無 / Global investment in process-management technology has vastly increased for the purpose of integrating both external and internal processes with aligned resources to adapt to the changing environment of the service-based economy. The management of business processes in the service-based economy requires dynamic capabilities in order to continuously integrate knowledge, coordinate activities, learn from experience, and reinvent services to acquire and retain customers. A growing pattern within the characteristics of path dependency has been observed in the development of process management capabilities, which evolved from awareness to optimization. This paper reports the findings of a study of the development of process-management capabilities in six companies across two different industries. By tracking the growth of its process-management capabilities, three points are made: (1) organizations develop their business process-management capabilities through five stages, which are awareness, repetition, standardization, management, and optimization; (2) each maturity level is characterized by different business focuses, process designs, knowledge management, measurement methods, and management attitudes; and (3) the development path is characterized by ups and downs and is influenced by both external and internal changes.

隨著資訊技術的崛起與發展，無論是政府、企業組織乃至於個人對於資訊系統的依賴愈大，軟體的功能變的愈多，整體的複雜度也日漸提高，相對於軟體品質也就越受重視。對企業而言，軟體是昂貴的物品，但開發的過程卻又很難預測時間與成本。所以如何進行軟體流程管理，進而提昇軟體品質，也就成為學者所熱衷的研究議題。美國國防部遂委託卡內基美隆大學軟體工程學院進行一項研究，用以提供成熟的軟體組織之指引架構（能力成熟度模式，Capability Maturity Model），自1991年推出後，歷經多次增修，為統合其他各式標準再推出CMMI(Capability Maturity Model-Integrated,能力成熟度整合模式)。 本研究延續李有仁（2004）之研究，針對台灣地區的資訊部門之能力成熟度，透過歷史資料的分析，找出長期被追蹤之組織，進行深入研究與探討。在本研究裡，除對CMM至CMMI的演進做闡述外，也整理了國內外數年對軟體流程管理之研究。此外透過本研究，研究者可以觀察到對台灣地區中的資訊部門進行長期追蹤，有哪些組織是逐步的改善；有哪些組織在過程中反而退步了。再針對兩類型之公司進行歷史問卷資料與訪談資料的整理分析，發現成長的公司與退步的公司，其最主要的差異實務層面在於組織架構、技術管理、文件、資源與人力訓練。因為組織是企業的根本，也就是企業的體質，一個企業如果在體質上出了問題，後續訓練的投入也就無以為繼，於是整體的表現就會不佳。研究結果提供給欲投入軟體流程管理之公司及相關研究者參考。 / In the wake of information technology（IT）, the government or business and even the individuals rely heavily on the information system. The more functions of software, the more complexity it has. The research about how to improve software quality through software process management has long been a hot topic. The U.S. Department of Defense commissioned Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University to develop a standard framework for software organization called Capability Maturity Model. Since it was announced in 1991 and revised many times, SEI released Capability Maturity Model Integrated that integrates other standards. This research extends Li’s 2004 study and examines the capability in MIS departments of Taiwanese top 1000 businesses. It discusses the evolution of CMM and CMMI, and reviews the literature about software process management. This research discovers improved and retrogressive organizations of software process management in Taiwan. It utilizes two sources of data, one is the historical questionnaire data and the other is the interview materials. It discovers that the most significant difference practices are in organizational structure, technology management, document, resource and training. Organization is the base of business, without the base, all the other work is meaningless.

The objective of this thesis is to explore the design of operational processes in information-intensive service delivery systems. Empirical data is presented which builds upon existing literature within the Business Process Management (BPM) and Service Operations Management (SOM) disciplines. Adopting a theory building mode, the thesis concludes with the formulation of several research propositions which specify the design characteristics of the processes that provide the service concept to the customer. The research addresses a number of gaps in the literature. First, there is little empirical evidence concerning the relationship between the service concept, customer inputs, and process design. Second, service classification schemes promote homogeneous thinking in the design of service systems delivering diverse service concepts. Third, the BPM literature provides generic process design principles which offer limited theoretical insights into the design requirements of operational processes. Finally, there is a need for process design research in information-intensive service organisations. A research framework that integrates theoretical models addressing service process design is investigated using a single case study approach. Fieldwork was carried out over a sixteen-month period in a large electricity supplier in the UK. In contrast to the macro-orientation found within the literature, this study employs a more granular level of analysis to address the unique requirements of ‘service concept – processes’ pairs. This approach results in a number of important findings which, in several instances, are in contradiction to current thinking. First, the results empirically validate the theoretical relationship between service concept, customer inputs, and process design. Different service concepts lead to different process designs, and the more customised the service concept, the more the process is uniquely designed. Significant differences in the design of the individual processes that collectively provide the service concept to the customer are highlighted. The results also provide some new insights into the design of front office – back office activities as well as into the design characteristics of processes characterised by low customer contact. In addition, the study refutes the view that generic process design principles are universally applicable irrespective of the context in which the processes operate. Finally, the research findings show that a process-based view of service systems allows for heterogeneity; that is differences in the design of service delivery processes within the same organisation.

Ingeniero Civil en Computación / Hoy en día, el levantamiento de procesos de negocio es un mecanismo ampliamente difundido y utilizado para el entendimiento de reglas, problemáticas y características de empresas y su negocio. Hoy en día se identifican numerosos problemas asociados al levantamiento de procesos, muchos de los cuales tienen su origen en que el conocimiento sobre los procesos no esta formalizado y/o esta repartido entre diversos actores. Para enfrentar esto se existen varias técnicas que involucran el trabajo en terreno y la colaboración de varios participantes a la vez. El trabajo de esta memoria fue la construcción de una herramienta que apoye dichas técnicas, facilitando el trabajo del levantamiento y modelado en terreno y en forma colaborativa. Fue así como se construyó MOBIZ, aplicación que permite el trabajo concurrente de varios actores en el modelamiento de procesos a través de dispositivos móviles. Al ser construida HTML5, puede ser accedida desde casi cualquier dispositivo moderno común navegador, móvil o no. Entrega una interfaz diferenciada para equipos móviles y de escritorio, y gracias la creación del framework COUPLINGSERVER, se pudo abstraer completamente la aplicación misma de la comunicación con otros usuarios.

<p>U doktorskoj disertaciji su predstavljeni modeli za unapređenje<br />organizacione strukture i upravljanja poslovnim procesima i<br />upravljanje performansom poslovnih procesa. U prvom modelu su<br />razvijeni postupci analize, modelovanja, ocenjivanja i vrednovanja<br />postupaka unapređenja struktura i poslovnih procesa, a u drugom<br />modelu su postavljene faze planiranja, merenja i vizuelizacije<br />performansi poslovnih procesa. Primenjeni su savremeni softveri<br />za upravljanje procesima i njihovim performansama. Mogućnost<br />praktične primene razvijenih modela istražena je u dve studije<br />slučaja realnog idustrijskog uslužnog preduzeća.</p> / <p>In his doctoral dissertation, presented models for improving organizational<br />structures and business process management and performance<br />management business processes. In the first model developed methods of<br />analysis, modeling, assessment and evaluation procedures to improve the<br />structure and business processes, and in the second model are set phases<br />of planning, performance measurement and visualization of business<br />processes. Were applied modern software management processes and their<br />performance. A possible application of the developed model was investigated<br />in two case studies of real industrial service enterprise.</p>

Theme of the diploma thesis is the analysis of the processes inside the library of the University of economics. The first part is dedicated to the definition of the goals of the thesis and to the theory of the company processes. The text interprets the term of information literacy and information education and links these terms with the procedural analysis. The thesis introduces the library and identified processes for optimalization. In the second part, the identified processes are analyzed and described in the EPC notation. The thesis describes five processes and their sub-processes. The first process is the educational program, the next process is the cooperation between the university teachers and the library. Another process is the the control of the plagiarism and the use of electronical sources and thesis in the education. The last described process is the feedback from the users. The conclusion summarises the thesis and is coupled with the recommendation about the optimalization of the described processes. The goal of the thesis is to optimalize the defined processes of the informational education in the library and to improve the quality of them, so they can effectively aid the goals of the library, but also to improve the information literacy of the students.

The focus of this thesis is to provide a complex framework for design of process-based organizational structure, which is currently lacking in the academic literature. Thesis starts with development of a complex process improvement framework, continues by developing process/activity owner assignment framework and connects the process management with design of organizational structure. The developed framework consists of two parts, the "As Is" analysis, capturing the current state of affairs and the "To Be" design developing an optimal arrangement. A basic evaluation tool is provided to assess the effects of changes to the process structure. Practical part applies newly developed framework in a business entity. The process improvement is used to design new process-based organizational structure, which in terms of efficiency surpasses the current matrix organizational structure. JEL Classification L1, L22, L25, M12, M13 Keywords Organizational structure, Process-based organization, Process improvement, Process management, Process mapping, Strategic management Title Strategic Approach to an Entity Setup: Designing a Process-based Organizational Structure Author's e-mail vladas777@seznam.cz Supervisor's e-mail balcar.petr86@gmail.com

Orientador: Wagner Luiz Lourenzani / Resumo: Considerando a importância do repasse da quota-parte do ICMS para as receitas fiscais dos municípios, principalmente daqueles de menor porte, a acurácia e a fidedignidade das informações entre os contribuintes e a Secretaria Estadual da Fazenda são fundamentais para a qualidade do cálculo do Valor Adicionado Fiscal (VAF) e, consequentemente do Índice de Participação do Município (IPM). Nesse contexto, este trabalho de pesquisa tem por objetivo analisar o fluxo de informação entre a atividade agropecuária e a Secretaria Estadual da Fazenda. Para tanto realizou um estudo de caso no município de Tupã. Para compreender e analisar o referido fluxo de informação essa pesquisa se baseou na abordagem do Business Process Management (BPM). Trata-se de uma pesquisa exploratória de caráter quali-quantitativo. Na busca da melhoria do processo, foi realizado o mapeamento do processo atual (“como é” / “as-is”), a identificação dos pontos de descontinuidade e, posteriormente, um novo mapeamento do processo melhorado (“como deveria ser” / “to-be”). Os resultados apresentados nesta pesquisa contribuem para demonstrar a fragilidade dos dados que chegam para o município, produtores, prefeito e fiscais. O modelo proposto propõe alterações no fluxo de informações da comercialização agropecuária e pode ser aplicado em qualquer município do estado de São Paulo. Sob o aspecto acadêmico, esta pesquisa permitiu estruturar um protocolo de análise que estabelece a representatividade da atividade na compo... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Considering the importance of transferring the ICMS share to municipal tax revenues, especially those of smaller size, the accuracy and reliability of the information between the taxpayers and the State Treasury Secretariat are fundamental to the quality of the calculation of Tax Added Value (TAV) and, consequently, the Municipal Participation Index (MPI). In this context, this research aims to analyzing the information flow between the agricultural activity and the State Treasury Secretariat. To do so, a case study in the municipality of Tupã will carry out. To understand this information flow the research will be based on the Business Process Management (BPM) approach. This is an exploratory qualitative-quantitative research. In the search for process improvement the following steps were performed: mapping of the current process ("as is"), identification of the discontinuity points and, subsequently, new mapping of the improved process ("to be"). The results presented in this research contribute to demonstrate the fragility of the data that arrives for the municipality, producers, mayor and auditors. The proposed model proposes changes in the flow of agricultural marketing information and can be applied in any municipality in the state of São Paulo. Under the academic aspect, it was possible to structure a protocol of analysis that establishes the representativeness of the activity in the composition of the municipal transfer of the share of the State's ICMS. Such understan... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

O gerenciamento de processos de negócios (Business Process Management - BPM) é uma abordagem de gestão cada vez mais utilizada pelas organizações para a operacionalização da estratégia devido a sua capacidade de geração de benefícios; contudo, há crescentes e elevados os índices de insucesso as iniciativas de promoção de BPM. Isso vem ocorrendo principalmente porque BPM vem tendo foco nos processos de negócios internos e não tem conseguido se ajustar com rapidez e flexibilidade para lidar com a dinâmica do ambiente de negócios. A agilidade é um elemento que ajuda a lidar com esses aspecto; tal como aconteceu com a manufatura e com o gerenciamento de projetos (que evoluíram para manufatura ágil e gerenciamento ágil de projetos, respectivamente) BPM vem tendo elevada demanda por agilidade, e um BPM Ágil se apresenta como uma evolução de BPM com elevado poder de contribuição para o tema. BPM Ágil traz o cliente para atuar de maneira ativa no processo e impõe uma flexibilidade para interação da operação com a dinâmica ambiental de maneira mais assertiva. Um gerenciamento é realizado por meio de Práticas (conjunto formado por técnicas, ferramentas e ações), de maneira que o presente estudo tem como principal objetivo propor Práticas para a promoção da BPM Ágil nas organizações. Para o alcance de novas iniciativas empíricas e avanços na teoria, este estudo se propõe a construir um novo conceito de BPM Ágil, uma nova definição e estabelecer as suas práticas. É fundamental que os processos de negócios alcancem seus objetivos produzindo respostas com rapidez e flexibilidade para mudanças, de modo que BPM Ágil deve aumentar a exploração e o aproveitamento de oportunidades. A proposição de Práticas para o BPM Ágil presente nesta tese é uma contribuição inicial que deve ajudar a desbravar um novo campo de estudos por meio de uma abordagem científica. Para tanto, foram utilizadas 7 abordagens metodológicas distintas para a elaboração deste estudo: revisão sistemática de literatura, análise indutiva, consulta a especialistas, análise de juízes, survey, painel de especialistas e mais dois estudos de caso. Como principal resultado tem-se 78 Práticas, sendo 23 técnicas, 13 ferramentas e 42 ações para a promoção do BPM Ágil / Business Process Management (BPM) is a management approach increasingly used by organizations to operationalize the strategy because of their ability to generate benefits; however, there are increasing and high failure rates for BPM promotion initiatives. This has been mainly because BPM has been focusing on internal business processes and has not been able to adjust quickly and flexibly to deal with the dynamics of the business environment. Agility is an element that helps deal with these aspects; as occurred with manufacturing and project management (which evolved to agile manufacturing and agile project management, respectively). BPM has been in high demand for agility, and an Agile BPM is an evolution of BPM with a high power of contribution for the theme. Agile BPM brings the client to act in an active way in the process and imposes a flexibility to interact the operation with the environmental dynamics more assertively. A management is carried out through Practices (a group formed by techniques, tools and actions), so that the main purpose of this study is to propose Practices for the promotion of Agile BPM in organizations. For the achievement of new empirical initiatives and advances in theory, this study proposes to build a new concept of Agile BPM, a new definition and establish its practices. It is critical that business processes reach their goals by producing responses with speed and flexibility for change, so that Agile BPM must increase exploration and se\'ize opportunities. The proposal of Practices for Agile BPM in this thesis is an initial contribution that should help to open up a new field of studies through a scientific approach. In order to do so, 7 different methodological approaches were used for the elaboration of this study: systematic literature review, inductive analysis, expert consultation, judges analysis, survey, panel of experts and two other case studies. As a main result there are 78 Practices, being 23 techniques, 13 tools and 42 actions for the promotion of Agile BPM

The current business environment is rapidly and fundamentally changing. The main driver are digital technologies. Companies face the pressure to exploit those technologies to improve their business processes in order to achieve competitive advantage. In the light of increased complexity of business processes and the existence of corporate Big Data stored in information systems, the discipline of process mining has emerged. Investigate how process mining can support the optimization of business processes. In this qualitative study, an illustrative case study research is utilized involving eight research participants. Hereby, data is primarily collected from semi-structured interviews. The data is analyzed using content analysis. In addition, the illustrative case serves the purpose to demonstrate the application of process mining. The research revealed that process mining has important impacts on current business process improvement. Not all of them were explicitly positive. The derived success factors should support vendors, current and potential users to apply process mining safe and successfully.