Call for Chapter Proposal::Enterprise Resource Planning Models for the
Education Sector:Applications and Methodologies

Chapter Proposals Submission Deadline: June 15, 2011
Full Chapters Due: October 15, 2011

Enterprise Resource Planning Models for the Education Sector:
Applications and Methodologies

A book edited by
Prof. K. K. Patel, Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad, India
Dr. Sanjaykumar Vij, SVIT, Vasad, India

To be published by
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Introduction
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is seamlessly integrated computer-
based application used to manage internal and external resources,
including tangible assets, financial resources, materials, and human
resources covering all the functions and processes of an enterprise/
institution. It is a software architecture whose purpose is to
facilitate the flow of information between all business functions
within and across the boundaries of the organization and manage the
connections and interaction with outside stakeholders. Even in
Education sector, it is playing a tactical role in designing and
managing academic resources. Education institutions and universities
all over the world are facing challenges in designing robust
Enterprise Resource Planning applications and methodologies to align
themselves with the expectations of students and other stakeholders.
The existing standard Enterprise Resource Planning solutions are
proprietary, inflexible, and expensive to implement in Academia. Thus,
there is a growing demand for action-oriented research to provide
insights into the challenges, issues, and solutions related to the
design, development, implementation and management of education
institutions' resources through Enterprise Resource Planning
applications. Education sector, being a huge service sector and having
a high social and economic impact value with its unique set of
challenges, has a high potential for using ERP application. In the
academic sector and the fields of information systems and management,
there exists a need for an edited collection of articles in this area.

Objective of the Book
This book will aim to suggest Enterprise Resource Planning frameworks
for the academic sector along with their applications and
methodologies to improve effectiveness and efficiency of processes
including teaching-learning processes, and to enhance student-centric
and stakeholders related services.

Target Audience
The target audience of this book will be composed of management and
engineering students; professionals and researchers working in the
field of education including policy makers, ICT vendors, consultants,
and implementing agencies. This also includes top-management of
institutes and universities. ERP is a high-end application of ICT for
effective management of an enterprise. Thus this book will help the
prospective audience in gaining a good insight into various aspects of
(a) process automation, (b) reduction of process cycle time, and (c)
prompt and better service to all stake-holders.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

ERP Models for Education Institution and University: Conceptual and
Empirical Frameworks
o ERP Models for Student-Centric and Faculty-Related Services
o Learning and digital repositories management.
o Digital research labs and research
o Entrepreneur and incubation
o Grants related services
o Customer Relationship Management (CRM) for academia
o Automate communication between faculty, parents and students
for
better support
o Management of career advancement, professional development and
trainings

e-University
o Academic program services including on-line learning services
and e-
Learning
o Virtual and interactive learning classroom networks; eScholar
o Inter-institute and university collaboration and virtual
campus for
academia
o Course structuring and evaluation, and Quality Assurance
models for
academia
o Educational academic discovery and planning
o Digital library, Library management services, and Publication
management: journal, conference proceedings, news letter and other
documents
o Institutional strategic planning, and governance of institutes
and
universities
o Infrastructure management including project management
services, and
systems integration
o Management of university centre operations, institutional
alliance;
franchisee centre development
o Technology focus: Client-Server, Service Oriented Architecture
(SOA), semantic web, intelligent agents, and Cloud-computing based ERP
for academia
o Help desk services

Statutory and Governing Policies for Institutional Growth and Reform
o ICT models for academia and university: Conceptual and
Empirical
Frameworks; and enterprise architecture discovery and planning service
o Strategy for enhanced retention of faculty members and
students
o Online learning services and management including Business
Intelligence, knowledge management, data warehousing and mining for
academia
o Strategies to address the issues and constraints of funding,
enrollment, and constituent expectations
o A process for making well-grounded decisions to create
coherent
plans, measure outcomes, avoid pitfalls, and adjust to changing
demands and requirements
o Enterprise architecture as an enabling tool to manage the
development of a digital campus
o Managing administration, interaction, and communication
o Management of programs, services and assets including
management of
trust, security, and privacy issues in academia

ERP Models for Research related Activities and Services: Conceptual
and Empirical Frameworks
o Research labs management; knowledge base creation and
management;
Patent and license management
o Compliance with external funding agencies requirements;
management
of grants
o Academic technology services

ERP Models for Content and Process Management: Conceptual and
Empirical Frameworks
o Development of courseware, assessment items, teaching pieces,
simulations, and conventional training materials
o Document management suite
o Business process modeling services, and workflow management
o Identity access and management consulting services
o Mobile-driven services; Web presence, its development and
management
o Improve collaboration and communication; promote your
institution's
brand
o Organizational and Human Resource Management (HRM) for
academia
including recruiting & recruitment advisory services, payroll, service
terms, performance management, etc
o Change management for academia
o Campus advancement

ERP Design and Architecture
o Workflow modeling for academia; Academia process reengineering
o Planning, evaluation and control framework for ERP in academia
o Cost structures and financing issues in ERP system in academia
o ERP implementation framework in academia
o Enterprise computing tools and technologies
o ERP Project management
o Applications and case studies of ERP in academia

Other Functions
o Industry-Institute interaction management
o Placement management
o Alumni (and their Network) management

Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before June
15, 2011, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission
and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted
proposals will be notified by July 1, 2011 about the status of their
proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to
be submitted by October 15, 2011. All submitted chapters will be
reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be
requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Publisher
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea
Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science
Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information
Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering
Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding the
publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is
anticipated to be released in 2012.

Important Dates
June 15, 2011: Proposal Submission Deadline
July 1, 2011: Notification of Acceptance
October 15, 2011: Full Chapter Submission
December 31, 2011: Review Results Returned
February 15, 2012: Final Chapter Submission
March 31, 2012: Final Deadline

Editorial Advisory Board Members:
Bih-Ru Lea, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
B. M. Shah, Ahmedabad University, India
Darshana Sedera, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Goran D. Putnik, University of Minho, Portugal
Michael Rosemann, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Rajendra Akerkar, Vestlandsforsking, Norway
Shalin Hai-Jew, Kansas State University, USA
Shan Ling PAN, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Vincent CHO Wing-sing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word
document):
Prof. K. K. Patel
School of Computer Studies
AHMEDABAD UNIVERSITY
Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009
Mob.: +919408601953, +919824394304
E-mail: k...@g...com, k...@a...edu.in
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