A multi-project model of key factors affecting organizational benefits from enterprise systems

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 34, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 2, 2010, Pages 305-328

  Seddon, Peter B ^a   Calvert, Cheryl ^b   Yang, Song ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Change management; Enterprise system success; Functional fit; Improved access to information; Integration; IS implementation; IS project management; Overcoming organizational inertia; Packaged software; Process optimization

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INTEGRATION; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SAPPHIRE; INDUSTRY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

CHANGE MANAGEMENT; ENTERPRISE SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL FIT; IMPROVED ACCESS TO INFORMATION; IS IMPLEMENTATION; IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL INERTIA; PACKAGED SOFTWARE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77957044153     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20721429     Document Type: Article

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