Change Management's Role in BPM Maturity Models: A Literature Review

This literature review examines the role of change management within Business Process Management (BPM) maturity models. It investigates how change management is considered (or not considered) as a core component in various BPM maturity models, despite its relevance to organizational change. The review analyzes the relationship between change management and other capabilities within these models, aiming to determine its significance as a key factor. The research employs qualitative data analysis, utilizing tools like NVivo to synthesize findings and develop a conceptual model. The study covers the concept of BPM, its practices and principles, the BPM lifecycle, and the components of change management, ultimately exploring the impact of change management on BPM maturity.

The role of Change Management in Business Process
Management Maturity Models
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Acknowledgement
Conducting this research has been one of the most enriching experiences of my life. The
contribution of this research to enhance my knowledge base and analytical skill has been
paramount. It gave me the opportunity to face challenges in the process and overcome them. This
would not have been possible without the valuable guidance of my professors, peers and all the
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research process. I would also like to thank my friends who had provided me with help and
encouragement for collecting primary data and valuable resources. Finally, I would like to thank
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and enlightening throughout the process of research in the subject.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction....................................................................................................................4
1.1 Background.......................................................................................................................4
1.2 Rationale...........................................................................................................................5
1.3 Problem Statement............................................................................................................6
1.4 Aims, Objectives and Research questions.............................................................................6
1.5 Research Structure............................................................................................................7
Chapter 2: Literature Review...........................................................................................................9
2.1 Introduction............................................................................................................................9
2.2 Concept of Business Process Management...........................................................................9
2.3 Practices and Principles of BPM.........................................................................................10
2.4 BPM Life Cycle...................................................................................................................10
2.5 Concept of Change Management.........................................................................................13
2.6 Components of Change Management..................................................................................13
2.7 BPM Maturity Models.........................................................................................................15
2.7.1 Gartner model...............................................................................................................15
2.8 Impact of Change Management on BPM............................................................................16
2.9 Summary..............................................................................................................................16
Chapter 3: Research Methodology................................................................................................18
3.1 Introduction..........................................................................................................................18

3.2 Research Philosophy............................................................................................................18
3.3 Research Approach..............................................................................................................19
3.4 Research design...................................................................................................................20
3.5 Data Collection Methods.....................................................................................................22
3.6 Data Analysis Methods........................................................................................................22
3.7 Limitations of the study.......................................................................................................23
3.8 Ethical Considerations.........................................................................................................23
3.9 Timeline...............................................................................................................................24
3.10 Summary............................................................................................................................27
Chapter 4: Findings and Analysis..................................................................................................28
4.1 Introduction..........................................................................................................................28
4.2 Qualitative data analysis......................................................................................................28
Chapter 5: Conclusion and Recommendation...............................................................................36
Appendices....................................................................................................................................49
References......................................................................................................................................68

Abstract
This research consists of five chapters including introduction, literature review, research
methodology, Findings and analysis and conclusion and recommendations. The first chapter is
the Introduction. This chapter focuses on the basic introduction about Business process
management and change management. The purpose and problem statement has been mentioned
in this chapter. Aim, objectives and research questions have been initialized in this chapter. The
aim of the research has been analyzing impact of change management on business process
management maturity level. The literature review has been focused on the concept of the change
management and BPM. The methodology has been focused on the inductive approach and
qualitative data analysis. The Nvivo tool has been used in the study fr the analysis of the
secondary data and information.

Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Background
Business Process Management has been an integrated approach for managing and improving
organizational process as a development criteria in practices. Recent business processes have
been improved with the implementation of the Business process modes and change management
in the scenario. Various innovative models and theories have been discovered in the business
process management. In order to achieve business goals and objectives, these theories and
models shave been beneficial in many ways i. The initialization of the Business Process
Management has been found in Business process Reengineering (BPR) and Total Quality
Management (TQM). The background of BPM has been regarded as a management approach for
applying measures of incremental changes in the business operations ii. Developmental models in
the BPM has been helping in enriching business processes in various ways that has been
discussed in the research. Business process management has been helping in supporting business
processes using various methods and techniques for software design and controlling business
processes. Organizations in Australia have been becoming process oriented in BPM tools and
techniques for evolving BPM expertise iii. Various business owners have been and process
analysts have been providing their excellence in the development of the BPM models and
theories in the market. The use of the BM helps theirs have been gaining importance in the
market does its beneficiary techniques and business development capabilities iv. Various efforts
have been made in order to increase BM skills and knowledge among employees of several
organizations. There have been certification for the use of BPM models and theories in the
market. The ABPMP (Association of Business Process Management Professionals) has
published its own body of knowledge and offers the ―Certified Business Process Professional

(CBPP®) certification v. The ABPMP claims that their BPM core body of knowledge is
practitioner-developed and attempts to combine these perspectives recognizing BPM as both a
management discipline and a set of technologies that support managing by process.
1.2 Rationale
Business Process Model have been gaining importance in the market by various
organization. The growth of the organization have been depended on the business process
management. The management to process of the business have been helping in increasing their
values and ethics in the market. The sales and marketing of companies have been increased with
the implementation of the BPM models and theories vi. However, there has been a requirement of
change in the BPM models in order to enhance BPM theories. Change management has been an
important aspect inn order to make changes in the existing theories and models.
Organizations in Australia has been facing problems regarding changes in their
organizational strategies. According to recent survey, 15.6% of GDP has been decrease in the
overall of the country due to poor change management strategies. The emergence of the change
management in the market has been facing problems due to lack in proper strategies vii. The
change management has been described for a positive change in the business organizations.
However, there have been two sides of the scenario. 6% of the Australian companies have been
facing negative changes in their operations due to change management strategies in their
policies.
This research throws light in the proper use of the change management in order to improve
business process performances with increase in BPM maturity levels. This research study has
been focusing in the concepts of the process manage and change management in the business.
The use of BPM and change management models have been described in the study for providing

the BPM maturity level of the companies in the market. The study has been using qualitative
approach for the development of the BPM maturity levels of companies.
1.3 Problem Statement
The change management in business organization has been a key issue in the market, several
companies have not been able to modify changes according to their business process. Therefore,
BPM maturity level of the company has been going low. There has been decrease in the efficacy
of the companies in the market. The major problem has been improper implementation if
business process management theories and models in the business viii. Change management has
been a complex in an organization as al the strategies and planning have to be changed with
proper analysis ix. Therefore, useful analysis has to be done in order to make changes in an
organization. However, changes can be both negative and positive in an organization. Therefore,
most if the companies in Australia have been facing change management problems.
1.4 Aims, Objectives and Research questions
The aim of the research is to analyze impact of change management on business process
management maturity level.
Following are the objectives of the research:
 To analyze the issues faced by Australian companies due to absence of business process
management
 To improve the Gartner’s model for evaluating a company’s BPM maturity level
 To analyze implications for BPM maturity level development and use of models for
improving BPM maturity levels
Following are the research questions:

 What are the issues faced by Australian companies due to absence of business process
management?
 How to improve Gartner’s model for evaluating a company’s BPM maturity level?
 What are implications for BPM maturity level development and how to use models for
improving BPM maturity levels?
1.5 Research Structure
This research consists of five chapters including introduction, literature review, research
methodology, Findings and analysis and conclusion and recommendations. The first chapter is
the Introduction. This chapter focuses on the basic introduction about Business process
management and change management. The purpose and problem statement has been mentioned
in this chapter. Aim, objectives and research questions have been initialized in this chapter.
The second chapter is related to the literature review. This chapter discusses about the
existing and previous literatures of various researchers. The concept of business process
management and change management has been discussed in the chapter. The dependency of
business process management (dependent variable) on change management (independent
variable) has been critically analysed in the chapter. Business process management maturity
level models have been discussed. Gartner’s Model has been used in the research with proper
justification.

Figure 2: Research structure
(Source: Created by author)
The third chapter deals with the research methodology. This chapter contains
philosophy, approach, design, data collection methods, data analysis method, limitation and
ethical consideration of the research.
The fourth chapter focuses on the findings and analysis. Data has been collected in this
chapter with proper analysis. The types of the data analysis method has been discussed in this
chapter. The outcomes of the research has been defined in this chapter.
The fifth and last chapter deals with the conclusion and recommendations. This chapter
discussed about the conclusion derived from performing whole study and analysis. Conclusion
with linking of objectives have been provided in the chapter. Recommendation have been
provided for improving the research study in future. The future work has been provided in this
chapter.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Literature review
Chapter 3: Research Methodology
Chapter 4: Findings and Analysis
Chapter 5: Conclusion and recommendations

Chapter 2: Literature Review
2.1 Introduction
This paper focuses on the impacts of change management within the various aspects of
business processes. The paper mainly puts focus on the essential nature of the management of
change. This paper also helps in considering the various kinds of reasons in which change
management could form a major factor within the huge success within the projects based on
business process management. This paper also discusses about a certain model that should be
followed within the business processes for dealing with the employees who would be involved
within the various processes of ownership.
2.2 Concept of Business Process Management
Business Process Management (BPM) is one of the vast form of emerging field in the
recent times. This form of management could be defined as the discipline in which different
people would be making use of various kinds of methods for the purpose of discovering,
modelling, measuring, analysing, improving, optimizing and also automating the processes of
business x. The process of BPM would primarily put major form of focus on the improvement of
the corporate performance based on the management of business processes xi. The various kinds
of operational processes comprises of organisations, applications, people, documents and
different forms of sources of information xii.
BPM could also be defined as a model of management, which would be helpful for
businesses for managing the processes. This would mainly help for the improvement and
management of the processes within a certain period of time xiii. This would help in a new form
of development based on the business assets by deriving value from the processes of business.

2.3 Practices and Principles of BPM
The different processes within businesses would primarily be managed and thus governed
with the use of the set principles within the organisation xiv. The principles of business would
help in determining the tasks that need to be done during each of the phases of business. Since
the different kinds of businesses would vary from each other hence it would become difficult to
make use of the same kinds of business principles in the recent times xv. Since the various types
of organizations would shift from one another subsequently it would wind up hard to make
utilization of similar sorts of business standards in the ongoing occasions. In any case, there are
still a few sorts of business regions and business associations that would have a few types of
regular interests inside their utilization of practices. The BPM would be proposed dependent on
overhauling of execution inside the business associations. These future intended for the activity
of the business forms. The distinctive procedures inside BPM would be helpful for defeating of
issues that would be in connection to the procedures of organizations.However, there are still
some kinds of business areas and business organizations that would possess some forms of
common interests within their use of practices. The BPM would be intended based on upgrading
of performance within the business organizations xvi. These would be designed for the operation
of the business processes. The different processes within BPM would be useful for overcoming
of problems that would be in relation to the processes of businesses xvii. The BPM systems would
not only be able to control the business processes but would also evaluate the end results that
would be taken into consideration.
2.4 BPM Life Cycle
The BPM possesses their own form of life cycle in which each of the phases would be
visualized in a clear manner. The approaches described within the life cycle would help in