This paper develops an innovative objectives-oriented approach with one evaluation model and three optimization models for managing the implementation of a set of critical success strategies (CSSs) for an enterprise resource planning (ERP) project in an organization. To evaluate the CSSs based on their contribution to the organizational objectives, the evaluation model addresses an important is...

Tworecent studies (Coulsonet al., 1998;Osterhout et al., 1996)examined the relationship between the event-related brain potential (ERP) responses to linguistic syntactic anomalies (P600/SPS) and domain-general unexpected events (P300). Coulson et al. concluded that these responses are highly similar, whereas Osterhout et al. concluded that they are distinct. In this comment, we evaluate the rel...

This paper presents a novel way of thinking about how information systems are used in organizations. Traditionally, computerized information systems are viewed as objects. In contrast, by viewing the information system as an actor, our understanding of the structuration process increases. The user, being influenced by the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system and giving it an actor role, th...

Seit Mitte der 90er Jahre befindet sich die deutsche Hochschullandschaft im Umbruch. Strukturelle Änderungen haben einen Transformationsprozeß ausgelöst, in dem die Einführung moderner ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Systeme und der Wechsel vom kameralen zum kaufmännischen Rechnungswesen in vielen Institutionen eine wichtige Rolle gespielt haben. Der Beitrag untersucht, ob die Einführung der...

The aim of our study was to gain insight into the research field of critical success factors (CSFs) of enterprise resource planning (ERP) projects, especially the post-implementation phase, with specific focus on system upgrades as an essential part of this phase. Therefore, we conducted a systematic literature review in order to update the existing reviews of CSFs. On the basis of that review,...

This study attempt to find the motivation of ERP implementation based on the principal-agent theory. From the view of information resource sharing and communication, which is a critical characteristic of ERP, this paper investigates whether the decision of ERP implementation is affected by the principal-agent mechanism. Method study used economics technology to design an empirical study based o...

Motivation der behandelten Fragestellung und Kontext, Zielgruppe des Beitrags Modere ERP Systeme sind komplex und decken weite Teile der Geschäftsfelder von Unternehmen und öffentlichen Einrichtungen ab. Die Anzahl der Features steigt mit jeder neuen Version. ERP Systeme werden immer stärker mit der jeweiligen Arbeitsumgebung integriert. Dadurch erhöht sich aber auch die Komplexität der ERP Sys...

This paper considers the impact of ERP implementations upon the role of management accountants, upon management accounting in general, and upon business processes. It does so in the context of the perceived success of the ERP implementation. A postal questionnaire was circulated to almost 700 management accountants working in large UK-based organisations. It finds that under successful ERP impl...

This paper reports the results of an exploratory research that describes the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation experiences of Robert Bosch Corporation over a period of time. In this paper, the author highlights a list of factors that could improve ERP implementations such as large resource commitment to the project, adoption of corporate standards that promote process harmonizat...

This paper reports on a case study of a large firm that implemented an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system in China. We propose that ERP implementation is a process of organizational strategic renewal. Focusing on the firm’s assimilating new learning (exploration) and using what has been learned (exploitation), we study the transference of learning among three levels individual, group and...