The purpose of this paper is to investigate possible change management implications for networks ... more The purpose of this paper is to investigate possible change management implications for networks organizations. This is achieved through applying six Critical Management Issues (CMI’s) from the change management framework DELTA on a taxonomy consisting of three generic types of network organizations. The paper is built on an empirical base comprised of over 150 expert interviews and 121 questionnaire respondents. Questionnaire respondents and interviewed experts represent middle to top management of companies of all sizes involved in networks. The results show that the framework applied to the change management in the different networks highlights and addresses different management activities per CMI. Given this, we discuss the differences in managerial implications that the framework identifies for the different types of networks. 1.
The purpose of this paper is to investigate possible change management implications for networks ... more The purpose of this paper is to investigate possible change management implications for networks organizations. This is achieved through applying six Critical Management Issues (CMI’s) from the change management framework DELTA on a taxonomy consisting of three generic types of network organizations. The paper is built on an empirical base comprised of over 150 expert interviews and 121 questionnaire respondents. Questionnaire respondents and interviewed experts represent middle to top management of companies of all sizes involved in networks. The results show that the framework applied to the change management in the different networks highlights and addresses different management activities per CMI. Given this, we discuss the differences in managerial implications that the framework identifies for the different types of networks. 1.
When teaching enterprise modelling in academic settings, it is challenging to combine theory with... more When teaching enterprise modelling in academic settings, it is challenging to combine theory with handson experience. We have created an assignment for iterative prototyping of a self-management application for students using executable models as a means of vividness. The completion of the task included the examination of some self-management theories, the design of an interview guide, exploratory interviews with domain representatives, conceptual modelling of key phenomena to satisfy information needs, and creating a prototype. We present the design of the assignment and the procedure of task completion combining gaining theoretical knowledge with hands-on experiences in the whole development cycle. As this procedure could function as a blueprint for other teaching cases, we contribute a generalised representation of the vivid approach and reflect on what to consider when reusing it. This approach for vivid conceptual modelling in assignments will be further developed and is intended to be used in a broader range of teaching cases in the information systems curriculum.
International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, 2017
Semantic consistency, in context of a socio-technical view on Enterprise Information Systems (EIS... more Semantic consistency, in context of a socio-technical view on Enterprise Information Systems (EIS), concern consistency between Enterprise Models, Conceptual Models expressed in professional language, Information Systems models and the factual data manipulation and functions implemented in runtime IT artefacts. CoreWeb, an environment for modelling and testing conceptual models, implemented as an easy to use web service, provide support for model editing and execution, semantic consistency exploration and checking as well as producing documentation for either requirement specifications and/or for execution in model driven runtime environments such as CorePro. CoreWeb modelling views and features are presented in the paper and illustrated in the Demo comprising a walkthrough of a case supporting dialog and model verification between users, domain experts, modellers and system designers.
International Conference on Computer Supported Education, 2010
Regardless of how well designed and functioning the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is,... more Regardless of how well designed and functioning the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is, the dimensioning factor for ERP utilization will be the users themselves. In this paper, we report from a case study of a medium-sized manufacturing company that took an alternative approach to their ERP procurement and implementation. Through involving multiple process owners in a series of workshops with the scope of specifying the as-is and to-be process of the business, the company focused on getting the users involved from the start. A selection of the findings in this case has been used as inspiration for a coursemodule for teaching ERP, and this paper reports from the case and the transfer of experience into class.
This paper presents the results of an investigation of network practice among European Small and ... more This paper presents the results of an investigation of network practice among European Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME's). The purpose is to assess network management practice and design implications for Information Communication Technology (ICT) support. The investigation consisted of 49 interviews with individuals employed by 19 SME's that either were or had been involved in a network co-operation with another
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2004
The purpose of this paper is to investigate possible change management implications for networks ... more The purpose of this paper is to investigate possible change management implications for networks organizations. This is achieved through applying six Critical Management Issues (CMI's) from the change management framework DELTA on a taxonomy consisting of three generic types of network organizations. The paper is built on an empirical base comprised of over 150 expert interviews and 121 questionnaire respondents.
This paper presents the results of an investigation of network practice among European Small and ... more This paper presents the results of an investigation of network practice among European Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME's). The purpose is to assess network management practice and design implications for Information Communication Technology (ICT) support. The investigation consisted of 49 interviews with individuals employed by 19 SME's that either were or had been involved in a network co-operation with another separate juridical entity. This was complemented by a questionnaire answered by 121 ...
The attractive development and use of information technology (IT) and information systems (IS) in... more The attractive development and use of information technology (IT) and information systems (IS) in large enterprises depend on a proactive management philosophy. Proactive management is the ability to secure continuous motivation and learning dictated by the specific developmental situation at hand rather than by mere habits, generic methods and training. Enterprise development cannot be guided by intuition and praise alone. The success of proactive management depends partly on the sound use of instruments such as principles, theories, models, methods, techniques etc. On the other hand, rigid planning and rigorous methodologies hinder the agility and prompt responsiveness to change requirements that characterize the enterprise of today. Thus, from our empirical and theoretical investigation we conclude that coordinated enterprise development depends on the ability of management to consciously combine intuition and knowledge. However, proactive management (as defined above) is more th...
This paper describes critical factors for co-ordinated enterprise and IS/IT development and chang... more This paper describes critical factors for co-ordinated enterprise and IS/IT development and change in complex organizations in Sweden. These factors represent an answer on the crucial question: Why is co-ordinated development of enterprise and IS/IT difficult today? The survey is based upon in-depth interviews and concentrated workshops which present a current and qualitative view upon this area. 20 persons representing different development management roles from 6 large organizations with complex operations have participated. Responses relate to two main questions, which concern the problem generating factors and to what degree these are critical. The factors have been categorised into nine subject areas and certain factor groups within each area. A vast number of statements are included in the material.
This document describes critical factors for co-ordinated enterprise and IS/IT development and ch... more This document describes critical factors for co-ordinated enterprise and IS/IT development and change in complex organizations in Sweden. These factors represent the answer on the crucial question: Why is co-ordinated development of enterprise and IS/IT difficult today? The survey is based upon in-depth interviews and concentrated workshops which present a current view upon this area. 20 persons representing different development management roles from 6 large organizations have been interviewed. Responses to two main questions, which concern difficulties and problem generating factors, have been categorised into nine subject areas and certain factor groups within each area. A vast number of statements are included in the material. In workshops, with invited experienced development managers, the responses were prioritised individually with regard to critical factors for coordinated enterprise and IS/IT development. The result is a set of critical factors reflecting priorities of deve...
Search: onr:"swepub:oai:services.scigloo.org:70151" > Managi... more Search: onr:"swepub:oai:services.scigloo.org:70151" > Managing Scandinavi... ... Magnusson, Johan, 1976- (author) Göteborgs universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen Andreas, Nilsson, 1977- (author) Enquist, Håkan, 1960- (author) University of Gothenburg School of Business, Economics, and Law. Department of Business Administration. 2003 English. In: Information Systems Research in Scandinavia.
When teaching enterprise modelling in academic settings, it is challenging to combine theory with... more When teaching enterprise modelling in academic settings, it is challenging to combine theory with handson experience. We have created an assignment for iterative prototyping of a self-management application for students using executable models as a means of vividness. The completion of the task included the examination of some self-management theories, the design of an interview guide, exploratory interviews with domain representatives, conceptual modelling of key phenomena to satisfy information needs, and creating a prototype. We present the design of the assignment and the procedure of task completion combining gaining theoretical knowledge with hands-on experiences in the whole development cycle. As this procedure could function as a blueprint for other teaching cases, we contribute a generalised representation of the vivid approach and reflect on what to consider when reusing it. This approach for vivid conceptual modelling in assignments will be further developed and is intend...
In model driven Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) conceptual ER models are fundamental. We dem... more In model driven Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) conceptual ER models are fundamental. We demonstrate how a phenomenological modeling ontology for conceptual models assists in creating meaningful, auto generated EIS. Application of the phenomenological ontology on conceptual modeling is shown in a graphical, easy-to-use CASE tool, CoreWEB, which support both editing of models and generating user interfaces for consistent manipulation of instance data. A visual and easy-to-grasp demonstration of conceptual modeling with live generation of EIS should be a welcome holistic complement to specialized, focused, in-depth presentations. Audience at all levels find food for thought and inspiration to continue to explore conceptual modeling in general and phenomena oriented approaches with systems generation in particular.
Semantic consistency, in context of a socio-technical view on Enterprise Information Systems (EIS... more Semantic consistency, in context of a socio-technical view on Enterprise Information Systems (EIS), concern consistency between Enterprise Models, Conceptual Models expressed in professional language, Information Systems models and the factual data manipulation and functions implemented in runtime IT artefacts. CoreWeb, an environment for modelling and testing conceptual models, implemented as an easy to use web service, provide support for model editing and execution, semantic consistency exploration and checking as well as producing documentation for either requirement specifications and/or for execution in model driven runtime environments such as CorePro. CoreWeb modelling views and features are presented in the paper and illustrated in the Demo comprising a walkthrough of a case supporting dialog and model verification between users, domain experts, modellers and system designers.
Following a previous description of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations as partici... more Following a previous description of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations as participatory design (Pries-Heje & Dittrich, 2009), this paper explores the case of a medium-sized, family-owned manufacturing company and their endeavors with changing their current ERP system. The case was selected on the premise of it being perceived a success by the involved stakeholders. Through a series of interviews and analysis of secondary material, the case covers the period between 1995 and 2010. As the results show, several instances of user involvement and participation can be found throughout the case. According to the respondents, this is seen as one of the central elements of the success. This is discussed in relation to previous findings and a call for future research into ERP implementation is presented.
The purpose of this paper is to investigate possible change management implications for networks ... more The purpose of this paper is to investigate possible change management implications for networks organizations. This is achieved through applying six Critical Management Issues (CMI’s) from the change management framework DELTA on a taxonomy consisting of three generic types of network organizations. The paper is built on an empirical base comprised of over 150 expert interviews and 121 questionnaire respondents. Questionnaire respondents and interviewed experts represent middle to top management of companies of all sizes involved in networks. The results show that the framework applied to the change management in the different networks highlights and addresses different management activities per CMI. Given this, we discuss the differences in managerial implications that the framework identifies for the different types of networks. 1.
The purpose of this paper is to investigate possible change management implications for networks ... more The purpose of this paper is to investigate possible change management implications for networks organizations. This is achieved through applying six Critical Management Issues (CMI’s) from the change management framework DELTA on a taxonomy consisting of three generic types of network organizations. The paper is built on an empirical base comprised of over 150 expert interviews and 121 questionnaire respondents. Questionnaire respondents and interviewed experts represent middle to top management of companies of all sizes involved in networks. The results show that the framework applied to the change management in the different networks highlights and addresses different management activities per CMI. Given this, we discuss the differences in managerial implications that the framework identifies for the different types of networks. 1.
When teaching enterprise modelling in academic settings, it is challenging to combine theory with... more When teaching enterprise modelling in academic settings, it is challenging to combine theory with handson experience. We have created an assignment for iterative prototyping of a self-management application for students using executable models as a means of vividness. The completion of the task included the examination of some self-management theories, the design of an interview guide, exploratory interviews with domain representatives, conceptual modelling of key phenomena to satisfy information needs, and creating a prototype. We present the design of the assignment and the procedure of task completion combining gaining theoretical knowledge with hands-on experiences in the whole development cycle. As this procedure could function as a blueprint for other teaching cases, we contribute a generalised representation of the vivid approach and reflect on what to consider when reusing it. This approach for vivid conceptual modelling in assignments will be further developed and is intended to be used in a broader range of teaching cases in the information systems curriculum.
International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, 2017
Semantic consistency, in context of a socio-technical view on Enterprise Information Systems (EIS... more Semantic consistency, in context of a socio-technical view on Enterprise Information Systems (EIS), concern consistency between Enterprise Models, Conceptual Models expressed in professional language, Information Systems models and the factual data manipulation and functions implemented in runtime IT artefacts. CoreWeb, an environment for modelling and testing conceptual models, implemented as an easy to use web service, provide support for model editing and execution, semantic consistency exploration and checking as well as producing documentation for either requirement specifications and/or for execution in model driven runtime environments such as CorePro. CoreWeb modelling views and features are presented in the paper and illustrated in the Demo comprising a walkthrough of a case supporting dialog and model verification between users, domain experts, modellers and system designers.
International Conference on Computer Supported Education, 2010
Regardless of how well designed and functioning the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is,... more Regardless of how well designed and functioning the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is, the dimensioning factor for ERP utilization will be the users themselves. In this paper, we report from a case study of a medium-sized manufacturing company that took an alternative approach to their ERP procurement and implementation. Through involving multiple process owners in a series of workshops with the scope of specifying the as-is and to-be process of the business, the company focused on getting the users involved from the start. A selection of the findings in this case has been used as inspiration for a coursemodule for teaching ERP, and this paper reports from the case and the transfer of experience into class.
This paper presents the results of an investigation of network practice among European Small and ... more This paper presents the results of an investigation of network practice among European Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME's). The purpose is to assess network management practice and design implications for Information Communication Technology (ICT) support. The investigation consisted of 49 interviews with individuals employed by 19 SME's that either were or had been involved in a network co-operation with another
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2004
The purpose of this paper is to investigate possible change management implications for networks ... more The purpose of this paper is to investigate possible change management implications for networks organizations. This is achieved through applying six Critical Management Issues (CMI's) from the change management framework DELTA on a taxonomy consisting of three generic types of network organizations. The paper is built on an empirical base comprised of over 150 expert interviews and 121 questionnaire respondents.
This paper presents the results of an investigation of network practice among European Small and ... more This paper presents the results of an investigation of network practice among European Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME's). The purpose is to assess network management practice and design implications for Information Communication Technology (ICT) support. The investigation consisted of 49 interviews with individuals employed by 19 SME's that either were or had been involved in a network co-operation with another separate juridical entity. This was complemented by a questionnaire answered by 121 ...
The attractive development and use of information technology (IT) and information systems (IS) in... more The attractive development and use of information technology (IT) and information systems (IS) in large enterprises depend on a proactive management philosophy. Proactive management is the ability to secure continuous motivation and learning dictated by the specific developmental situation at hand rather than by mere habits, generic methods and training. Enterprise development cannot be guided by intuition and praise alone. The success of proactive management depends partly on the sound use of instruments such as principles, theories, models, methods, techniques etc. On the other hand, rigid planning and rigorous methodologies hinder the agility and prompt responsiveness to change requirements that characterize the enterprise of today. Thus, from our empirical and theoretical investigation we conclude that coordinated enterprise development depends on the ability of management to consciously combine intuition and knowledge. However, proactive management (as defined above) is more th...
This paper describes critical factors for co-ordinated enterprise and IS/IT development and chang... more This paper describes critical factors for co-ordinated enterprise and IS/IT development and change in complex organizations in Sweden. These factors represent an answer on the crucial question: Why is co-ordinated development of enterprise and IS/IT difficult today? The survey is based upon in-depth interviews and concentrated workshops which present a current and qualitative view upon this area. 20 persons representing different development management roles from 6 large organizations with complex operations have participated. Responses relate to two main questions, which concern the problem generating factors and to what degree these are critical. The factors have been categorised into nine subject areas and certain factor groups within each area. A vast number of statements are included in the material.
This document describes critical factors for co-ordinated enterprise and IS/IT development and ch... more This document describes critical factors for co-ordinated enterprise and IS/IT development and change in complex organizations in Sweden. These factors represent the answer on the crucial question: Why is co-ordinated development of enterprise and IS/IT difficult today? The survey is based upon in-depth interviews and concentrated workshops which present a current view upon this area. 20 persons representing different development management roles from 6 large organizations have been interviewed. Responses to two main questions, which concern difficulties and problem generating factors, have been categorised into nine subject areas and certain factor groups within each area. A vast number of statements are included in the material. In workshops, with invited experienced development managers, the responses were prioritised individually with regard to critical factors for coordinated enterprise and IS/IT development. The result is a set of critical factors reflecting priorities of deve...
Search: onr:"swepub:oai:services.scigloo.org:70151" > Managi... more Search: onr:"swepub:oai:services.scigloo.org:70151" > Managing Scandinavi... ... Magnusson, Johan, 1976- (author) Göteborgs universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen Andreas, Nilsson, 1977- (author) Enquist, Håkan, 1960- (author) University of Gothenburg School of Business, Economics, and Law. Department of Business Administration. 2003 English. In: Information Systems Research in Scandinavia.
When teaching enterprise modelling in academic settings, it is challenging to combine theory with... more When teaching enterprise modelling in academic settings, it is challenging to combine theory with handson experience. We have created an assignment for iterative prototyping of a self-management application for students using executable models as a means of vividness. The completion of the task included the examination of some self-management theories, the design of an interview guide, exploratory interviews with domain representatives, conceptual modelling of key phenomena to satisfy information needs, and creating a prototype. We present the design of the assignment and the procedure of task completion combining gaining theoretical knowledge with hands-on experiences in the whole development cycle. As this procedure could function as a blueprint for other teaching cases, we contribute a generalised representation of the vivid approach and reflect on what to consider when reusing it. This approach for vivid conceptual modelling in assignments will be further developed and is intend...
In model driven Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) conceptual ER models are fundamental. We dem... more In model driven Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) conceptual ER models are fundamental. We demonstrate how a phenomenological modeling ontology for conceptual models assists in creating meaningful, auto generated EIS. Application of the phenomenological ontology on conceptual modeling is shown in a graphical, easy-to-use CASE tool, CoreWEB, which support both editing of models and generating user interfaces for consistent manipulation of instance data. A visual and easy-to-grasp demonstration of conceptual modeling with live generation of EIS should be a welcome holistic complement to specialized, focused, in-depth presentations. Audience at all levels find food for thought and inspiration to continue to explore conceptual modeling in general and phenomena oriented approaches with systems generation in particular.
Semantic consistency, in context of a socio-technical view on Enterprise Information Systems (EIS... more Semantic consistency, in context of a socio-technical view on Enterprise Information Systems (EIS), concern consistency between Enterprise Models, Conceptual Models expressed in professional language, Information Systems models and the factual data manipulation and functions implemented in runtime IT artefacts. CoreWeb, an environment for modelling and testing conceptual models, implemented as an easy to use web service, provide support for model editing and execution, semantic consistency exploration and checking as well as producing documentation for either requirement specifications and/or for execution in model driven runtime environments such as CorePro. CoreWeb modelling views and features are presented in the paper and illustrated in the Demo comprising a walkthrough of a case supporting dialog and model verification between users, domain experts, modellers and system designers.
Following a previous description of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations as partici... more Following a previous description of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations as participatory design (Pries-Heje & Dittrich, 2009), this paper explores the case of a medium-sized, family-owned manufacturing company and their endeavors with changing their current ERP system. The case was selected on the premise of it being perceived a success by the involved stakeholders. Through a series of interviews and analysis of secondary material, the case covers the period between 1995 and 2010. As the results show, several instances of user involvement and participation can be found throughout the case. According to the respondents, this is seen as one of the central elements of the success. This is discussed in relation to previous findings and a call for future research into ERP implementation is presented.
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