scholarly journals Total quality management and business process reengineering: A contemporary business focus

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-157
Author(s):  
Patsy Govender

The purpose of the study is to compare and contrast the two approaches of total quality management (TQM) and business process reengineering (BPR). This exploratory study focuses on the core areas, assumptions and scope pertinent to both TQM and BPR. Even though the two approaches focus on performance, organizational effectiveness and efficiency, the practical usage and approaches differ. The key drivers of the two dimensions provide futurists with a guide not to obliterate its salience in today’s competitive business organizations. The article examines each approach and acknowledges the potential benefits in situation-specific circumstances and encounters. Certainly, the practices differ, and with a contingency focus, the study probes into salient features of TQM and BPR, hence enriching the study to speculate about the future in order to create an efficacious effect. Lastly, the study attempts to determine whether one approach has the potential to outshadow the other.

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 702-719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong-II Jung ◽  
Won-Hee Lee

AbstractBuilding on prior research on management fashion, this paper seeks to understand how management consultants respond to the boom-to-bust cycles of competing management fashion trends. Specifically, we examine how US management consulting firms offering total quality management (TQM) services responded to the rise and fall of the rival management practice, business process reengineering (BPR), with an empirical focus on the adoption of BPR services. We find that a consulting firm offering TQM services was more likely to adopt BPR services if the firm’s organizational capabilities and institutional environments were more connected to BPR’s principles than to TQM’s principles. This suggests that management fashions are not simply bandwagon phenomena, but involve resource- and identity-based decision making. We also find that the significance of organizational capabilities increased while that of network influences decreased as BPR’s boom turned to bust. The reversal of well-established institutional accounts of innovation diffusion is explained by reference to the characteristics of management fashion.


2007 ◽  
pp. 38-41
Author(s):  
Piotr Grudowski

W artykule dokonano przeglądu literatury fachowej pod kątem opinii związanych z kluczowymi nurtami procesowego podejścia do zarządzania organizacjami. Przyjęto tezę, że zasadniczym rezultatem ewolucji orientacji procesowej jest koncepcja zarządzania procesami gospodarczymi (business process management - BPM) integrująca w sobie cechy BPR (business process reengineering) i TQM (total quality management). Przedstawiono ogólną charakterystykę BPR, a następnie na bazie krytyki tego podejścia zaprezentowano najważniejsze cechy BPM, uwypuklając nawiązania do zasad zarządzania jakością.


Author(s):  
Wolfgang Elšik

Im Zusammenhang mit Konzepten wie Lean Management. Total Quality Management oder Business Process Reengineering werden personalwirtschaftliche Fragen in der Regel aus einer Implementierungsperspektive gestellt und diskutiert. Der vorliegende Beitrag kehrt diese Perspektive um und fragt, welche Funktion diese Produktions- und Organisationskonzepte im Hinblick auf die Legitimität des Personalmanagements erfüllen können. Auf der Basis des organisationstheoretischen Neo-Institutionalismus und der Diskussion zur organisationalen Legitimität wird argumentiert, daß diese Managementkonzepte Rationalitätsmythen darstellen, welche dem vorwiegend im mehrdeutigen, symbolischen Kontext agierenden Personalmanagement zur Schaffung und Bewahrung seiner erforderlichen Legitimität dienen können.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 281-291
Author(s):  
G. Korolev ◽  
V. Barinov

Currently, most companies can select a number of methodologies to improve their business processes, including Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, Total Quality Management, Kaizen and Business Process Reengineering (BPR). Obviously, the choice of an appropriate methodology should be guided by the goals of the organization. In this regard, BPR is one of the best methodologies that can help companies ensure the continuity of their business so that they remain relevant for a long time. More importantly, BPR can help members rethink their existing practices and make significant improvements to the existing business process. The authors conducted a study of the theory of BPR. The main definitions are considered in detail, the essence of reengineering is revealed, five stages of implementation are named, possible positive and negative points in the process of BPR implementation are noted, examples are given. Based on the foregoing, it was concluded that companies that need to make changes in their business processes can adopt BPR as the most suitable methodology that will help to make improvements in their workplace.


Author(s):  
Ned Kock

Business process improvement can be defined as the analysis, redesign, and subsequent change of organizational processes to achieve performance and competitiveness gains. The idea that business process-focused improvement can be used as a tool to boost organizational performance and competitiveness is not new. In fact, business process improvement has been the basis of several widely adopted management approaches, such as total quality management, business process reengineering, and organizational learning. As the following sections briefly show, business process-focused improvement can be a unifying concept of these management approaches.


2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 164-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Rodrigues Iritani ◽  
Sandra Naomi Morioka ◽  
Marly Monteiro de Carvalho ◽  
Aldo Roberto Ometto

Este artigo tem como objetivo analisar a teoria sobre Gestão por Processos de Negócio (BPM - Business Process Management). Para isso foi realizada uma revisão bibliográfica sistemática e foram utilizadas técnicas de análise de publicações, citações e de bibliometria. Os resultados mostram a multidisciplinaridade de BPM, como as diferentes áreas de pesquisa compreendem o tema e como praticam essa abordagem. Dentre os periódicos relevantes para o tema, destacaram-se o Business Process Managament Journal, Knowlegde and Process Managemente Total Quality Management & Business Excellence. Dentre as abordagens de aplicação foi possível verificar que existem três tipos adotados pelo estudo e ao todo foram identificadas oito práticas de BPM. As redes de bibliometria mostraram a existência de agrupamentos bibliométricos que pouco interagem, e a relação de BPM com as abordagens de gestão da qualidade e reengenharia. Apesar do aumento de publicações na área, o que mostra a relevância do tema, as publicações tendem a seguir escolas distintas e que ainda atuam de forma isolada na área de BPM.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian J. Galli

This article examines the implementation of continuous improvement patterns and the various continuous improvement (CI) models used in an organization. Despite the size of an organization, the goal is to achieve the maximum profit by pursuing continuous improvement. There are certain models and theories used in organizations for this reason, which include total quality management, business process re-engineering, Six Sigma, and Lean manufacturing methodology. These models are not only concerned with customer retention and profit maximization, but they are also equally effective for the employee's wellbeing. Different methodologies used in continuous improvement processes will help industrial engineers simplify complex tasks by applying CI tools to different situations. However, the key is to understand what tools and models are appropriate for each application.


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