ABSTRACT BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Heni Sukrisno
henyuwks@yahoo.co.id

This paper develops and tests a set of hypotheses concerning how impression management strategies
deployed by entrepreneurs affect their likelihood to secure funding. We test our propositions on a sample
of nascent ventures seeking business angel funding in the New York metropolitan area. Our results suggest
that business angels prefer investment proposals characterized by the moderate use of positive language,
moderate levels of promotion of innovation, supplication and blasting of competition, and high levels of
opinion conformity. © 2013 Elsevier Inc. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2013.08.001)

Knowledge and management of it emphasize and expect interactions between aspects of business
processes including workflow execution, information processing, decision making and motivational
structure. As such production and consumption of knowledge occur within these aspects of business
processes. Therefore, a business process context provides the justification and rationale for organizing
Knowledge Management efforts that address knowledge storage and retrieval, knowledge sharing and
knowledge synthesis. Exemplar projects are used to illustrate potential approaches and associated
research challenges to addressing Knowledge Management efforts within a business process context. ©
2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2005.05.031)

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Googling the term “Business Process Management” in May 2008 yields some 6.4 million hits, the great
majority of which (based on sampling) seem to concern the so-called BPM software systems. This is ironic
and unfortunate, because in fact IT in general, and such BPM systems in particular, is at most a peripheral
aspect of Business Process Management. In fact, Business Process Management (BPM) is a comprehensive
system for managing and transforming organizational operations, based on what is arguably the first set
of new ideas about organizational performance since the Industrial Revolution.
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00416-2_1)

Purpose – In the last two decades, a proliferation of business process management (BPM) modeling
languages, standards and software systems has given rise to much confusion and obstacles to adoption.
Since new BPM languages and notation terminologies were not well defined, duplicate features are
common. This paper seeks to make sense of the myriad BPM standards, organising them in a classification
framework, and to identify key industry trends. Design/methodology/approach – An extensive literature
review is conducted and relevant BPM notations, languages and standards are referenced against the
proposed BPM Standards Classification Framework, which lists each standard’s distinct features, strengths
and weaknesses. Findings – The paper is unaware of any classification of BPM languages. An attempt is
made to classify BPM languages, standards and notations into four main groups: execution, interchange,
graphical, and diagnosis standards. At the present time, there is a lack of established diagnosis standards.
It is hoped that such a classification facilitates the meaningful adoption of BPM languages, standards and
notations. Practical implications – The paper differentiates BPM standards, thereby resolving common
misconceptions; establishes the need for diagnosis standards; identifies the strengths and limitations of
current standards; and highlights current knowledge gaps and future trends. Researchers and
practitioners may wish to position their work around this review. Originality/value – Currently, to the best
of one’s knowledge, such an overview and such an analysis of BPM standards have not so far been
undertaken. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14637150910987937)