Download This PaperThe False Promise of Technological Determinism: The Case of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
14 Pages Posted: 8 May 2006
Abstract
According to software vendors and consultants, Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERPs) transform the nature, structure and management of work regardless of organisational context. This paper contests this technologically deterministic view of organisational change by demonstrating the role that discourse plays in the social construction of ERPs.
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Wailes, Nick, The False Promise of Technological Determinism: The Case of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. New Technology, Work and Employment, Vol. 21, pp. 2-15, March 2006, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=886617 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-005X.2006.00159.x
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