Business Process Management (BPM) research has made substantial progress in developing process methods, yet these advancements are often overlooked in other disciplines. On the other hand, scholars in Organizational Management Theories (OMT) have expanded the boundaries of process theory, but these contributions are often ignored in BPM research. The intersection of these disciplines presents a unique opportunity for collaboration and exchange, as they can each benefit from the knowledge and perspectives of the other.
Addressing this need, we are pleased to announce a workshop on organizational process research that will be held in conjunction with the 2023 Business Process Management Conference in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The aim of this workshop is to bring together members of different scholarly communities, including Business Process Management, Information Systems, and Organizational Management Theories, to encourage collaborations and exchanges in the areas of process theory and method development.
The workshop will commence with a panel discussion titled "Looking back on the last 20 years of research on change, drift, and dynamics of organizational processes: What's coming next?" featuring panelists Daniel Beverungen, University of Paderborn; Fleur Deken, VU Amsterdam; Jan Recker, University of Hamburg; and Moe Wynn, Queensland University of Technology.
The objective of the paper session that is part of this workshop is to bring together diverse perspectives and research fields on change, drift, and dynamics of organizational processes and routines. To achieve this, we invite submissions of conceptual, technical, and empirical papers addressing various aspects related to changes, drifts, and dynamics of organizational processes and routines. This includes, but is not limited to, process evolution, routine dynamics, exogenous and endogenous change, process drift detection, and other related topics. We welcome submissions from various epistemologies and research methods, including Business Process Management, Routine Dynamics, Information Systems, and Computer Science.
Papers can address the following questions, among others:
- What are the novel techniques for detecting drift in organizational processes and routines?
- How do business processes, routines, and related aspects change over time?
- How can the change of business processes and routines be studied methodologically?
- How can the change of business processes and routines be conceptually described and theorized?
- What are the effects of change initiatives and how do they unfold?
- What are the unintended changes of business processes and routines, and how do they emerge?
- What are the positive and negative deviances from process change, and how do they emerge?
- How can techniques such as process mining be used to investigate the dynamics of processes and routines?
- How do specific technologies, such as robotic process automation, trigger change in organizational processes and routines?
For more information, please visit our website: Workshop on Change, Drift, and Dynamics of Organizational Processes (ProDy)
We look forward to welcoming you in Utrecht.
Sincerely,
The Organizers
Bastian Wurm, Jan Mendling, Waldemar Kremser