Reengineering: Business Change of Mythic Proportions? (English).

Author List: Davenport, Thomas H.; Stoddard, Donna B.;

MIS Quarterly, 1994, Volume 18, Issue 2, Page 121-127.

Reengineering is a powerful change approach that can bring about radical improvements in business processes. However, the popular management literature has created more myth than practical methodology regarding reengineering. It has relied more heavily on hype than on research, common sense, or lessons of the past. In this paper, we attempt to "demythologize" some key aspects of reengineering by describing what we have observed in our research and practice. Seven reengineering myths are identified, discussed, and dispelled. By separating rhetoric from reality, we hope to help others to have reasonable expectations for success with their reengineering initiatives.

Keywords: Reengineering; myths

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#69	0.402	process business reengineering processes bpr redesign paper research suggests provide past improvements manage enable organizations regarding focal cycle creating issues
#127	0.157	systems information research theory implications practice discussed findings field paper practitioners role general important key grounded researchers domain new identified
#185	0.135	change organizational implementation case study changes management organizations technology organization analysis successful success equilibrium radical efforts initiatives managing resistance individuals
#179	0.098	technologies technology new findings efficiency deployed common implications engineers conversion change transformational opportunity deployment make making improve powerful choosing enhance