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Power and Enterprise System Implementation: An Analysis using Clegg's Circuits-of-Power
conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-23, 06:43 authored by Marshall, PH, Grainger, N, McKay, JRecently, Marshall (2006) pointed out that the project management literature was largely silent on issues of organisational power, and further, indicated that where it did appear, power was treated as an aberration or as a negative and damaging phenomenon that needed to be eliminated so that the rational progress of the project could be restored. As part of an answer to Marshall's (2006) implied criticism of the literature, this paper gives a social and political analysis of the power relations in an ES project. The analysis utilises Clegg's Circuits of Power model has a theoretical leans. The interpretive case study presented seeks to explore the power relations in ES projects and to enrich the understanding of both theoreticians and practitioners regarding this phenomenon. The study finds that the careful use of facilitative power and the building of dispositional power in the circuits of social and systemic integration are both necessary for the effective use of causal or coercive power.
History
Publication title
Proceedings of Pre-ICIS Workshop on ES Research 2010Editors
D SederaPagination
1-25ISBN
978-0-9871035-0-5Department/School
School of Information and Communication TechnologyPublisher
ES-SIG (Enterprise Systems Special Interest group) of the AIS (Association for Information SystemsPlace of publication
AustraliaEvent title
Pre-ICIS Workshop on ES Research 2010Event Venue
Saint Louis, MissouriDate of Event (Start Date)
2010-12-11Date of Event (End Date)
2010-12-11Rights statement
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