Prioritizing barriers to successful business process re-engineering (BPR) efforts in Saudi Arabian construction industry

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-315

  Abdul Hadi, Nader ^a   Al Sudairi, Abdulsalam ^a   Alqahtani, Saleh ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Barriers; Business process re engineering (BPR); Construction; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PROCESS CONTROL; REENGINEERING;

BUSINESS PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING (BPR); DECISION MAKERS; EXTERNAL CONSULTANTS; SUCCESS CHANCES;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA; WORLD;

EID: 16444363249     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619042000301375     Document Type: Article

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