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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Frequently asked questions -- What is business process management? -- How can we demystify business process management? -- Who should be involved in bpm and what are the critical success factors? -- When should you do BPM : what are the main drivers and triggers? -- How should we start BPM : bottom-up or top-down? -- Why is it important to improve business processes before automating them? -- What are the technology components of BPM? -- Should we be customer-centric? -- Why determining BPM foundations is a critical first step? -- Why do you need a structured approach to implementing BPM? -- BPM : how do you do it? -- 7FE framework overview -- Guidelines on how to use the 7FE framework -- Foundations phase -- Enablement phase -- Launch pad phase -- Understand phase -- Innovate phase -- People phase -- Develop phase -- Implement phase -- Realize value phase -- Sustainable performance phase -- Essential introduction -- Project management -- People change management -- Leadership -- Embedding bpm in the organization -- Introduction -- Case studies -- BPM maturity -- Business process management maturity : what's in a name? -- Appendices -- Appendix A: 7FE framework summary -- Appendix B: 7 FE framework quality assurance checklist -- Glossary -- References and bibliography -- Index.

Business Process Management, a huge bestseller, has helped thousands of leaders and BPM practitioners successfully implement BPM projects, enabling them to add measurable value to their organizations. The book's runaway success can be attributed partly to its overview of all major useful frameworks (such as LEAN and Six Sigma) without over-investment in one over another, and a unique emphasis on BPM's interrelationship with organizational management, culture and leadership. Its common-sense approach teaches how BPM must be well-integrated across an entire business if it's to be successful: augmented and aligned with other management disciplines. This highly anticipated fourth edition brings Jeston's practicable frameworks and solutions up to date with the latest developments in BPM, including the robotics process automation, digital strategies and the changes necessary as a result of the impact of the quad generations in the workforce. This thoroughly revised and updated new edition includes: Enhanced BPM House noting the importance of traceability from strategy to execution activities New and revised case studies An analysis of the risks and benefits of robotic automation and cognitive computing. The book highlights that millennials will be 50% of the global workforce in 2020 and 67% by 2025--Jeston warns managers to ignore them at your peril. Business processes and the way work is performed must evolve! This book will prove to be an indispensable guide to any senior business executive or chief financial officer while providing practical BPM examples to undergraduate and postgraduate students alike.

College of Business and Accountancy Bachelor of Science in Business Administration major in Financial Management

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