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Making re-engineering happen / Eddie Obeng & Stuart Crainer.

By: Obeng, Eddie.
Contributor(s): Crainer, Stuart.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Financial Times/Pitman Publishing series.Publisher: London : Financial Times/Pitman, 1994Description: xiv, 207 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0273604244.Subject(s): Organizational change -- Management | Organizational change -- Great BritainDDC classification: 658.4063
Contents:
Part One: What's wrong with the organisation anyway? -- Re-organising to stay the same -- Am I really re-engineering my organisation? -- So, what is re-engineering -- What has re-engineering got to do with organisations? -- Hurdle No. 1 - The paradox of re-engineering -- Hurdle No. 2 - Understanding processes -- Processes are not all the same -- Hurdle No. 3 - Data data everywhere, but not a drop of information -- Hurdle No. 4 - Recognising the new stakeholders -- Doing it for real -- Part Two: Making re-engineering happen -- Understanding your business -- Moving from functions to processes -- Making the most of information -- Getting people on board -- Beyond re-engineering.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Re-engineering examines the structure within a company, in order to change its operational style to meet the demands of an ever-changing and competitive commercial environment. This text describes re-engineering, and the strategic thinking and implementation processes needed to re-engineer.

Includes bibliographical references (page 201) and index.

Part One: What's wrong with the organisation anyway? -- Re-organising to stay the same -- Am I really re-engineering my organisation? -- So, what is re-engineering -- What has re-engineering got to do with organisations? -- Hurdle No. 1 - The paradox of re-engineering -- Hurdle No. 2 - Understanding processes -- Processes are not all the same -- Hurdle No. 3 - Data data everywhere, but not a drop of information -- Hurdle No. 4 - Recognising the new stakeholders -- Doing it for real -- Part Two: Making re-engineering happen -- Understanding your business -- Moving from functions to processes -- Making the most of information -- Getting people on board -- Beyond re-engineering.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Stuart Crainer (Oxford, U.K.) is a noted business and management writer who contributes regularly to The Financial Times, The (London) Times, the British Airlines in-flight magazine, Across the Board, and other publications. His many books include The Ultimate Business Library, The Ultimate Book of Business Quotations, The Ultimate Book of Business Gurus, Business the Jack Welch Way, and Business the Rupert Murdoch Way.

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