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Business Engineering (BE) refers to the development and implementation of business solutions, from business model to business processes and organizational structure to information systems and information technology (cf.〔Hubert Österle: ''Business Engineering: Prozess- und Systementwicklung.'' Band 1: Entwurfstechniken. Springer, Heidelberg 1994; 2., verbesserte Auflage 1995.〕). Business engineering aims at developing innovative business solutions which can be regarded as socio-technical systems “as professionally as airplanes or industrial facilities”, since they possess a similar level of complexity. Business engineering combines knowledge in the fields of business administration as well as information technology and connects it to all aspects of transformation, from means of presentation to process models to cultural and political considerations (cf. Baumöl/Jung〔Ulrike Baumöl, Reinhard Jung: ''Rekursive Transformation: Entwicklung der Business Engineering-Landkarte.'' In: Walter Brenner, Thomas Hess (Hrsg.): ''Wirtschaftsinformatik in Wissenschaft und Praxis – Festschrift für Hubert Österle. Business Engineering.'' Springer, Berlin 2014.〕). == Overview == Business engineering focuses on challenges arising from the transformation of the industrial society into an information society (cf. Winter〔), that is the digitization of enterprises, economy, administration and society. Through the ongoing consumerization digital services for individuals have also become a crucial part of research (cf. Hess/Legner〔Thomas Hess, Christine Legner, Werner Esswein, Wolfgang Maaß, Christian Matt, Hubert Österle et al.: ''Digital Life as a Topic of Business and Information Systems Engineering?'' Business and Information Systems Engineering (forthcoming).〕). Because of the major importance of information technology, business engineering is often held to be a subfield of Business Informatics, although it is also sometimes regarded as a form of Organization Development for its emphasis on Change Management.〔Jeroen van Meel, Henk Sol: ''Business Engineering: Dynamic Modeling Instruments for a Dynamic World.'' Simulation & Gaming, Vol. 27 (4), 440-461.〕 Engineering Management is a very close discipline which overlaps significantly with Business Engineering; the main differences are that Industrial Engineering focuses primarily on the goods sector (less on services), on technical systems and the interface between those systems as well as the users from a production point of view. Österle/Blessing〔Hubert Österle, Dieter Blessing: ''(Ansätze des Business Engineering ).'' In: HMD. 42, Nr. 241, 2005, S. 7-17.〕 characterize business engineering as follows: * Beside the technical design, business engineering includes the political and cultural dimensions of a new business solution. The political and cultural dimensions and change management are crucial factors for the success or failure of a transformation (cf. Baumöl〔Ulrike Baumöl: ''Cultural Change in Process Management.'' In: Jan vom Brocke, Michael Rosemann (Hrsg.): ''Handbook on Business Process Management 2.'' Springer, Berlin 2010.〕). Therefore, business engineering is an interdisciplinary approach. It divides the design levels of a company. * Business engineering distinguishes between a strategic, an organizational and a technological design level. Contemplating different design objects on different levels enables a focused view of the individual dimensions of transformation (, S. 191). Segmenting task at hand into different levels provides for security and helps reducing the complexity of the transformation process. * Business engineering ensures a holistic view of all dimensions. It supports not only the design of new business models, business processes and information systems, but also their implementation. Therefore, it contemplates all dimensions (resources and processes involved) of the transformation. * Business engineering refers to the method and model-based design theory for companies in the information age (,〔 S. 7). Business transformations along with their technical and socio-economic aspects are far too important and complex to be realized without applying methods and models. Methods and models not only provide for transparency during the process of transformation, they also specify the division of labor, create a foundation for communication and enable the documentation of the company’s systematic reorientation. The division of labor and application of engineering principles differentiate the “construction” in accordance with business engineering from individualistic “creation” (cf., S. 88). * Business engineering focuses on the consumer from a business perspective. As of now, this also holds true for the deep penetration of all spheres of private life with information technology (consumerization), which is equally being treated from a business and not an individual point of view. At the Business Engineering Forum in St. Gallen, experts from science and business annually discuss new developments within the discipline. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「business engineering」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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