Does the use of computer-based BPC tools contribute to redesign effectiveness? Insights from a hermeneutic study

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 130-145

  Sarker, Suprateek ^a   Lee, Allen S ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business process change (BPC); Business process reengineering (BPR); Case study; Case tools; Computer based diagramming tools; Hermeneutics; Information systems management; Interpretive research; Organizational change; Pnenomenology; Process modeling; Redesign; Reengineering; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REENGINEERING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS PROCESS CHANGE (BPC); BUSINESS PROCESS REENGINEERING (BPR); COMPUTER-BASED DIAGRAMMING TOOLS; HERMENEUTIC STUDY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT; INTERPRETIVE RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PROCESS MODELING; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY;

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 31744451264     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2005.861806     Document Type: Article

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