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Contrasting approaches to preparedness: a reflection on two case studies

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posted on 2025-04-16, 09:58 authored by Lorraine Warren, Ted FullerTed Fuller

This chapter reflects on ongoing research in SMEs in the manufacturing and service sectors. It contrasts different approaches to the issue of preparedness from an organisational and social perspective, in two cases where new enterprise-wide business processes were implemented and integrated in different settings. In both cases, the emergence of new systems presented a huge challenge to companies hard-pressed to marshal the resources to mount effective change and implementation projects on this scale. The cases presented enable a comparison of different strategies used, one firm responding to organic growth, and the other to rapid industry-driven change. The chapter focuses not on the implementations per se, but instead on the issue of preparedness for change. The chapter concludes by drawing out general lessons concerning how to support and maintain organisational preparedness for enterprise wide change in different industry settings

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  • Lincoln Business School (Research Outputs)

Publication Title

International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems

Volume

5

Issue

3

Pages/Article Number

60-71

Publisher

IGI Global

ISSN

1548-1115

eISSN

1548-1123

Date Submitted

2011-04-27

Date Accepted

2009-10-01

Date of First Publication

2009-10-01

Date of Final Publication

2009-10-01

Date Document First Uploaded

2013-03-13

ePrints ID

4442

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