Workplace

Running head : Business Process Reengineering

Business Process Reengineering and Organizational Structure

Towards a Humane Workplace

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Abstract

There is a better way . Gone are the days when workplace was just among the most feared and disliked places because of its too mechanistic labor-intensive approach to work . Business process `re-engineering (Champy Hammer , 1994 ) has revolutionized mankind 's concept of work and its efficient and effective execution and management , with the human element taken with utmost consideration , veering away from treating humans as programmable machines at work

. This research roots the beginnings of business process re-engineering , its implications and appreciation by people of different crafts and professions , with illustration through application to a particular prototypical job (a news organization

Business Process Re-engineering and Organizational Structure Towards a Humane Workplace

Business or non-business persons alike must , at one point , have asked themselves what makes a good organizational structure and how such a paradigm can complement their strategy , and vice versa . Business moguls CEOs and human resource specialists may have agonized over these two crucial interdependent variables to keep their ventures afloat amidst the ever-fast-changing and super-competitive global market . What is workplace re-engineering (Champy Hammer , 1994 ) and why has it gained a very warm corporate and scholarly acceptance in regard to workplace reformation ? This examines how workplace re-engineering can help a company undo its old-fashioned routines , save itself from eventual market dysfunction and extinction , and brace itself in the ever-tightening global competition

Champy and Hammer (1994 ) define workplace re-engineering...