The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith is perhaps one of the most influential books on Economics in all history....
Read moreWhen organizations were first formed they were largely people driven. Before we delve any further, it would be useful to...
Read moreIf you speak to a small business owner about their capability to manage a grocery store, you will constantly find...
Read moreProcess driven organizations are the exact opposite of a people driven organization. It relies on the principles of Corporate Law...
Read moreA process driven organization has certain obvious advantages over a people driven organization. Many old fashioned entrepreneurs still prefer to...
Read moreEvents: Events are the conditions which must exist for the process to be performed. It is something that happens as...
Read moreFredrick Taylor was one of the earliest thinkers in the field of business process management and also one of the...
Read moreWhile Fredrick Taylor’s scientific management had help create huge American corporations that were quick to adopt the viewpoint, the 1970’s...
Read moreAfter the Japanese wave of business process management came the concept of Business Process Re-engineering which rocked the world of...
Read moreAn organization can be viewed as a collection of processes. At the grass root level, an organization is nothing but...
Read morePerhaps the most frequently used and the most important type of processes in any company are the operational processes. These...
Read moreTo function efficiently any organization has to achieve “homeostasis”. This word is used to describe the state of affairs wherein...
Read moreThese are the top level processes that an organization is exposed to. These include tasks that need a high level...
Read moreNow, since we know about the different types of processes that an organization has, it is essential that we understand...
Read moreDMADV is a six sigma methodology. It is used to design new processes or products where none exist and get...
Read moreThe SIPOC methodology is one of the most useful concepts in the hand of a BPM expert. The idea behind...
Read moreA RACI matrix is a very important tool that can help in the implementation and correct functioning of a process....
Read moreWhile improving business processes, it is essential that one document the process as well as any improvements made to it....
Read moreHammer and Champy’s concept of Business Process Re-Engineering depends on harnessing technology to optimize processes as its main driver. To...
Read morePolar opposite to the concept of Business Process Re-Engineering is the concept of continuous improvement. It was developed by the...
Read moreThe Harvard Business Review in 1992 took the business world by storm when Kaplan and Norton introduced the idea of...
Read moreA KPI is a great tool to measure and control the performance of any given process. In management jargon, there...
Read moreUsing Gateways Gateways can split your processes into multiple paths. This is because the path which the process will take...
Read moreAlthough IT has been touted by the experts as being the bedrock of next generation of business in which large...
Read moreIncompatibility Creates Problems Developments in IT have created more problems than solutions because of the “incompatibility” among the various parts...
Read moreTechnology and the Urge to Solve All Problems The urge to create a perfect world has been there throughout the...
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