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The Need for BPR and Its History

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Business Process Reengineering

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Business process reengineering (BPR) is a very relevant term in today’s world. It is widely used in organizations to inflict radical changes to the entire organization, the existing functional hierarchies, and the fragmented staff roles.

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  • Reengineering work: don’t automate, obliterate, by Michael Hammer, Harvard Business Review, July–August 1990

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Mohapatra, S. (2013). The Need for BPR and Its History. In: Business Process Reengineering. Management for Professionals. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6067-1_2

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