Making software work: Producing social order via problem solving in a troubled ERP implementation

Association for Information Systems - 26th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2005: Forever New Frontiers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 447-458

  Wagner, Erica L ^a   Newell, Sue ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study research; ERP; Failure; Power; Problem solving; System implementation

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY RESEARCH; ERP IMPLEMENTATION; FAILURE RATE; POWER; SOCIAL ORDER; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS; STABLE PATTERNS; STAKEHOLDER GROUPS; SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION;

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 34547875736     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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