This study examines the differences between strategic systems audit approach compared with traditional based audit approach and its impact on development of auditors’ knowledge of the client’s business, has been discussed. Strategic systems audit approach advocates argue that this approach creates a better development of auditors’ knowledge of the client’s business than the traditional-based au...

THE QUEST FOR EXPANSIVE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE FAILURE TO DISCLOSE KNOWN RELEVANT PRIOR ART H. KEVIN STEENSMA,1 MUKUND CHARI,1 and RALPH HEIDL2 1 Department of Management and Organization, Foster School of Business, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. 2 Department of Management, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A.

In recent years the requirements for business information systems have changed. Knowledgeand process-management demand for flexible, dynamic and distributed software environments including the ability to work across the organization’s boundaries. With traditional software not up to these challenges new concepts have been developed. This paper reviews the state of the art in workflow modelling, ...

We present a business process performance evaluation approach based on a hierarchy of interacting analytical performance models from semanticoriented key performance indicator model through to the resource allocation optimisation model. Discussion of the human-centric process performance evaluation supported by the state-of-the-art presentation provides the motivation for our research work. Pre...

This paper discusses the applicability of a process algebra, the π-calculus, as a formal foundation for Business Process Management (BPM). We therefore investigate the π-calculus from a technical viewpoint based on current work in this area. The paper summarizes shifting requirements and discusses evolving theories behind BPM from the past over state–of–the–art to the future. The concepts and t...

Blogs could be viewed as the 4 crucial Internet application, after E-mail, Instant Message, and Bulletin Board System (BBS). The business world has experienced significant influence by the blogosphere. A hot topic in the blogosphere may affect a product’s life period. Moreover, an exposure of an inside story in the blogosphere may influence a company’s reputation. Nowadays, a lot of companies a...

Process analytics involves a sophisticated layer of data analytics built over the traditional notion of process mining [22]. The flexible execution of business process instances involves multiple critical decisions including what task to perform next and what resources to allocate to a task. In this paper, we explore the application of deep learning techniques for solving various process analyt...

Background: Various factors, like pregnancy, can lead to irregular sleep patterns. Sleep disturbances are common during pregnancy, potentially leading to adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the effectiveness of art therapy based on painting on sleep quality of pregnant women in the third trimester. Methods: This quasi-experimental study followed by a ...