The reengineering revolution?
Subtitle: critical studies of corporate change
By: edited by David Knights and Hugh Willmott.
Contributors: Knights, David.; Willmott, Hugh.
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London; Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: Reengineering (Management) -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: List of contributors; title: 1. The reengineering revolution? An introduction / David Knights and Hugh Willmott; title: 2. 'Now where were we?' BPR lotus-eaters and corporate amnesia / Keith Grint and Peter Case; title: 3. Dedicated followers of fashion: BPR and the public sector / Matthew Jones and Richard Thwaits; title: 4. 'Such stuff as dreams are made on': BPR up against the wall of functionalism, hierarchy and specialization / Darren McCabe and David Knights; title: 5. Reengineering the food chains: a systems perspective on UK supermarkets and BPR / Jennifer Frances and Elizabeth Garnsey; title: 6. Business process reengineering and 'The new organization' / Søren Peter Gunge; title: 7. What about the workers?: BPR, trade unions and the emiseration of labour / Gregor Gall; title: 8. BPR and TQM: divergence or convergence? / Mihaela Kelemen, Paul Forrester and John Hassard; title: 9. Management as magic: reeingineering and the search for business salvation / Robin Fincham; title: Index.