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Epochs and institutions: contextualizing business process re‐engineering
Author(s) -
Francis Arthur,
Southern Geoff
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
new technology, work and employment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.889
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1468-005X
pISSN - 0268-1072
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-005x.1995.tb00010.x
Subject(s) - business process reengineering , politics , capitalism , process (computing) , business process , political science , business , management , process management , work in process , economics , computer science , marketing , law , lean manufacturing , operating system
Capitalism is currently undergoing an epochal change. The associated corporate change is sticky for reasons of institutional inertia. Business process re‐engineering is a corporate response which should be understood in technical, social and political terms. Core elements of BPR are identified, illustrated, and critiqued, partly through a BPR case researched by the authors.