Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Mark E. Nissen Author-X-Name-First: Mark E. Author-X-Name-Last: Nissen Title: Designing inter-organisational collectivities for dynamic fit: stability, manoeuvrability and application in disaster relief endeavours Abstract: The rich armamentarium of contingency theory can help to overcome the challenges of inter-organisational design. However, its predominate focus on static fit is incommensurate with the fundamentally dynamic nature of organisations and their environments. This problem is exacerbated in the context of inter-organisational design, particularly where the membership of participating organisations is discontinuous. Alternatively, recent research focusing on dynamic organisational fit and misfit elucidates novel design issues and engineering techniques even in the very complex inter-organisational context. In this article, we begin with a focused summary of dynamic fit and misfit, and we illustrate the use and utility of this view through empirical application to a very complex inter-organisational case involving thousands of participating organisations attempting to provide multinational disaster relief. The article concludes with an agenda for continued research along the lines of this investigation. Journal: Int. J. of Organisational Design and Engineering Pages: 276-291 Issue: 4 Volume: 1 Year: 2011 Keywords: contingency theory; disaster relief; dynamics; engineering; dynamic fit; inter-organisational collectivities; organisational design; emergency relief; emergency management; inter-organisational collaboration. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=43807 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijodei:v:1:y:2011:i:4:p:276-291 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Michel Avital Author-X-Name-First: Michel Author-X-Name-Last: Avital Author-Name: Baldev Singh Author-X-Name-First: Baldev Author-X-Name-Last: Singh Title: Collaboration trumps competition in high-tech project teams Abstract: The tension between competition and collaboration in teams raises a question how to balance between these two different strategies to enhance the performance of teams. It has been established that both competition and collaboration have a positive impact on team performance. However, given that measures that enhance competition tend to jeopardise collaboration and vice versa, it remains unclear how to balance the two in order to attain an optimal impact on performance. Building on quantitative data from 176 IT projects in Motorola and its affiliates, we analysed the influence of intra-team collaboration and competition on project performance. The results suggest a strong and broad positive influence of intra-team collaboration on project performance; but only a limited influence of intra-team competition. Subsequently, we discuss further implications to forming and managing effective teamwork in IT projects and potentially in other functional areas. Journal: Int. J. of Organisational Design and Engineering Pages: 292-314 Issue: 4 Volume: 1 Year: 2011 Keywords: intra-team collaboration; intra-team competition; teamwork; IS projects; success factors; innovation teams; team performance; information systems; high tech projects; project teams; high technology; Motorola. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=43808 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijodei:v:1:y:2011:i:4:p:292-314 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Paris Chrysos Author-X-Name-First: Paris Author-X-Name-Last: Chrysos Title: An organisational design approach of business environments: the case of Barcamps milieu in Paris Abstract: Shifting business environment is often described as a decisive factor for organisational transformations. Various levels of organisation are proposed by the literature in order for an enterprise to be able to handle factors that outreach their boundaries. In this paper, we examine the case of Barcamps, a novel organisational pattern addressing issues beyond productivity and efficiency. We propose an analysis of its design parameters and functional requirements, contributing to the research and practice of organisational design beyond the boundaries of a specific organisation. Journal: Int. J. of Organisational Design and Engineering Pages: 315-330 Issue: 4 Volume: 1 Year: 2011 Keywords: open innovation; start-ups; innovation networks; business environments; organisational design; France; organisational transformations. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=43809 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijodei:v:1:y:2011:i:4:p:315-330 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Heikki Lempinen Author-X-Name-First: Heikki Author-X-Name-Last: Lempinen Author-Name: Virpi Kristiina Tuunainen Author-X-Name-First: Virpi Kristiina Author-X-Name-Last: Tuunainen Title: Redesigning the supplier reporting process and system in public procurement – case Hansel Abstract: In this paper, we report the findings of a supplier reporting system redesign project in a public organisation, Hansel Ltd., the central procurement unit of the Finnish Government. With the agency theory as the theoretical lense, the action design research (ADR) as the research method, and electronic invoicing as the facilitating technology, we identify and formulate design principles for building an effective and efficient supplier reporting process and the related information system. In addition to being useful for our case company, we illustrate how these design principles can be applied to a class of similar problems. With this study, we contribute to the knowledge on organisational and information systems design, as well as to the understanding of agency relationships and problems in the public sector. Journal: Int. J. of Organisational Design and Engineering Pages: 331-346 Issue: 4 Volume: 1 Year: 2011 Keywords: inter-organisational information sharing; agency theory; public procurement; action design research; ADR; organisational design; electronic invoicing; Finland; supplier reporting; electronic invoicing; e-invoicing; information systems; agency relationships. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=43810 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijodei:v:1:y:2011:i:4:p:331-346 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Peijian Song Author-X-Name-First: Peijian Author-X-Name-Last: Song Author-Name: Cheng Zhang Author-X-Name-First: Cheng Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang Title: Understanding the role of intrinsic motivations in information technology usage habit: evidence from instant messenger and search engine Abstract: Drawing upon insights from the habit/automaticity perspective, the current study attempts to incorporate the intrinsic motivators of information technology usage habit and propose a research schema for understanding the antecedents of online service usage habits. The proposed model was empirically tested using 504 cross-sectional responses from actual users of instant messenger and search engine. The results suggest that individual satisfaction, perceived enjoyment and frequency of past behaviour positively influence the strength of usage habit. In addition, information technology type is found to moderate the effects of individual satisfaction and perceived enjoyment on usage habit: perceived enjoyment has a stronger effect on usage habit building for instant messenger users, while satisfaction has a stronger effect for search engine users. This research not only contributes to the important, yet relatively under explored subject of IS usage habits, but also shed light on the marketing promotion strategies for information technology in electronic markets. Journal: Int. J. of Organisational Design and Engineering Pages: 163-184 Issue: 3 Volume: 1 Year: 2011 Keywords: user behaviour; habit; intrinsic motivation; information technology; cross validation; online service usage; instant messenging; search engines; user satisfaction; perceived enjoyment; past behaviour frequency. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=41160 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijodei:v:1:y:2011:i:3:p:163-184 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Nelson King Author-X-Name-First: Nelson Author-X-Name-Last: King Title: A benefits dependency network as the bridge between requirements and business objectives: an ODE perspective Abstract: The chasm between information system requirements and business objectives is a leading cause of failure. Requirements are often established without understanding the implications to workflow and organisational change. While stakeholder analysis provides useful insights for the 'big picture', the impact of requirements on stakeholder interests aren't known. Similarly, low-level process modelling has trouble representing the broader organisational design and business objectives. The benefits dependency network (BDN) serves as a bridge between the two by tracing the impact of key technical requirements on organisational change, resultant outcomes, and benefits that accrue to stakeholders. Ambulatory e-prescribing in the USA serves as the case for illustrating a BDN analysis. The case is built using interpretive description that synthesises hundreds of related studies in healthcare to capture the breadth and depth of the e-prescribing context. The paper suggests BDN has utility as an integrative framework for understanding the inter-twined contributions of organisational design and artefact engineering upon various stakeholders. Journal: Int. J. of Organisational Design and Engineering Pages: 185-208 Issue: 3 Volume: 1 Year: 2011 Keywords: healthcare technology; information technology; organisational change; process models; USA; United States; organisational design; organisational engineering; ODE; benefits dependency network; BDN; e-prescribing; stakeholder analysis; benefits management; electronic prescribing; prescriptions. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=41161 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijodei:v:1:y:2011:i:3:p:185-208 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Frederik Marx Author-X-Name-First: Frederik Author-X-Name-Last: Marx Author-Name: Gerrit Lahrmann Author-X-Name-First: Gerrit Author-X-Name-Last: Lahrmann Author-Name: Jorg H. Mayer Author-X-Name-First: Jorg H. Author-X-Name-Last: Mayer Author-Name: Robert Winter Author-X-Name-First: Robert Author-X-Name-Last: Winter Title: Aligning management controls and information systems: contingent organisational design of business intelligence application architectures Abstract: Corporate management of today's multi-business companies has become increasingly complex, leading to a heavy reliance on formal management controls (MCs) such as planning and reporting. Business intelligence (BI) solutions promise a better support of those tasks by providing analytical applications, technologies, and processes. Although research on MCs is well driven by contingent design, comparable contingent BI design is missing. Existing research mostly focuses on general BI frameworks. As MCs determine an important share of the vertical and horizontal information flows of a corporation and of the functional requirements on BI, this article advocates a contingent design of BI application architectures derived from organisation-specific MCs. Therefore, this article outlines three typical designs of MCs (single industry, financial holding, and management holding) and derives three corresponding BI application architectures. Such a view improves the understanding of BI design and helps to facilitate aligned organisational design of MCs and BI. Journal: Int. J. of Organisational Design and Engineering Pages: 209-228 Issue: 3 Volume: 1 Year: 2011 Keywords: design science; business intelligence; management controls; application architecture; contingent organisational design; information systems. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=41162 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijodei:v:1:y:2011:i:3:p:209-228 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Marielba Zacarias Author-X-Name-First: Marielba Author-X-Name-Last: Zacarias Author-Name: Paulo Reis Author-X-Name-First: Paulo Author-X-Name-Last: Reis Author-Name: H. Sofia Pinto Author-X-Name-First: H. Sofia Author-X-Name-Last: Pinto Title: Towards enterprise architecture frameworks for complex evolving systems and organisations Abstract: Enterprise modelling frameworks are effective tools to communicate organisation's structure, processes, and information systems. However, an increasingly interconnected, dynamic, and uncertain world is pressing to regard organisations and information systems as complex evolving systems. This paper: 1) argues the importance of using complexity principles in analysing, modelling and (re)designing organisations and its information systems; 2) discusses the conceptual implications and limitations of current enterprise modelling frameworks regarding complexity principles; 3) proposes an extension to overcome such limitations; 4) illustrates some benefits of this extension with a case study. Journal: Int. J. of Organisational Design and Engineering Pages: 229-246 Issue: 3 Volume: 1 Year: 2011 Keywords: enterprise architecture; complex systems; complexity principles; organisational design; modelling; information systems; enterprise modelling; organisational structure. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=41163 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijodei:v:1:y:2011:i:3:p:229-246 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Lars Taxen Author-X-Name-First: Lars Author-X-Name-Last: Taxen Title: The activity domain as the nexus of the organisation Abstract: The development, acquisition, adaptation, and diffusion of enterprise systems in organisations pose immense challenges. These challenges need to be addressed by considering the system in a wider context, where aspects of individual knowledge, sense-making, technology, and organising are taking into account. In this paper, the activity domain theory is suggested as a unifying framework for these areas in one respect – the coordination of actions. The central constructs in this theory are the activity domain, which frames a social unit providing some capability that the organisation needs; and the activity modalities, which represent innate predispositions for coordinating actions. Empirical results from the telecom industry are used to validate the approach in the areas of organisational design, information systems, and system engineering. Journal: Int. J. of Organisational Design and Engineering Pages: 247-272 Issue: 3 Volume: 1 Year: 2011 Keywords: activity domain theory; ADT; activity modalities; organisational anatomy; organisational design; system engineering; information systems; ERP systems; PLM systems; coordination; enterprise resource management; product lifecycle management; telecoms industry; telecommunications. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=41164 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijodei:v:1:y:2011:i:3:p:247-272