workflow

(noun)

A process and/or procedure in which tasks are completed. It may be defined with a flowchart to define actors, actions, results, decisions, and action paths.

Examples of workflow in the following topics:

  • Frederick Taylor

    • Scientific management, also called Taylorism, concerns the analysis and synthesis of workflows to improve productivity.
    • Scientific management, also called Taylorism, is a theory of management that analyzed and synthesized workflows.
    • Scientific management, also called Taylorism, is a theory of management that analyzed and synthesized workflows.

  • The Systems Viewpoint

    • Here is an example of systems thinking: say that a single department, Human Resources, is beset with problems in workflow and efficiency.
    • A manager who uses systems thinking to fix this problem looks at Human Resources in the context of all of the workflow in the company to see whether the "Human Resources problem" could actually be a company-wide issue.
    • Here is an example of systems thinking: say that a single department, Human Resources, is beset with problems in workflow and efficiency.
    • A manager who uses systems thinking to fix this problem looks at Human Resources in the context of all of the workflow in the company to see whether the "Human Resources problem" could actually be a company-wide issue.

  • Facilities Layout

    • Facility layout decisions are based on criteria aimed at creating an effective and efficient workflow and high standard production.
    • The aim is to allow for the most efficient workflow without disruption.
    • A workplace that has carefully arranged its layout will allow for a more effictive and efficient workflow and produce its good or services to a high standard.
    • There are three types of workflow layouts that managers can choose from:
    • As such, careful consideration of enabling access to technicians is critical to ensuring minimal workflow disruptions in a scenario of updating, repairing or replacing machinery.

  • Operations-Management Tools

    • Lean employs tools to evaluate production workflow and determine where there is waste.
    • These tools analyze workflow, evaluate the presence and cause of waste, and decrease defects in products or services, all of which make a company more efficient.

  • Whole-Genome DNA-Binding Analysis

  • Quantitative and Analytical Management Tools

    • Managers can use many different quantitative and analytic tools to better understand workflow processes, financial management, and employee efficiency.
    • Give examples of quantitative and analytical management tools that assist organizations in better understanding workflow, financials and employee efficiency

  • Consequences of Workplace Stress

    • A stressed worker may neglect their duties, impeding workflows and processes so that the broader organization slows down and loses time and money.

  • Types of Organizational Change

    • Business process re-engineering (BPR) is a business management strategy first pioneered in the early 1990s that focuses on the analysis and design of workflows and processes within an organization.

  • X-Ray Diffraction Analysis

    • X-ray diffraction analysis workflow.

  • Benefits of Strategic Planning: Focus, Action, Control, Coordination, and Time Management

    • ., for the technology to move from being weak and non-integrated to enabling workflows, and for the business's focus to transition from being inwardly to outwardly focused.