title: Mean streets. Five lessons from the front lines of reengineering.
abstract: Two-thirds of all reengineering attempts fail. Why? CEOs cede responsibility to consultants, push through ¿slash-and-burn¿ layoffs thinly disguised as redesign, and often just lack the guts to follow through. Worse, still, is that they forget the process is about people. But you can avoid these potholes along the way. Here are five lessons from the front lines.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lumsdon
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004651:Employment; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011590:Psychology, Industrial; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce