Abstract
What is the business value of process standardization? Alongside the development of industrial engineering of information technology and of business process redesign studied by Davenport and Short (1990), and Davenport’s approach defining business processes (Davenport, 2005), other researchers offer initial insights into business process standardization research opportunities (Venkatesh, 2006). Based on this new thinking about business process standardization, this paper presents a step towards understanding the business value of business process standardization. A single case study with a global operating company was conducted to show how a successful standardized business process and a supporting information system can impact the process performance in terms of cost, time and quality. The process studied within the case study is the company-wide recruiting process. As the results indicate, the company has improved the overall process performance. The results provide an initial insight into an understanding of the business value of process standardization.
Recommended Citation
Stetten, Alexander von; Muenstermann, Bjoern; Eckhardt, Andreas; and Laumer, Sven, "Towards an Understanding of the Business Value of Business Process Standardization - A Case Study Approach" (2008). AMCIS 2008 Proceedings. 20.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2008/20