Normally textbooks are fairly dull and boring. Some even are in the realm of torturous to read even if you enjoy reading. However, Concepts in Enterprise Resource Planning Third Edition by Ellen Monk and Bret Wagner really change the concept of a boring old textbook.
What is really great about this textbook is that it is short and to the point. Typically textbooks, especially in the IT field, are known for dragging on for thousands of pages. This textbook only has 254 pages making it a reasonable read for a class. The content is still rather intense, but it is put in short enough terms that you are not going to sit there for 50 or 100 hours trying to read this textbook. This is a nice change from the norm.
The textbook itself is a fairly easy read. There are no incredibly difficult linguistic tactics. You might find that there is some terminology that is fairly technical, but the authors do a decent job of introducing these concepts. In addition, there is a list of key terms at the end of each chapter that you can go look up in case you missed something.
The screenshots of SAP are also incredibly useful for those who have never seen SAP before. They take screenshots of the GUI itself rather than digging into the details of SAP's code. This is very good for the introductory ERP college class.
The questions at the end of the chapter are particularly useful for studying to an exam. They are not too difficult like some professors like to put on their exam, but generally if you can do the problems then you understand the concept from the chapter. It was nice to see that they have some questions to challenge you before an exam because this is a trend that college textbooks get away from.
Although this is not something that most people would read for fun, if you are taking a class on ERP then it is not a bad read. Just hope that you are lucky enough to be in a class that assigns Concepts in Enterprise Resource Planning Third Edition by Ellen Monk and Bret Wagner.
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