Syllabus for DSME6940I: Enterprise Resource Planning
Course:
Lecturer: e-mail:
DSME6940I 2 nd term, 2018-2019
Dennis Wong denniswongcuerp@gmail.com
Teacher Assistant (TA) email: Ms, Cindy Lau,
Venue: Amber Room, MBA Town Center, BOC Tower
15 Dec: WMY_507, Wu Ho Man Yuen Building, CUHK Campus
5 Jan: CYT_203, Cheng Yu Tung Building, CUHK Campus
1. Course Description:
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), a “business-driven” technology managing company-wide business processes. The topics include two aspects: enterprise resource planning system and the ERP project implementation issues. This course will introduce the concepts and application of ERP. The topics of enterprise systems will mainly focus on the enterprise value chain being linked by the core modules of an
ERP. Finally, the ERP and beyond will address how the ERP be extended to Business Data Analytics,
Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Students are required to work on a group project. (4 – 6 members preferable)
2. Prerequisites: None.
3. Expected Outcomes:
After completing the course, the student
1.
will comprehend the concept / theory of Enterprise Resource Planning (Business-Driven
Technology)
2.
will be exposed to an enterprise system, particularly the modules within an ERP suite
3.
will understand the issues for an ERP implementation
4.
will apprehend the future trends of ERP
4. Textbook and references
Suggested Textbook:
Paige Baltzan, Business Driven Technology, 7th edition, McGraw-Hill Education
David L. Olson, Managerial Issues of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, New
York, NY.

5. Methods of Evaluating Outcomes:
Class participation
Unit Performance Check (MCQ)
Report on Guest talk I or II
Final Examination
Individual
Individual
Individual
Individual
5%
5%
10%
40%
Project presentation and Report
Total
Group 40%
100%
Report on Guest talk (10%)
This assignment encourages students to have high level of participation for the guest talk by proactively preparing questions before the talk or during the Q&A section. The report is on individual basis and is limited to 5 pages. Since there will be guest talks on two lectures, you have the liberty to submit two reports and the report with high marks will be selected for evaluation.
The content is related to the insights, inspirations and practical applications to your current job.
Project presentation and Report (40%):
- Details to be announced on week 3.
Assignment / Group Projects Submission Policy and Procedures
Procedure
1 Reminder for assignment submission in advance of 1 week
2 Assignment / Group Project submission (together with the veriguide declaration) via email to TA and me
Action
TA
Students /
Group
3 Receipt acknowledgement TA
Important remarks: Late submission will be penalized 5% of the assignment total marks (late more than 1 week will not be accepted)
Final Examination (40%)
The examination is a comprehensive examination and is on individual basis. It is an OPEN BOOK and
OPEN NOTES examination. All the materials covered in class are included.

Sessi on
COURSE SCHEDULE
Date Venue JOB DUE/Reading TOPICS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10, 11
12
Dec 3
Dec 10
Dec 15
Dec 17
Jan 5
Jan 7
Jan 14
Jan 21
Jan 28
Feb 11,
18
Feb 25
Town
Centre
Town
Centre
“A problematic enterprise”
WMY
507
Town
Centre
CYT
203
Town
Centre
Due: 3 questions per group post to the BI expert
Town
Centre
Town
Centre
Due: First ‘Guest Talk’ Report
3 questions per group post to the
Project Director
Extra bonus: Group sharing on the future “Business-driven” technology
Town
Centre
Unit 1: Introduction to Enterprise Resource
Planning
Unit 2: Build an Business Case
Discussion on the ERP Cost and Benefits Analysis of the ERP in “A problematic enterprise”
Unit 3: Business Process Redesign
Guest talk I: Business Intelligence and Analytics
Unit 4: Value Chain
Unit 5: Change Management
Unit 6: Implementing ERP
Unit 7: Expanding ERP
Guest talk II: (any 2 of the following)
Cyber-currency or FinTech or
Cyber Security or
Development projects of Banking application
Presentation Week Town
Centre
Project Report and PPT
TBD
Second ‘Guest Talk’ Report Final Examination
Attention is drawn to University policy and regulations on honesty in academic work, and to the disciplinary guidelines and procedures applicable to breaches of such policy and regulations. Details may be found at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/ .
With each assignment, students will be required to submit a signed declaration that they are aware of these policies, regulations, guidelines and procedures. For group projects, all students of the same group should be asked to sign on the declaration.
For assignments in the form of a computer-generated document that is principally text-based and submitted via VeriGuide, the statement, in the form of a receipt, will be issued by the system upon students' uploading of the soft copy of the assignment. Assignments without the receipt will not be graded by teachers. Only the final version of the assignment should be submitted via VeriGuide.