ERP implementation in higher education: An account of pre-implementation and implementation phases

Journal of Cases on Information Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 110-132

  Okunoye, Adekunle ^a,b,c   Frolick, Mark ^a   Crable, Elaine ^a  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b British Computer Society   (United Kingdom)

^c Association for Information Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic administration IS; Business process re engineering; Enterprise resource planning; Higher education; IS project selection; IS IT planning; Process improvement; System selection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; EDUCATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; REENGINEERING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION IS; BUSINESS PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING; IS PROJECT SELECTION; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 33745626152     PISSN: 15487717     EISSN: 15487725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jcit.2006040106     Document Type: Review

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