Proceedings: Conference on Corporate Communication 2012 Page 1
Proceedings: Conference on Corporate Communication 2012 Page 1
Proceedings: Conference on Corporate Communication 2012 Page 1
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
Resistance to Change in Process Management<br />
The Petrobras Case<br />
Alexandre Albuquerque Maranhão de Oliveira<br />
Petrobras/Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<br />
a.albuquerque@petrobras.com.br<br />
This paper is based <strong>on</strong> an exploratory case study <strong>on</strong> the implementati<strong>on</strong> of a Business Process<br />
Management (BPM) project within the <strong>Corporate</strong> Communicati<strong>on</strong>s area of Petrobras (Petróleo<br />
Brasileiro S.A)., which is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The main goal was to identify<br />
the causes and manifestati<strong>on</strong>s of resistance to the implementati<strong>on</strong> of BPM projects and share<br />
findings that may be useful to other organizati<strong>on</strong>s in similar situati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
Keywords: Organizati<strong>on</strong>al change, Resistance to change, Process management.<br />
Abstracts of <str<strong>on</strong>g>C<strong>on</strong>ference</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Proceedings</str<strong>on</strong>g>: <str<strong>on</strong>g>C<strong>on</strong>ference</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Corporate</strong> Communicati<strong>on</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
<strong>Page</strong> 49