Business processes as an object of management of modern business structures

Based on the systematization and generalization of scientific publications, the content characteristics of functional and process models of management are determined. It is established that the process model of management was formed in the conditions of the post-industrial period of economic relations development. The main factor in its formation was the introduction of automated and integrated management systems in the conditions of innovative development. A modern enterprise is considered as a set of business processes that consistently form a chain of added value creation. Management tasks in the field of business process management involve the formation of a system of main and auxiliary business processes, determination of their functions and relationships, standardization of the content and sequence of operations, ensuring interaction and control of efficiency.