TY - CHAP

T1 - An Integrated Case Study of the Concepts and Applications of SAP ERP HCM

AU - Lehmann, Mark

AU - Funk, Burkhardt

AU - Niemeyer, Peter

AU - Weidner, Stefan

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - Organizations use ERP systems to support a wide range of corporate activities. Since students of IS and related disciplines are expected to be familiar with these systems, universities provide classes focusing on ERP systems, often adopting the case study approach. However, no case study has been published for teaching human resource management with an ERP orientation so far. In this paper we develop a case study that provides an overview of the relevant HR concepts and links them to their implementation with SAP ERP HCM. We used the HCM case study twice in classes with MA students of HR, who were asked both times to evaluate it. The use of the study allowed us to achieve our teaching goals of both imparting SAP and modeling knowledge. Interestingly, both courses were inhomogeneous, which was reflected in the learning outcomes: some students had a steep while others had a flat learning curve.

AB - Organizations use ERP systems to support a wide range of corporate activities. Since students of IS and related disciplines are expected to be familiar with these systems, universities provide classes focusing on ERP systems, often adopting the case study approach. However, no case study has been published for teaching human resource management with an ERP orientation so far. In this paper we develop a case study that provides an overview of the relevant HR concepts and links them to their implementation with SAP ERP HCM. We used the HCM case study twice in classes with MA students of HR, who were asked both times to evaluate it. The use of the study allowed us to achieve our teaching goals of both imparting SAP and modeling knowledge. Interestingly, both courses were inhomogeneous, which was reflected in the learning outcomes: some students had a steep while others had a flat learning curve.

KW - Business informatics

KW - SAP ERP

KW - enterprise resource planning

KW - Human Capital Management

KW - Case study

KW - Case study

KW - enterprise resource planning

KW - Human Capital Management

KW - SAP ERP

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861084097&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-25908-1_17

DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-25908-1_17

M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

SN - 978-3-642-25907-4

T3 - Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing

SP - 117

EP - 125

BT - Advanced Information Technology in Education

A2 - Thaung, Khine Soe

PB - Springer

CY - Berlin Heidelberg

ER -