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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822156103321

Titolo

The reengineering revolution? : critical studies of corporate change / / edited by David Knights and Hugh Willmott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 2000

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE, , 2000

ISBN

9780761962921

9781446218983

1446218988

9781283880978

1283880970

9781446265895

1446265897

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 196 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KnightsDavid

WillmottHugh

Disciplina

658.4/063

Soggetti

Reengineering (Management) - Great Britain

Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Chapter 1 - The Reengineering Revolution? An Introduction; Chapter 2 - Now Where Were We?' BPR Lotus-eaters and Corporate Amnesia; Chapter 3 - Dedicated Followers of Fashion: BPR and the Public Sector; Chapter 4 - 'Such stuff as dreams are made on': BPR Up Against the Wall of Functionalism, Hierarchy and Specialization; Chapter 5 - Reengineering the Food Chains: A Systems Perspective on UK Supermarkets and BPR; Chapter 6 - Business Process Reengineering and The New Organization'

Chapter 7 - What About the Workers?: BPR, Trade Unions and the Emiseration of LabourChapter 8 - BPR and TQM: Divergence or Convergence?; Chapter 9 - Management as Magic: Reengineering and the Search for Business Salvation; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text reviews the significance of the business process reengineering



trend for management practice. The authors show how term and practice shaped the adopted policies of downsizing restructuring and emphasis on process rather than task.