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Alter, Steven and Recker, Jan C. ORCID: 0000-0002-2072-5792 (2017). Using a work system perspective to expand BPM use cases for research. Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application, 18 (1). pp. 47-71. Hong Kong: Association for Information Systems. ISSN 1532-4516

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Abstract

Business process management (BPM) has developed as a research field primarily situated in the computer and information systems sciences. Recently, van der Aalst (2013) analyzed the results of these research efforts and identified a set of research topics in the form of a series of BPM research use cases. Those BPM research use cases emphasize technological and computational challenges and solutions. Ideally, however, BPM research should also address managerial and organizational challenges that the existing technically oriented research use cases do not fully reflect. We propose expanding the scope and impact of BPM research by drawing on work system theory (WST) to identify new BPM research use cases and directions. After comparing a WST perspective on basic BPM topics with the technically oriented BPM perspective expressed in van der Aalst (2013), we present new research topics that extend the technically oriented BPM research use cases in van der Aalst (2013). We also present new research directions that go beyond those use cases. Taken together, the extensions of the existing research use cases and the new use cases lead to a more balanced BPM research agenda that more fully blends technical and managerial challenges.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Alter, Steven UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Recker, Jan C. UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2072-5792 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-87229
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application
Volume:	18
Number:	1
Page Range:	pp. 47-71
Date:	March 2017
Publisher:	Association for Information Systems
Place of Publication:	Hong Kong
ISSN:	1532-4516
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Weitere Institute, Arbeits- und Forschungsgruppen > Cologne Institute for Information Systems (CIIS) Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences > Business Administration > Information Systems > Chair for Information Systems and Systems Development
Subjects:	Data processing Computer science Management and auxiliary services
Related URLs:	Publication
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/8722