How do I revise and amend a process to meet business goals?

(zipped word doc) (tutorial learning activity) (sample procedure)

For this exercise you will need to do a little bit of research. You can do this as an individual, or you might join up with a few colleagues and share your results.

 

The basic information can be found in the following text:

 

Redesigning the Organisation with Information Systems , Chapter 10, Managing the Digital Firm, Management Information Systems, Seventh Edition, Laudon & Laudon, Prentice Hall, p311-316, ISBN 0-13-033066-3.

 

However this is only a starting point and you are advised to look further for other resources, such as alternative texts or on the internet.

 

Once you have completed your research and made some notes, try the review questions below.

 

As a guide, this piece of learning should take about two hours to complete.

 

Review Questions

 

Test your understanding of this topic with the following questions.

 

Why should businesses consider Business Process Reengineering?

 


 

Describe the steps needed for effective process reengineering.

 

 

 

What is workflow management? Give an example.

 

 

What is TQM?

 

 

What is benchmarking? Why is it important?

 

 

How can information systems assist the attainment of TQM?