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Managing the Risks of Reengineering to Achieve Enterprise Excellence for the 21st Century

In: Reengineering In Action The Quest for World-Class Excellence

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  • EDWARD G. LEWIS

    (Ted Lewis & Associates, 556 East Gill Way, Superior, Colorado, USA)

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By understanding why and how organizations have succeeded and appreciating the common pitfalls and misconceptions in implementing business process reengineering, executives, managers and employees will he better prepared to address critical organizational, management and technology issues in their organizations as we move into the 21st century.Using data from many reengineering efforts in the private and public sectors, this paper will address the primary risks involved in reengineering and discuss five critical success factors for reengineering which every organization should consider: executives; environmental and cultural assessment; nine process change enablers; a structured methodology; and a change management program.

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  • Edward G. Lewis, 1999. "Managing the Risks of Reengineering to Achieve Enterprise Excellence for the 21st Century," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Chan Meng Khoong (ed.), Reengineering In Action The Quest for World-Class Excellence, chapter 24, pages 431-447, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9781848160576_0024
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