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Managerial preconditions for implementing major changes in corporate processes
thesis
posted on 2018-09-12, 10:53 authored by Antonio da Cunha CampelloThis thesis investigates whether management behaviour impairs major changes in
corporate processes. The focused areas were new complex product development process
and business process re-engineering in post-privatisation companies.
Several surveys were carried out in Brazil, North America, and Europe involving
companies either that deal with new complex product development or companies that
have experienced a privatisation process. An aircraft manufacturer company, located in
Brazil, was selected as the case study company. The author selected top 10 preconditions
to succeed in a Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) endeavour and
observed their evolution in the case study company.
The most important contribution of this thesis is related to the identification of a pattern
in the case study company to deal with major changes in corporate process. The
investigations at the case study company indicated that if the top ten BPR pre-conditions
to succeed evolve, it is likely to have success in the BPR activities.
The achieved results are compared with an extensive literature review, which covers
topics such as cultural change, management behaviour, business process re-engineering,
new product development, integrated product development, concurrent engineering,
privatisation process, and organisational changes.
Funding
Great Britain, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and British Council (Chevening Scholarship).
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Publisher
© Antonio da Cunha CampelloPublisher statement
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2003Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
- en