Abstract
Despite the substantial organisational benefits of integrated IT, the implementation of such systems – and particularly Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems – has tended to be problematic, stimulating an extensive body of research into ERP implementation. This research has remained largely separate from the main IT implementation literature. At the same time, studies of IT implementation have generally adopted either a factor or process approach; both have major limitations. To address these imitations, factor and process perspectives are combined here in a unique model of IT implementation. We argue that
• the organisational factors which determine successful implementation
differ for integrated and traditional, discrete IT
• failure to manage these differences is a major source of integrated IT
failure.
The factor/process model is used as a framework for proposing differences between discrete and integrated IT.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 174-190 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | International Journal of Manufacturing Research |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 2011 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science Applications
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- Modelling and Simulation