ERP II & change management: the real struggle for ERP systems practices

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Hawking, Paul, Foster, Susan and Stein, Andrew (2005) ERP II & change management: the real struggle for ERP systems practices. In: Management business with SAP: planning, implementation and evaluation. Idea Group, Hershey, Pennsylvania, pp. 179-197.

Abstract

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have become an essential information systems infrastructure for large organisations. Organisations are now looking for ways to leverage their ERP investment by introducing new functionality; however, no matter how many implementations these companies have undertaken the same people issues still provide barriers. This research looks at the change management practices of Australian companies and identifies the main success factors and barriers associated with implementing change management strategies. The chapter presents the results of a survey of 35 major Australian organisations that have implemented an ERP system. Many of these organisations have long histories of ERP usage and multiple ERP implementations and upgrades. The main findings indicate that the respondents considered change management crucial to successful ERP implementations, yet their organisations did not perform change management very well. The main success factor to change management was provision of adequate resources, with the main barrier being lack of communication up and down the organisation.

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Item type Book Section
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/24766
DOI 10.4018/978-1-59140-378-4.ch010
Official URL http://www.igi-global.com/chapter/erp-change-manag...
ISBN 9781591403784 (print) 9781591403807 (online)
Subjects Historical > FOR Classification > 1503 Business and Management
Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > College of Business
Keywords business information systems
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