Organizational Culture and Information Systems Implementation:A Structuration Theory Perspective
The structure and culture of an organization does affect implementation of projects.In this paper we try to identify organizational factors that could affect the implementation efforts of an Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS).The information system in question has taken overtly a long time and its not complete yet.We set out to find out whether organizational issues are at play in this particular project.The project under study is a large-scale integrated information system which aims at strengthening and further developing Financial Management Information in the wider public service in Kenya.We borrow concepts from Structuration Theory (ST) as applied in sociology to understand the organizational perspective in the project.We use the theory to help explain some of the meanings,norms and issues of power experienced during the implementation of the IFMIS.Without ruling out problems of technological nature,the findings suggest that many of the problems in the IFMIS implementation may be attributed to organizational factors,and that certain issues are related to the existing organization culture within government.
Organizational Culture Integrated Financial Management Information System Structuration Theory Systems Implementation
Indeje Wanyama Qin Zheng
School of Information Management and Engineering Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Shanghai China
国际会议
重庆
英文
507-511
2010-09-17（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）