Educational Teaching Aids
Self-Teaching Booklet
This booklet was developed to serve both the professional
and the educational market. For the business person, the booklet
allows a new user to get started immediately using the ProcessModel
software. For the student it quickly brings them to the level
needed to study and analyze business and/or engineering processes.
While many business professionals will want to attend the
training courses offered by ProcessModel, there is no reason
to not get started right away. This booklet allows the user
to get started immediately. Although the booklet is not required
for the training courses, the more knowledge and skill one
takes to the course the more they are able to absorb while
there and take away with them. If one can get to the point
where they are starting to develop their own model, then attend
the course, the value of the training course will be that
much greater.
In the education market this booklet can be used by the instructor
to teach themselves ProcessModel. The instructor might choose
to use ProcessModel in their lectures to demonstrate the application
of simulation to business and/or engineering processes. If
it is desired to have the student use ProcessModel themselves
then the booklet can be used as a self-teaching tool to create
turnkey lessons with little or no teacher preparation required.
In MBA classes, the author uses the booklet in the following
way:
1. The students work through lessons 1-8 in three 2 ½-hour
labs while the instructor is available to answer questions.
Students prepare answers to all the questions in the lessons
and turn in models Lesson 1 Step 5, Lesson 2, Lesson 3, Lesson
5b, and Lesson 6.
2. The instructor takes approximately two hours of class
time and go through lessons 9 and 10 with the students.
3. The students work outside of class the rest of the semester
to complete a project consisting of applying ProcessModel
to a business process of their selection. The instructor takes
some class time to get progress reports and to answer questions.
The instructor also answers questions by e-mail.
4. At the end of the semester the student presents both a
written and oral presentation to the owner of the business
process.
Of course there are many alternatives which would reduce
the class commitment to ProcessModel. By purchasing a student
version of the software the students could be assigned to
use their own computer and the booklet to teach themselves
as homework. There are other alternatives that you can design.
LeRoy is always available to help.
The overall purpose of the lessons in the self-teaching booklet
is to provide the new user of ProcessModel with a clear introduction
of the basic features of the software using sound pedagogy
that emphasizes experiential learning.
The models referenced in the self-teaching booklet may be
downloaded by clicking here.
Success Stories
ProcessModel has prepared some excellent short success stories
that may be reviewed by clicking
here.
Several student case studies are currently being prepared
for this web site and will be available soon.
Qualified-Help Provider Inc. Case
Material
Qualified-Help Provider Inc., a company providing highly
skilled workers for light industrial, information technology,
and finance/accounting assignments. The company had a process
in place to accept perspective workers and to allow current
workers to update their experience and education information.
With the recent economic downturn QHP’s placement
process had to make a complete reversal in direction. The
number of requests for workers had been reduced by 40% while
the number of calls from people seeking employment increased
dramatically. Click
here to download this case material in a zip file.
Full academic case studies are being solicited from academics
and simulation consultants. These will also be available on
the web site as they become available.
As these cases become available the long-term goal is to
put together a business text which would consist of case studies,
ProcessModel software, and the self-teaching booklet. Anyone
who might be interested in participating in this project is
encouraged to contact at academic@processmodel.com
or 801-356-7165, option 5. |
