Executive Update

Creating a Working ERP Through Reciprocal Negotiations

Posted May 31, 2006 | Leadership |

INTRODUCTION

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) has proven to be the most popular business software of the 20th century and the trend continues to grow -- reaching new industries and market segments around the globe [3]. Firms implement ERP because they expect the software to enable strategically important organizational change. However, many organizations find that achieving the business objectives associated with ERP technology adoption is problematic [4].

About The Author
Erica Wagner
Erica Wagner is an associate professor of information systems. She earned her Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and has an undergraduate degree in accounting. She has previously taught at Cornell University and The London School of Economics. Her research interests focus on the ways software is 'made to work' within different organizational contexts, with particular emphasis on how work practices are designed into artifacts, standard… Read More
Sue Newell
Sue Newell is a Professor of Information Systems and Management, at Sussex University. She has most recently worked at Bentley University in the USA and at Warwick University in the UK. She has a BSc and PhD from Cardiff University, UK. Sue's research focuses on understanding the relationships between innovation, knowledge and organisational networking (ikon) - primarily from an organisational theory perspective. She was one of the founding… Read More
Sue Newell
Sue Newell is a Professor of Information Systems and Management, at Sussex University. She has most recently worked at Bentley University in the USA and at Warwick University in the UK. She has a BSc and PhD from Cardiff University, UK. Sue's research focuses on understanding the relationships between innovation, knowledge and organisational networking (ikon) - primarily from an organisational theory perspective. She was one of the founding… Read More
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