Senior Management

Question 1

Business Process Reengineering (BRP) attempts to question the reasons why specific processes and activities are linked together in support of a particular business entity. If you think about the ERP system that you recommended to the Board in previous weeks, what are some business processes that you think could be automated or perhaps improved? Discuss the process you would take to review and analyze existing business practices to find areas of improvement. Describe the steps involved in business process reengineering and how they are closely linked to ERP implementation. 

In response to your peers, you will discuss the reasons why senior management must be committed to assisting with the implementation of new systems.

Question 2

Define evidence and its importance in critical thinking.

Describe the different types of assumptions and how to evaluate them.

Describe causal reasoning, its importance in critical thinking, and some of the difficulties in establishing causality. 

Describe the process of persuasion, i.e., describe how people get others to agree with their point of view. 

Summarize how to establish causality or avoid making false causal claims in your writing. 

Describe the importance of using different perspectives in the critical-thinking process. 

Explain how the different components of critical thinking will help you improve your writing and decision making.