By Jeff Paul
Oct 7 2009 - In the grind of office life, managers are some of the most important people present. Yet, they are often burdened with so many menial tasks that take up valuable time. Business process management software can help relieve some of the administrative managerial tasks that chip away at a manager's precious time.
Day-to-day tasks such as initial screenings of clients, suppliers, applicants or service providers, monitoring compliance issues, auditing and similar tasks take up much of a manager's time and effort. Yet, managers are actually selected not only for their diligence in performing these tasks, but for reasons involving leadership, liaison activities and the ability to be a spokesperson of the company, of their employees and of upper management. These are the tasks that really put a manager to good use.
At the same time, it may be too much to ask for an assistant to take on all of the administrative tasks of a manager and still be held accountable for manager-level mistakes.
Business process management software is often offered as SaaS or Software as a Service, whereby the licensing of a software program or suite is offered at a low rate, on a time-constrained basis (typically monthly). This is not only more affordable than creating a position to handle administrative managerial tasks, but it is also more efficient as management software is able to automate many of these tasks.
On the other hand, this type of software is not limited to helping managers with day-to-day tasks. It can also help to allocate resources, monitor compliance and production, plan and implement projects, streamline business processes and more.
