Managing the Implementation of an Enterprise System in an Accounting and Finance Environment
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: Given the increased competitive pressures to invest in integrated systems for accounting and financial management, the ability to successfully implement these types of systems is probably of greater importance today than at any other time.However, as these systems have evolved as an institutional core within organisations, a recurring and often corresponding problem is failed implementation associated with poor management of the change process.Much of the existing academic literature focuses in detail upon technical aspects, with relatively little work examining social aspects.The work presented in this paper differs in that the focus is upon the behavioral aspects of the implementation process, specifically upon the perceptions of the system users and the managers of the implementation process.The paper presents the latest results from a study employing the case study approach in investigating an implementation of an Enterprise System that integrates the accounting and finance functions within the education sector in the UK.The results highlight six main areas that appear to cause particular concern; training, user management, communication, project championing, planning, and system administration.
Authors: Janet Williams, Michael D. Williams
Institution: Swansea University
Language: English
Subfield: Management Information Systems
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W207794498