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Level 6 Diploma in Business Management

Business Process Reengineering (BPR)

BM603 · Operations Management — Week 7 of 16

CourseBM603
Week7 of 16
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This week’s topics

Business Process Reengineering (BPR)

  1. Hammer and Champy radical redesign framework
  2. Incremental improvement versus radical redesign
  3. Change resistance in operational restructuring
  4. Process digitisation workflows
  5. APM Topic Explainer: Business process re engineering
  6. CIMA P2 Business Process Engineering BPR
  7. FBPM-8.1.: Fundamentals of Business Process Management (BPM) - Essence of Process Redesign

What you will be able to do

  • 3.3 Analyse the concept and importance of process reengineering

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the concept and importance of process reengineering

Study materials

Videos

  • APM Topic Explainer: Business process re engineering · YouTube · ACCA Student Study Resources · 15 min · for registered students
  • CIMA P2 Business Process Engineering BPR · YouTube · OpenTuition · 20 min · for registered students
  • FBPM-8.1.: Fundamentals of Business Process Management (BPM) - Essence of Process Redesign · YouTube · Jan Mendling · 10 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Management, ch. 10.2–10.3: Organisational change and managing change · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 278–298 · for registered students
  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 14: Organizational Structure and Change · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 593–639 · for registered students
  • Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 10: Achieving World-Class Operations Management · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 341–374 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Strategic Role of Operations Management
  • Week 2: Operations Management Processes and Typologies
  • Week 3: Operations Performance Objectives
  • Week 4: The Three Es and Value Optimisation
  • Week 5: Process Design, Mapping, and Flowcharting
  • Week 6: Lean Operations and Waste Reduction
  • Week 7: Business Process Reengineering (BPR)
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Total Quality Management (TQM) Philosophy
  • Week 10: Quality Improvement Tools and Techniques
  • Week 11: Emerging Technologies in Quality and Operations Management
  • Week 12: Applying Operations Management in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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