Date of Publication
5-4-2020
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Business Administration
Subject Categories
Business Administration, Management, and Operations
College
Ramon V. Del Rosario College of Business
Department/Unit
Management and Organization
Thesis Adviser
Jaime Cempron
Defense Panel Chair
Pia Redempta Manalastas
Defense Panel Member
Mary Margaret Que
Frances Jeanne Sarmiento
Abstract/Summary
This action research discusses challenges in business process improvements in emerging businesses in the Philippines. Moreover, this paper addresses issues regarding implementation and sustaining efforts to improve business processes. Methods used are based on Coghlan and Brannick’s (2014) action research cycles. The objective to reduce overtime hours and payroll expense in the company was met through action research. The research also encompassed my personal transformation illustrated through the use of ORJI Framework, ladder of inference, left hand column, and Mezirow’s Meta-Learning Cycle. The data generation cited in this paper are in congruence with Schein’s three types of inquiry, Torbert’s Four Parts of Speech, and Lewin’s Force Field Analysis. To further support this study, the DMAIC model served as guide in our interventions and other scholarly articles were used as our third person inquiry. We were able to improve the business processes through improving business processes and replaced the activities with automated tasks. Furthermore, the study discusses events which challenged the sustainability of the business process of the organization during the evaluation of the first cycle of the action research. The second cycle discusses challenges in shift in organizational roles and its impact on the subject company. As a result, the company was able to recorded overtime hours.
Abstract Format
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Language
English
Format
Electronic
Keywords
Reengineering (Management)
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Recommended Citation
Macasa, T. T. (2020). Sustaining business process improvement in Company ABC. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/6195
Embargo Period
8-5-2022