Exploring the adoption and implementation of discrete and integrated IT systems: a framework for analysis Online publication date: Sat, 09-May-2015
by Colm Burns, Nola Hewitt-Dundas
International Journal of Manufacturing Research (IJMR), Vol. 6, No. 2, 2011
Abstract: Despite the substantial organisational benefits of integrated IT, the implementation of such systems – and particularly Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems – has tended to be problematic, stimulating an extensive body of research into ERP implementation. This research has remained largely separate from the main IT implementation literature. At the same time, studies of IT implementation have generally adopted either a factor or process approach; both have major limitations. To address these limitations, factor and process perspectives are combined here in a unique model of IT implementation. We argue that: the organisational factors which determine successful implementation differ for integrated and traditional, discrete IT; failure to manage these differences is a major source of integrated IT failure. The factor/process model is used as a framework for proposing differences between discrete and integrated IT. [Received 31 August 2009; Revised 30 April 2010; Accepted 26 October 2010]
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Manufacturing Research (IJMR):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:
Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.
If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com
Our Blog 
Follow us on Twitter 
Visit us on Facebook