Business Process Reengineering (BPR in Organization)

As a social institution, organization is a purposeful entity with active and coordinated systems and linked to external environment. In the past, when the environment was relatively stable, many organizations, seizing the opportunities, would restrict themselves to just gradual and few changes. In the course of the history, however, organizations throughout the world have figured out that the gradual changes can not be a solution to the present problems; organization has to welcome certain fundamental changes required for its survival. Such changes are commonly known as BPR; a trend in which an organization's current functions are replaced with business trends and, therefore, organization shifts from function- oriented approach to process- oriented trend. Such a shift in approach fosters business trend, reduction in expenses and competitiveness of organization. ICT can play a facilitating role in BPR making changes mainly in the nature of the business, annexation of organization functions and conversion of competitive forces.