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RESEARCH REPORT Business Process Re‐engineering: The boardroom implications
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
corporate governance: an international review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1467-8683
pISSN - 0964-8410
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8683.1995.tb00121.x
Subject(s) - business process reengineering , process (computing) , rhetoric , business , process management , business process , marketing , computer science , work in process , linguistics , philosophy , lean manufacturing , operating system
‘Business Process Re‐engineering’ (BPR) exercises are widespread among major corporations. But what are the implications for the boardroom? This up‐date report highlights certain aspects of BPR that should concern directors and boards. It draws upon the results of COBRA, a pan‐European examination of BPR experience and practice, which has found that the reality of BPR application does not always match its rhetoric. There are strategic issues concerning BPR priorities, its relative impacts upon different stakeholders, and its consequences that need to be addressed. There are also implications for the composition of the board itself.