Business Process Plan for Samsung Company: A Comprehensive Case Study

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of Samsung's business process plan, examining its role in strategic planning, market adaptation, and overall organizational development. The report delves into the core concepts of business process management, highlighting its significance in the context of a dynamic market environment. It explores the different approaches to business process management, including activity-oriented, object-oriented, speech-act-oriented, and role-oriented approaches, and evaluates their application within the Samsung Company. Furthermore, the report discusses the associated risks and challenges of implementing these approaches. The analysis covers the importance of business process management in setting goals, improving competitive edge, and fostering collaboration within an organization. Through this case study, the report aims to provide valuable insights into the practical application of business process management principles.

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Introduction
Business process management is an integral part of operations management where people
employ various methods to discover and improve the business process in an organization (Jeston,
2014). Its primary purpose is improving the performance of the organization by simply taking
control of and managing the business processes. Business process management is a continuous
and never-ending process since the day in day out new business processes need to be set up or
modify the already existing ones so as to make the organization adapt to the rapid changes in the
environment and technology. The new and proposed processes should, however, be in a position
to offer flexibility in the survival and growth of the organization (Rolstadås, 2012). Business
process management process act as the backbone for any business because gives directives on
goals to be achieved in the business.
Chosen Case Study
The chosen case study is the Samsung Company. It is a South Korean based
conglomerate company. It focuses on electronics, construction and defense industries (Weske,
2012). It will be used here to bring out and clearly explain the issue of business process
management, the various roles played by business process management in this company will be
explained in detail and also there would be an evaluation of the approaches to business
management and systems and also an expound on some of the risks associated with the
implementation process (Becker et al, 2013).
Roles of business Management Process
Business process management plays an important role and is a fundamental aspect of the
development of any organization. Below is an explanation on the some of the roles that business

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process management has played over the years in the development of the Samsung Company. It
should also be noted that these roles are still applicable today (Weske, 2012).
Business process management is a key comment in the strategic planning of an
organization. In our case, for instance, strategic planning can be defined as the decisions taken
that often provoke the coming up of plans and targets to be implemented in future (Armstrong et
al, 2015). Through strategic planning Samsung Company has been in a position to set its
proprieties right and also improve its competitive edge in the market since there always exist the
already set plans that need to be implemented. It should be noted that all this is attributed by the
business process management (Dumas et al, 2013).
The other important role played by business process management in an organization is that it
helps the organization in coming up with the constantly changing market environment. As we all
know, the market environment is dynamic. Organizations have to find a way of trying to
incorporate flexibility into their systems and this is made possible by business process
management. In the Samsung, Company business process management has been used as a tool in
spearheading the adoption to the new and changing market environments. It is this that has
indeed helped the company thrive for years. It has made the company develop and grow from a
small trading company of about 40 employees back in 1938 to a multi-billion company in the
present day (Dumas et al, 2013). Business management processes will a target and goals to be
achieved within the business. The process gives directions on what the business is entitled to and
what is supposed to be done to make sure the set goals of the business are well achieved. Any
business will need this management process by making sure it operates within the set strategies
and goals to achieve.

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Approaches to business process management and their associated risks and
implementation process
Business process management has two main divisions and these are; capturing the
business process by representing their activity and related elements structurally. Two is by
representing the new proposed business process in an attempt to evaluate performance. It is also
important to differentiate between the types from the instance process. Process type is often
meant to address the process in general whereas a process instance is specifically used in
identifying that particular process that is necessary (Kirchmer, 2012).
There are various approaches to business process management and these approaches are
explained below in relation to their application and use in the Samsung Company.
Activity-oriented approaches-This usually denies a process as a specific ordering of activities.
It is sometimes called the task approach. It is the specific activities undertaken in an organization
that is looked at in this approach in an attempt to review them. In the Samsung Company, for
instance, some of the activities to be looked at may include the supply or the marketing of the
products (Chang, 2016). In this approach, there is a risk in the representing the actual and true
complexity of the work done and this, in turn, leads to some certain levels of difficulty in the
actual proposed new business process (Armstrong et al, 2015). This approach gives through
which different activities will be carried out within the organization. Through the approach, the
framework of the scheduled activities will be given the priority. This will initiate a lot of
attempts to make sure that the organizations have procedures in carrying out some of the
important duties.

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Object-Oriented Approaches-This approach is primarily concerned with the object orientation.
It should also be noted that despite it being concerned with object orientation, the practitioner
involved such as the owners or even the team members often describe their work by activities
and not objects. Some of the object orientation in the Samsung Company may include
specialization and inheritance among others (Weske, 2012). In this approach, it is always a
requirement that a sense of completeness. Here enough concepts should be included so as to
provide the basis needed for representing almost if not all the relevant aspects of the domain
under consideration. This is rarely the case, however. It is often a challenge in ensuring that this
level completeness is reached at and this brings a loophole in this approach (Dumas et al, 2013).
The approach is reflected on goals and strategies of the business. It gives the directions and ways
through which the organized will achieve its set goals. In regard to the Samsung Company, The
approach will help in determining the target customers for the Samsung products. There are
some risks which are associated with the approach. It will cost a company a lot of commitment to
making sure that the strategies and objectives of the organization are achieved (Chang, 2016).
Speech-act-oriented approaches-This approaches view communication as a four end process,
these processes are; a proposal, an agreement, Performance and satisfaction (Weske, 2012).
Business is often viewed as an act of communication between the customer and the performer.
This approach does not, however, provide any help in the existing process or even in the new
process. The approach is focused on making sure that there is clear communication between the
business and the customers for mutual benefits. There are some risk challenges that affect the
approach. It becomes quite difficult in passing the information I different departments within the
business premise. The perspective under which the information will be received and evaluated

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will be different depending on different individuals. Some will take the information serious other
will ignore it regardless of how important it is.
Role-oriented approaches-As the name suggests, this approach explains that a role should be
actively involved in a set of certain proposed activities and be in a position to carry out certain
assigned responsibilities. Here certain activities are often assigned to a particular role and these
activities are expected to be complemented by the individual gave that role (Dumas et al, 2013).
Conclusion
It is always a requirement that the process is in a position to promote collaboration and
teamwork among the various assigned roles. It is believed that these approaches help in
increasing the creativity since it provides room for these individuals undertake both the activities
that have been planned for and the ones that have not been planned for. For our situation, for
example, vital arranging can be characterized as the choices taken that regularly incite the
coming up of plans and focuses to be executed in future. Through vital arranging Samsung
Company has been in a situation to set its legitimacies right and furthermore enhance its
aggressive edge in the market since there dependably exist the effective set designs that should
be actualized. It ought to be noticed that this is credited by the business process management.
The other critical important by business process management in an association is that it helps the
association in adapting up to the always showing signs of change showcase condition. The
market condition is dynamic. Associations need to discover a method for attempting to
consolidate adaptability into their frameworks and this is influenced conceivable by business to
process management. This is rarely the case though in the actual execution of this approach since
the individuals often avoid undertaking the unplanned for activities that complement the planned
activities and undertake only the planned set of activities.

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