Enterprise Reengineering

Author: Michael Hammer [USA]
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book is a bestseller on business management published in the United States in recent years. The current corporate systems, organizational structures, and management models in Western developed countries are products of the development of industrial society two hundred years ago. They emphasize the specialization of labor and the hierarchical management system. With the advancement of technology, humanity has entered the information society, and past management methods are no longer applicable. As a result, Western academia and the business community have proposed various reforms and theories for business management. As one of the top ten global management masters, Dr. Hammer proposes in this book that corporate reform should be radical and fundamental, especially that the business processes of enterprises should be thoroughly reengineered. He cites examples of three companies, including IBM, to illustrate that only by reengineering business processes can corporate performance be significantly improved and service quality enhanced. Over the past two decades, Chinese enterprises have undergone earth-shaking changes and progress. However, the entire economy still lags behind the early to mid-stages of industrialization, with most enterprises at most at the mid to late stages of industrialization in terms of form and operation. Therefore, for many of our enterprises, the reengineering of management and operations is timely and urgent. "Reengineering the Corporation" once climbed the New York Times bestseller list. In the 1990s, this book indeed sparked a major transformation in the business world. With the shifting of times, as managers shift their focus from "reengineering" to boundaries they have never crossed before, moving beyond the organization to new horizons of corporate operational performance, James Champy's new book has been born. The high walls standing between enterprises, customers, suppliers, and even competitors are constantly crumbling. In today's world of free flow of information and goods, "Reengineering the Corporation" presents readers with a brand-new model of corporate operation.