A model management approach to business process reengineering

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 187-212

  Orman, Levent V ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business process reengineering; Decision models; Hierarchies; Model complexity; Model management; Organization design

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032223736     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.1998.11518202     Document Type: Article

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