Editing Business process (section)

== Supporting theories and concepts ==

=== Span of control ===
The [[span of control]] is the number of subordinates a supervisor manages within a structural [[organization]]. Introducing a business process concept has a considerable impact on the structural elements of the organization and, thus also on the span of control.<ref name="GlykasBusiness12">{{cite book |chapter=A Holistic Business Performance Measurement Framework |title=Business Process Management: Theory and Applications |author=Sezenias, E. |author2=Farmakis, A. |author3=Karagiannis, G.|display-authors=et al |editor=Glykas, M. |publisher=Springer |year=2012 |pages=75–98 |isbn=9783642284090}}</ref>

Large organizations that are not organized as markets need to be organized in smaller units, or [[departmentalization|departments]] – which can be defined according to different principles.

=== Information management concepts ===
[[Information management]] and the organization's infrastructure strategies related to it, are a theoretical cornerstone of the business process concept, requiring "a framework for measuring the level of IT support for business processes."<ref name="SidorovaTheRole14">{{cite book |author=Sidorova, A. |author2=Torres, R. |author3=Al Beayeyz, A. |title=Handbook on Business Process Management 1 |chapter=The Role of Information Technology in Business Process Management |editor=vom Brocke, J. |editor2=Rosemann, M. |publisher=Springer |series=International Handbooks on Information Systems |pages=421–444 |year=2014 |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-45100-3_18 |isbn=9783642451003}}</ref>