The Impact of the Business Process Reengineering (BPR) on the Practices of the Human Resources Management in the Franco- Tunisian Company- Network

Authors

  • Bougarech Nesrine Department of Management, Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management of Sfax Tunisia
  • Affes Habib Department of Management, Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management of Sfax Tunisia

Keywords:

Business process reengineering (BPR), Human Resources Management (HRM), Information Technology (IT).

Abstract

This research lays the emphasis on the business process reengineering (BPR) which consists in radically altering the organizational processes through the optimal use of information technology (IT) to attain major enhancements in terms of quality, performance and productivity. A survey of the business process reengineering (BPR) was carried out in three French groups and their subsidiaries in Tunisia. The data collected were qualitatively analyzed in an attempt to test the main indicators of the success of a business process reengineering project (BPR) and to compare the importance of these indicators in the context of France versus Tunisia. The study corroborates that the respect of the inherent principles of the business process reengineering (BPR) and the diversity of the human resources involved in the project can lead to better productivity, higher quality of the goods or services and lower cost. Additionally, our results mirror the extent to which the respect of the principles and the diversity of resources are more important in the French companies than in their Tunisian subsidiaries.

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2016-11-10

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Nesrine, B., & Habib, A. (2016). The Impact of the Business Process Reengineering (BPR) on the Practices of the Human Resources Management in the Franco- Tunisian Company- Network. American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences, 26(2), 165–177. Retrieved from https://asrjetsjournal.org/index.php/American_Scientific_Journal/article/view/2276

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