| The Reengineering Revolution: Critical Studies of Corporate Change Contributor(s): Knights, David (Editor), Willmott, Hugh (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0761962921 ISBN-13: 9780761962922 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $69.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Structural Adjustment - Business & Economics | Organizational Behavior |
| Dewey: 658.406 |
| LCCN: 00711096 |
| Physical Information: 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Reengineering Revolution reviews the significance of the Business Process Reengineering trend for management practice since the early 1990′s. Combining empirical and theoretical perspectives, David Knights and Hugh Willmott show how both term and practice shaped the recent widely adopted policies of downsizing′, restructuring and emphasis on process′ rather than task. Well-known contributors analyze the impact of Business Process Reengineering in a number of settings: supermarkets and the food chain; the public sector; banks. The theoretical history of Business Process Reengineering is also detailed in relation to ideas about bureaucracy, hierarchy, transformation |
