Abstract
The empirical point of departure of this article is the erosion of
enterprise boundaries, which create new conditions for enterprise
actors, i.e. they are to an increasing extent forced to operate in
networks. They are confronted with a number of unstable and
developing change drivers. The focus here is on the combination of
Business Process Reengineering (BPR) and crosscutting IT. The
theoretical point of departure is newer sociology of technology
which is acting as a mainly implicit analytical frame for the
understanding of the couple BPR and IT. The spread and development
of BPR-concepts and IT in Denmark are the central interest. It is
accompanied by a parallel analysis of the American and
international development. In Denmark a public discourse on BPR
emerged in 1992, and there continues to be parallel and disparate
processes of development going on. The account is thus multiple
even from the early take up of BPR from USA. The paper tries to
demonstrate that BPR internationally and in Denmark is continually
developing and becoming rather widespread and differentiated in
content on a number of points. This does not mean that BPR are
endlessly shapeable, but rather that a societal closure of the
meaning of BPR doesn't occur and the different concepts reflect
different networks of actors -in particular enterprises and
consultants. The interpretation is further that the accompanying
IT- implementation does not lead to a closure of the enterprise
impacts. Even standard systems with a momentum as a "plague" like
SAP R/3, are actually reshaped by the enterprises.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of Cost A4 workshop |
Place of Publication | Bruxelles |
Publisher | Cost A4, EU |
Publication date | 1998 |
Publication status | Published - 1998 |
Event | COST A-4 workshop: Social Issues about Information
Technology: Organizational Models, Decision Processes. - San Sebastian Duration: 1 Jan 1997 → … |
Conference
Conference | COST A-4 workshop: Social Issues about Information Technology: Organizational Models, Decision Processes. |
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City | San Sebastian |
Period | 01/01/1997 → … |