This paper presents the findings of a case study on three government departments. The study focuses on the triggering factors, obstacles and success factors of systems integration innovation and diffusion. The paper starts with a definition on systems integration and a brief explanation on the need for integration. This is followed by a description of each department studied. The subsequent sec...

Mass customization manufacturing requires a high level of reconfigurability and flexibility in production – especially in production planning and control –, effective information systems, as well as suitable production concepts. Multi-agent systems theoretically provide the required features, but a lack of informational integration and organizational incompatibilities lead to low applicability....

Two broad questions guide this research. First, how are the processes of systems integration projects situated within the organizational context? Second, how does the management of organizational structures inhibit or facilitate systems integration projects? A grounded theory approach is used to address these questions. Qualitative data has been, and continues to be, collected within the contex...

This paper presents a framework for assessing inter-organizational integration of business information systems. The framework is organized along two dimensions, intensity of integration and flexibility of integration. Intensity of integration describes the extent and strength of IS integration. It may be used as an indicator to assess the degree to which integration objectives can be achieved. ...

ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems integrate software solutions that support the integration of all information flows leading to organizational changes. This paper outlines a research proposal concerning the implementation and use of ERP systems in organizations. Taking an information and knowledge perspective on organization from the management and consultant perspective, we present is...

In information systems and organization theory research, the alignment or fit between information technology (IT) and organizational structure has long been hypothesised to be a sine qua non for success. However, few solid results have been found linking this relationship to enterprise level performance, as problems abound in defining and measuring IT, performance and the fit between technology...

In this paper we attempt to classify organizational failures that can occur during the integration process of autonomous systems. The paper reports on ongoing research in the area of systems integration. Our purpose is to provide a taxonomy of organizational failures, so that there is a basis for analyzing some of the possible organizational failure modes resulting from putting together two org...