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Business Process Reengineering for Back Office Operations

When back office processes in African organisations grow by accretion, they become slow, error prone, and expensive to run. Business process reengineering takes a bolder route than incremental improvement, redesigning a process from the ground up around the outcome the customer needs. This course teaches teams to challenge assumptions, redesign end to end flows, and manage the transition to radically simpler operations.

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What you will be able to do

  • Distinguish reengineering from incremental improvement.
  • Select processes where fundamental redesign is justified.
  • Map the current end to end process and its cost drivers.
  • Challenge rules and assumptions that add no value.
  • Design a simpler future state process around the outcome.
  • Plan and manage the transition and its people impact.

Course outline

  1. 01Reengineering Versus Continuous Improvement
  2. 02Choosing Processes to Redesign
  3. 03Mapping the Current End to End Process
  4. 04Challenging Rules and Assumptions
  5. 05Designing the Future State
  6. 06Enabling Technology and Controls
  7. 07Managing the Transition and People Impact
  8. 08Locking in the New Way of Working

Who should attend

This course is intended for process owners, operations managers, project leads, and transformation staff redesigning finance, HR, procurement, or administrative processes.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
28 Sep to 2 Oct 2026Dubai5US$1,800Closed
5 to 9 Oct 2026Johannesburg5R18,000Register
12 to 16 Oct 2026Cape Town5R18,000Register
19 to 23 Oct 2026Durban5R18,000Register
26 to 30 Oct 2026Pretoria5R18,000Register
2 to 6 Nov 2026Nairobi5US$1,800Register
9 to 13 Nov 2026Dar es Salaam5US$1,800Register
16 to 20 Nov 2026Lusaka5US$1,800Register
23 to 27 Nov 2026Harare5US$1,800Register
30 Nov to 4 Dec 2026Accra5US$1,800Register
7 to 11 Dec 2026Lagos5US$1,800Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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