scholarly journals Change management in information systems projects for public organizations

10.28945/2109 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Ziemba ◽  
Iwona Oblak

It can be argued, that public organization, in order to provide sufficient service for the public in a present highly competitive and continuously evolving environment, requires changes. The changes are often related to the implementation of information systems (IS) and they should be the result of change management (CM). However, theories and approaches to CM currently available to practitioners and academics are often contradictory, mostly lacking empirical evidence and are supported by unchallenged hypotheses concerning the nature of contemporary CM. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to identify critical success factors (CFSs) for CM in IS projects. In order to reach this aim an explanation of changes in public organizations and nature of CM is presented. Following this, a framework of CFSs for CM in IS projects has been identified based on the literature review. Then, the paper examines two IS projects and uses them to demonstrate CFSs influencing CM in IS projects. Next, the discussion of the research findings is provided. The paper concludes with a presentation of the study’s contributions and limitations as well as the stream of future work. A revised version of the this paper was published in Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management, Volume 10, 2015

10.28945/2185 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 047-062 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Ziemba ◽  
Iwona Oblak

It can be argued that public organizations, in order to provide the public with sufficient services in the current, highly competitive and continuously evolving environment, require changes. The changes that become necessary are often related to the implementation of information systems (IS). Moreover, when organizations are faced with changes, a change management (CM) process needs to be put in place. CM theories that are currently available to practitioners and academics are often contradictory; they mostly lack empirical evidence and are supported by unchallenged hypotheses concerning the nature of the contemporary CM. The aim of this paper is, therefore, to identify critical success factors (CFSs) for CM in IS projects. In order to reach this aim an explanation of changes in public organizations and the nature of CM are presented. Following this, a framework of CFSs for CM in IS projects are identified based on the literature review. The paper also examines two IS projects and uses them to demonstrate CFSs influencing CM in IS projects in Polish pubic organizations. A discussion of the research findings is provided and the paper concludes with a presentation of the study’s contributions and limitations as well as the stream of future work.


2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Higor M. Santos ◽  
Carina F. Alves ◽  
George F. Santos ◽  
André L. Santana

Business Process Management involves theoretical and operationalelements from different areas, being a multidisciplinary field. In previousstudies, we identified critical success factors of BPM initiatives in BrazilianPublic Organizations. In this work, we intend to investigate how to managethese factors. To achieve this goal, we performed a focus group with fiveprofessionals with experience in BPM initiatives within the public sector. Themain contribution of this study is to fill the gap in the literature concerningcritical success factors for BPM initiatives in public organizations.


2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-75
Author(s):  
Mehdi Shami Zanjani ◽  
Hossein Dabbagh ◽  
Roshanak Rouzbehani

Researchers have attempted to integrate the fields of management and ethics for the past 50 years. Although the moral aspects of knowledge management have been studied, its philosophical attitude has been overshadowed. This work designs a philosophical background—in moral philosophy—for public knowledge management. To achieve the research goal, the relationships between human critical success factors of knowledge management and moral duties are discussed. These moral duties are based on the Rossian ethical framework. The authors recommend moral duties to public organizations that try to manage knowledge successfully. The results show that “beneficence” is the most significant to knowledge management success in the public sector. In this paper, the authors integrate knowledge management with the Rossian ethical framework to increase successful knowledge management in public organizations.


Author(s):  
Muhammad M. Kamal

Keywords: Local Government Authorities, Enterprise Application Integration, Critical Success Factors, Information Technology, Information Systems.


2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hígor Ricardo Monteiro Santos ◽  
George Augusto Valença ◽  
Carina Frota Alves

Business Process Management involves theoretical and operational elements from areas such as Production Engineering, Management and Informatics. In previous studies, we identified critical success factors of BPM initiatives in Brazilian Public Organizations through two multiple case studies. In this work, we intend to investigate how to manage these factors. To achieve this goal, we conducted two focus groups. Five professionals group with experience (specialists) in BPM initiatives in the public sector attended the first focus. The second was performed in a public organization that is conducting a three-year old BPM initiative. It was evidenced that many strategies suggested by specialists are being applied by the public organization investigated in the second focus group. In addition, other strategies were cited to manage the FCS. The main contribution of this study is to investigate from a practical perspective the critical success factors for BPM initiatives in public organizations.


Author(s):  
Mehdi Shami Zanjani ◽  
Hossein Dabbagh ◽  
Roshanak Rouzbehani

Researchers have attempted to integrate the fields of management and ethics for the past 50 years. Although the moral aspects of knowledge management have been studied, its philosophical attitude has been overshadowed. This work designs a philosophical background—in moral philosophy—for public knowledge management. To achieve the research goal, the relationships between human critical success factors of knowledge management and moral duties are discussed. These moral duties are based on the Rossian ethical framework. The authors recommend moral duties to public organizations that try to manage knowledge successfully. The results show that “beneficence” is the most significant to knowledge management success in the public sector. In this paper, the authors integrate knowledge management with the Rossian ethical framework to increase successful knowledge management in public organizations.


2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Mohamed Bukamal ◽  
Rami Mohammad Abu Wadi

<p>This study aims empirically to analyze the critical factors that impact the success of ERP system implementation in the public sector in the Kingdom of Bahrain and to clarify the benefits gained from the implementation. The study used a detailed questionnaire as a measuring instrument across the sample group to measure two main variables, the first being critical success factors (CSFs), and the second whether ERP implementation was successful or not. The CSFs are top management commitment and support, ERP system matching organization, business process re-engineering, vendor support, and training users.</p>Those factors found to have a significant impact on ERP system implementation and the results illuminate the high level of success in implementing ERP systems. While simultaneously demonstrating that an organization with a functioning ERP system does not achieve the desired benefits by default, but rather the organization requires certain Critical Success Factors (CSFs) to be present and in effect for those benefits to be achieved.


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