Part 2: How Maps Work In A Business & For A Business A map gives you control: it provides a model of your organization and where your information exists, it's the foundation to understand your situation, collaborate, evaluate possibilities, and act in an informed manner. Business Process Engineering is the disciplined and collaborative practice by which integrated maps of the organization, processes, policies, resources, people, data, and money are represented. Most organizat

Part 1: What a Map Can Do For A Business Image Courtesy of Creative Commons Can you imagine driving to a new location without your cell phone or a GPS system? Without a map a lot of us would be driving around aimlessly and feeling lost. Thankfully we have developed extensive mapping systems with details such as traffic, road work, etc. to help us navigate to our desired destination in the most time efficient way. Many of us have experienced this feeling in business too. It is

Organizations today are changing more rapidly than ever before. We are constantly faced with reasons to change and improve, including an increasingly competitive market, new technological advancements, cultural differences, crises, political influence, performance issues, mergers and acquisitions, and the list goes on. Every organization confronts one or more of these issues regularly. John P. Kotter notes in his article Leading Change: Why Transformational Efforts Fail that