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GGGSection 46. Labor Organization Requires a System / Business Processes Chapter Six Labor Organization
The following graphic signs are used in a formal description of a business process:
Information device; a writing conveying information
(input/output)
Expressed in verbs: activities performed on an input
generate an output
Alternatives (if not X, then Y)
Participants (who – from organizational structure,
or a third party, e.g. a client)
A business process diagram generally consists of three levels visualising (1) documents,
(2) performance, and (3) participants, as shown in the following sample:
Documents
Performance
Participation
A business process
diagram generally
consists of three
levels visualising
(1) documents,
(2) performance,
and (3) participants.