THE ESSENCE OF BUSINESS-PROCESSES AND PROCESS-ORIENTED MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES

Abstract

The article describes four main approaches in enterprise management: historical, functional, systemic, situational. It has been determined that the process approach allows to take into account such important aspects of the business as the focus on the final product, the interest of each performer in improving the quality of the final product and, consequently, interest in completing the work. The essence of the category "business-process" has been investigated. The main elements of the structure of the business-process of an agricultural enterprise have been identified and characterized: the owner responsible for its implementation; input; output; management and resources. The distinctive features of the business-process of agricultural enterprises have been generalized. Based on this, the business-process of an agricultural enterprise has been defined as a set of successive technologically interconnected operations that use industry-specific resource planning as input and the organization of actions to solve problems as output, applying controlling principles that create products that play strategic role in the livelihood of society and is of value to consumers. The classification of business-processes of agricultural enterprises is given and their main types are characterized: business-processes of production or main processes, auxiliary or service business-processes, providing business-processes and development business-processes. It has been proved that the management of business-processes of agricultural enterprises has its own specifics due to the peculiarities of agriculture. The main advantages of process-oriented management of agricultural enterprises have been highlighted. It has been determined that in order to build an effective business-process management system of agricultural enterprises it is necessary to take into account the interaction of three main elements — key business-processes, enterprise subsystems and types of consumers. When building such a system, it is necessary to take into account industry specifics, the presence of a formalized strategy and long-term planning, the size of the enterprise, as well as the impact of macroeconomic factors.