# 제목: Communication flow orientation in business process modeling and its effect on redesign success: Results from a field study
# 저널: Decision Support Systems 46 (2009) 562–575
# 저널 정보: SCIE, IF: 1.873, 5-Year IF: 2.276
# 저자: Ned Kock a,*, Jacques Verville b, Azim Danesh-Pajou c, Dorrie DeLuca d
# 저자 소속 기관
a A.R. Sanchez Jr. School of Business, Texas A&M International University, 5201 University Boulevard, Laredo, TX, 78041, USA
b Faculty of Management, University of British Columbia – Okanagan, 3333 University Blvd, Kelowna, BC, Canada V1V 1V7
c John L. Grove College of Business, Shippensburg University, Grove Hall 237, Shippensburg, PA, 17257, USA
d College of Business, University of South Florida – Sarasota, 8350 N. Tamiami Trail C221, Sarasota, FL, 34243, USA
# 논문 요약
비즈니스 프로세스 재설계에 대하여 수많은 연구가 진행되었지만, 비즈니스 프로세스 모델링 기법 선택이 재설계 성공에 미치는 영향에 대해서는 그 동안 연구가 되지 않았다. 본 논문은 Communication flow orientation of a business process model, Quality of a business process model, Business process redesign success 간의 관계를 다양하게 분석하였다. 각 요소는 아래와 같이 정의되었다.
n Communication flow orientation of a business process model: The degree to which a model explicitly shows how communication interactions (e.g., conversations, form flows, memo exchanges) take place in a business process.
n Quality of a business process model: The degree to which the model presents the following perceptual attributes
ü Ease of generation
ü Ease of understanding
ü Completeness
ü Accuracy.
n Business process redesign success: The degree to which the results of a business process redesign project is perceived to lead to an actual improvement of the targeted business process.
비즈니스 프로세스를 재설계를 수행한 18개 기업에서 총 78명을 대상으로 설문조사를 시행하였으며, 응답 내용을 통계 분석한 결과 유의미하게 검증된 가설은 다음과 같다.
n A business process model with a higher communication flow orientation will be perceived as easier to generate than a model with a lower communication flow orientation.
n A business process model with a higher communication flow orientation will be perceived as easier to understand than a model with a lower communication flow orientation.
n A business process model with a higher communication flow orientation will be perceived as more accurate than a model with a lower communication flow orientation.
n A business process model that is perceived as easier to generate is also perceived as easier to understand than a model that is harder to generate.
n A business process model that is perceived as easier to understand is also perceived as more useful in the development of a generic IT solution than a model that is harder to understand.
n A business process model that is perceived as more useful in the development of a generic IT solution is also perceived as enabling a greater degree of redesign success than a model that is less useful in the development of a generic IT solution.
n A business process model that is perceived as easier to understand is also perceived as enabling a greater degree of redesign success than a model that is harder to understand.
n A business process model that is perceived as more accurate is also perceived as enabling a greater degree of redesign success than a model that is less accurate.
분석 내용 중 특이한 결과는, 비즈니스 프로세스 모델링 시 너무 자세한 수준으로 정의하는 것은 IT solution 개발에 반드시 유용한 것은 아니라는 것과 재설계 성공에 영향을 주지 않는다는 것이다. 따라서 information overload를 발생시키지 않는 선에서 프로세스를 모델링하는 것이 중요하다는 의견을 전달하고 있다.
본 논문은 18개의 기업을 대상으로 설문조사를 하였으나 그 수가 여전히 적다는 것에서 한계가 있다. 또한 데이터 분석 시 Structural Equation Model(구조방정식 모형)을 사용하였는데, 이 때 가설을 검증하기 위해 사용된 β(표준화 부분회귀계수) 값과 R2(결정계수) 값이 너무 작게 나온 것에서 많은 의문이 든다.


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