The Relationship between Organizational Structure and Enterprise Resource Planning Systems: A Structural Contingency Theory Approach

10th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 3965-3973

  Morton, Neil A ^a   Hu, Qing ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

contingency theory; ERP; ERP implementation; nterprise Resource Planning; organizational design

Indexed keywords

RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

BUSINESS PROCESS; CONTINGENCY THEORY; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS; ERP IMPLEMENTATION; ERP SYSTEM; NTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGNS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; RESOURCE PLANNING; STRUCTURAL CONTINGENCY THEORIES;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 85060511912     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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