Reductionism and complex thinking in ERP systems implementations

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Autor(a) principal: Wood Jr,Thomaz
Data de Publicação: 2001
Outros Autores: Caldas,Miguel Pinto
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: RAC. Revista de Administração Contemporânea (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-65552001000200005
Resumo: This paper contrasts complex thinking and reductionism during broad organizational transformation processes, focusing on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) rage. ERP implementations have resulted in huge investments for companies around the globe over the last few years, and have been promoted as a management panacea. Not surprisingly, many implementations have failed to live up to expectations. For those dealing with organizational change, the ERP phenomenon may sound uncomfortably familiar. This study introduces the phenomenon, presents a summary of an exploratory field survey of 28 implementation experiences and discusses reductionism in the realm of ERP implementations. It is argued that by applying complex thinking, rather than techno-reductionism and systemic-reductionism, we may open new avenues towards explaining the phenomenon.
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title Reductionism and complex thinking in ERP systems implementations
spellingShingle Reductionism and complex thinking in ERP systems implementations
Wood Jr,Thomaz
enterprise resource planning systems
management fads
reductionism
complex thinking
title_short Reductionism and complex thinking in ERP systems implementations
title_full Reductionism and complex thinking in ERP systems implementations
title_fullStr Reductionism and complex thinking in ERP systems implementations
title_full_unstemmed Reductionism and complex thinking in ERP systems implementations
title_sort Reductionism and complex thinking in ERP systems implementations
author Wood Jr,Thomaz
author_facet Wood Jr,Thomaz
Caldas,Miguel Pinto
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author2 Caldas,Miguel Pinto
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Wood Jr,Thomaz
Caldas,Miguel Pinto
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv enterprise resource planning systems
management fads
reductionism
complex thinking
topic enterprise resource planning systems
management fads
reductionism
complex thinking
description This paper contrasts complex thinking and reductionism during broad organizational transformation processes, focusing on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) rage. ERP implementations have resulted in huge investments for companies around the globe over the last few years, and have been promoted as a management panacea. Not surprisingly, many implementations have failed to live up to expectations. For those dealing with organizational change, the ERP phenomenon may sound uncomfortably familiar. This study introduces the phenomenon, presents a summary of an exploratory field survey of 28 implementation experiences and discusses reductionism in the realm of ERP implementations. It is argued that by applying complex thinking, rather than techno-reductionism and systemic-reductionism, we may open new avenues towards explaining the phenomenon.
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