Case study: Business Process Reengineering General Motors Corporation “General Motors is one of three leading automotive manufacturing companies in the United States. Based in Michigan in 1903 by Henry ford and grew to reach revenue of $150 billion and more than 370‚000 employees by 1996. In the 1970’s‚ the automobile market for the major auto makers - General Motors (GM)‚ Ford‚ and Chrysler- was crunched by competition from foreign manufactures such as Toyota and Honda. In 1999‚ Ford acquired
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Process Reengineering in Organizational Performance in Nigerian Banking Sector Eke‚ Gift Juliet Adaku Ngozi Achilike Niger Delta University‚ Wilberforce Island‚ Bayelsa State‚ Nigeria Doi:10.5901/ajis.2014.v3n5p113 Abstract In this study‚ discussion which is an offshoot of the statement of the objectives‚ review of empirical studies and the theoretical framework will essentially focus on the strategies to achieve the stated objectives. According to the advocates of Business Process Reengineering (BPR)
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best policies and provider depends on how well the marketers use the marketing strategies as well as the marketing mix. Cigna is a medical group which was started back in 1968 by nine internal medicine physician in a small office. “Now 38 years later‚ this medical group has grown from one small office to one of the Valley’s largest multispecialty health care providers.” Cigna offers many products and services to their customers‚ such as medical‚ dental‚ disability‚ life and accidental insurance
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Innovation Comparative Analysis: Cigna vs. Aetna The purpose of this paper is to provide a comparative analysis of two companies within the same industry (Cigna vs. Aetna) and an evaluation of their innovation processes. Current Situation Analysis A recent survey of the nation’s top CEO’s concludes that innovation remains the lifeblood of business. "For CEO’s today‚ it’s all about achieving growth and efficiency through innovation. It’s not about product innovation so much anymore as about
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plan once it is developed. Reengineering is a radical rethinking of an organization and its cross-functional‚ end-to-end processes (Hammer‚ 1993). After it’s introduction reengineering had taken corporations by storm. In a survey of over 500 chief information officers (CIOs)‚ the average CIO is involved in 4.4 re-engineering projects (Moad‚ 1993). Walmart (example 1) is seen as one of the successful executers of reengineering. Despite the excitement over reengineering‚ however‚ the rate of failure
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business processes to identify any potential areas for improvement. The current system has worked well for the company so far‚ however with the increasing pace of modern technological advances‚ HMC is weighing its options between business process reengineering and the potential to outsource. Denise Charbonet‚ the CEO‚ is currently working with Lloyd Rowland‚ a software consultant‚ to evaluate the feasibility of outsourcing jobs. Some tools that they could use to map HMC’s business processes could
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Running Head Reengineering the Corporation Reengineering the Corporation In the book “Reengineering the Corporation”‚ Hammer and Champy create a new frame of managerial relations and organizational bureaucracy. The authors address such important problems as impact of technology on business environment‚ new labor relations and organizational structures affected a modern corporation. The book consists of 13 chapters and an Epilogue discussing different problems and issue of modern organizational
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See discussions‚ stats‚ and author profiles for this publication at: http://www.researchgate.net/publication/235762820 Developing a Framework to Identify the Factors Affecting the Measurement of Organization Readiness for Business Process Reengineering Implementation : an Exploratory Factor Analysi... ARTICLE · DECEMBER 2012 READS 116 3 AUTHORS‚ INCLUDING: Khodakaram Salimifard Farid Saeedi Persian Gulf University Persian Gulf University 12 PUBLICATIONS 181 CITATIONS 3 PUBLICATIONS
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Running head: The Concept of Program Reengineering The Concept of Program Reengineering PAD 500 – Modern Public Administration May 19‚ 2012 1. Analyze four policy choices of Mayor Schell that were made as part of the strategy for the homeless. Making policy is just one of the many roles of a public administrator. The homelessness in Seattle-King County was so bad‚ that on June 2‚ 1988‚ Schell made a pledge that by December 25‚ 1998‚ there would be no
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Cigna Corp. Blurb about Cigna Corp.: Cigna Inc.‚ a publicly traded insurance company is the leading healthcare insurance provider headquartered in Bloomfield‚ Connecticut. If you are concerned about your unique life and health situation needs‚ Cigna fills in the void. Cigna is more than just an insurance company - they are also into global health services. They enable consumers to purchase various insurance policies‚ services and products through their subsidiaries. Cigna aims to achieve global
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