Business process reengineering: Critical success factors in higher education

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 451-469

  Ahmad, Hartini ^a   Francis, Arthur ^b   Zairi, Mohamed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business process reengineering; Critical success factors; Higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249776105     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150710752344     Document Type: Article

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