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This conceptual paper is developed in the realm of strategic change communication. The purpose of this paper is to present our Business Narrative Modelling Language (BNML) (Oliveira and Ferreira, 2010a) as a tool for facilitating change. We illustrate how BNML has been used in real life cases to discuss strategy. Following data collection using a qualitative methodology and an analysis of the "As-Is" situation we proceed to construct a representation of the future desired ("To-Be") situation, in both situations using BNML. We start by defining the organizational actors relevant to value creation, we then map out their interactions in the organizational context, and study how relevant deliverables are exchanged, both tangible and intangible, along various storylines, one per actor. The social interaction leading to value creation happens according to a pattern sequence (using patterns taken from Bjork and Holopainen, 2005, which are intuitively comprehensible) and is instantiated according to an Enterprise Ontology (Uschold et al., 1998) (Oliveira and Ferreira, 2010a, b). By combining various sensemaking strategies such as the narrative, visual mapping and quantification our BNML scores high on accuracy, simplicity and generality (Langley, 1999) thus providing an attractive alternative to other techniques available to researchers and consultants and used to "connect and organize dispersed organizational knowledge" (Huff and Jenkins, 2002, p. 14).

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This paper presents the result of a research project. In the course of this project we demonstrated the application of business process management concepts in the extended construction enterprise, by using a Workflow Management System. The civil construction enterprise presents, usually, a distributed organisational structure (strategic enterprise, construction sites, warehouses, head-offices, etc.), and operates in a transient and variable environment, according to the collection of works in progress. A common scenario is the construction process that involves the co-ordination of many smaller firms (subcontractors), normally coordinated by one contractor. In this context, the paper starts with the presentation of the civil construction enterprise, by briefly describing the organisational, functional and process models, and concentrates its discussion in the supply chain business process. The rationale for this process is further presented based on so-called construction enterprise basic building block, capable of being replicated for each construction entity. Follows the presentation of a prototype illustrating the above concepts and demonstrating the value added of such approach. Workflow technology will definitely become the cornerstone technology to support 13213 E-Business scenarios in areas such as Construction. In this paper we will further discuss this topic by bringing new construction enterprise requirements in the event of such as the usage of new mobile terminals such as UMTS, PDAs, and so on.

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Having in mind the inner value of the Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture itself this paper explores the introduction of the time perspective into the framework by using GRAI-grid decision centres concept The introduction to both these concepts paves the way to their combination in following paragraphs illustrating the Zachman / GRAI-grid conceptual integration for the analysis of a network of enterprises, finally illustrated with a case study.

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This paper describes the components and functionalities of a Modelling Workbench (MW) to be used within the context of the so-called Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture (PERA) methodology. The different life-cycle phases of an enterprise integration project and the model building blocks provided are presented and described. A short description of the proposed prestandard ENV 40 003 basic reference model, which provides the context for the so-called executable models, is first presented. This is followed by an explanation of the use of the MW within the context of the Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture life-cycle support. While most of the issues discussed in this paper are confined to the shop floor environment and related applications, the general underlying concepts are relevant to manufacturing systems in general.