IS-implementation: a tri-motors theory of organizational change. Case study of how an IT-enabled process of organizational change because of the presence of a teleological, life-cycle, and dialectical motor unfolds within a Dutch government organization.

The reason for the study is that IT-enabled organizational change processes such as information system implementations have high costs and disappointing results. Studies to identify causes of the mentioned failures are mainly based on a variance approach. This study applies another approach which is not yet performed in this field of research and affects several themes. Based on a process approach data is compared with ideal-process theories to identify the generative mechanisms causing the unfolding of the process. Thus, the study identifies a recipe and not the ingredients.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

University of Bradford

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Winkel, Geellis

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Smallman, Clive
• Spicer, David P.

• IT-enabled organizational change
• Process theory
• Tri-motors ideal-type process theory
• Teleological motor
• Life-cycle motor
• Dialectical motor
• Template matching
• Case study
• Qualitative research
• IS implementation

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Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5203

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/5203