Nonlinearity as a tool for business process reengineering

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 304-313

  Murray, Mary Ann ^a   Priesmeyer, H Richard ^b   Sharp, Lawrence F ^c   Jensenn, Rhonda ^d   Jensen, Gwenneth ^d  

^a ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chaotics International   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^d SANFORD RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

BPR; Health care; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986133556     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150010345488     Document Type: Article

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