On the Rim of Mexico or Techniques for Business Process Redesign

On the Rim of Mexico: Encounters of the Rich and Poor

Author: Ramon Eduardo Ruiz

On the Rim of Mexico addresses the ties and asymmetries across the U.S.-Mexico border, from Tijuana/San Diego to Matamoros/Brownsville. Based on author Ramon Eduardo Ruiz's extensive research, travels, remembrances, and first-hand interviews with the people on the Mexican side, the book probes the history, economics, and customs that have shaped this region today. While the author considers many timely issues (the impact of drug trafficking, legal and illegal immigration, assembly plants and the global economy, and the ecological disaster in the making), the book is also an examination of the borderlands themselves: what they are, how they came to be, and salient aspects of life in this region of the world.

Library Journal

Most border studies deal primarily with current economic and political issues. Ruiz, a respected historian of Mexican history and professor emeritus of Latin American history at the University of California at San Diego, instead brings the current political and economic situation into historical perspective while focusing on the Mexican side of the border. Combining history and current events, the author provides an understanding and approach to the borderlands region not found in other volumes. Issues of current interest are examined, such as immigration, the economy (e.g., the effects of the recent NAFTA agreement), and ecology, among others. The book is academic but has a warmth and character resulting from the author's years of experience living in and studying the dual worlds along the border. Of value to academic libraries and public libraries in the Southwest.--Mark L. Grover, Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT

Booknews

Ruiz (Latin American history, U. of California-San Diego) explores ties and symmetries along the thousand-mile border between Mexico and the US from Tijuana and San Diego on the Pacific coast to Matamoros and Brownsville on the Caribbean. He looks at the history, economics, and customs that have shaped the region and grapples with such issues as drug trafficking, legal and illegal immigration, assembly plants, and the global economy. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Techniques for Business Process Redesign: Tying It All Together

Author: Lynn C C Kubeck

Explains how diverse reengineering models relate to both software and information engineering. Offers an overview of the concepts and an introduction to various types of reengineering projects, their basic strategies and terminologies. Describes tools used in redesigning business processes and the technologies which would be used after the redesign procedure is complete and implementation begun. Provides an outline which can be utilized to customize a successful reengineering project.

Booknews

Provides instructions on selecting, designing, and implementing a customized reengineering project. Covers the technologies that help in the process; how to get started; issues that will be raised by staff and management; pitfalls and how to avoid them; and post-project maintenance. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
Pt. I	Introduction and Concepts	1
1	Automate, Integrate, or Obliterate?	3
2	What Is Business Reengineering?	27
3	Where Do You Begin?	51
4	How Do You Approach the Problem?	77
Pt. II	Business Reengineering Guidelines	101
5	Planning Phase	103
6	Redesign Phase	125
7	Transition Phase	153
8	Implementation Phase	177
Pt. III	Recap/Final Thoughts	203
9	There Is No Silver Bullet	205
Pt. IV	Techniques and Tools to Help You Redesign Your Processes	233
	Appendix A What Do You Need to Know to Get Started?	235
	Appendix B What Types of Technologies are Available to Help Redesign Processes?	261
	References	279
	Index	283