of Oman

* Corresponding author.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijieeb.2013.02.05

Received: 20 May 2013 / Revised: 10 Jun. 2013 / Accepted: 5 Jul. 2013 / Published: 8 Aug. 2013

Index Terms

Harmonic Integration, Business Intelligence Systems, Business Process Management System, Educational Business Activities

Abstract

The business activities are highly incorporated with the technology development and need to be updated periodically. Business activities have made the technology to be more creative and innovative. The organizations need to integrate their business activities into a single system to achieve their aims and objectives successfully. Various studies are already conducted in integrating such business activities as Business Process Management System. In particular, various management systems are available in the market to integrate the educational business processes. The educational business processes are changing due to the various international bench markings. The educational business processes perspectives could not be met exactly to the requirements in some of the available software. As the currently available systems suits to some of the educational institutions in particular region of the world, there are needs to review them to the current requirements. This paper identifies the gaps between the current potential educational requirements and availability of educational business processes management systems. The major impact factors of the educational processes are identified and based on the findings a model has been proposed.

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Salah Alkhafaji, B. Sriram, "Conceptualization and Integration of Information Systems in Educational Business Activities", International Journal of Information Engineering and Electronic Business(IJIEEB), vol.5, no.2, pp.28-33, 2013. DOI:10.5815/ijieeb.2013.02.05

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