@article{Alm:59189,
      recid = {59189},
      author = {Alm, Kristian and Engelseth, Per and Karlsen, Anniken},
      title = {Discourses of Implementing Information Systems in  Corporate Merger: A Case Study from the Food Exporting  Industry},
      address = {2009-10},
      number = {1017-2016-81643},
      pages = {12},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {In 2007 five different industrial food producers merged to  become one single firm. This paper
places focus on the  challenge these actors had in deciding on, implementing,  and using an information
system to support mainly their raw  material purchasing and finished product sales  function.
Studies show that a large part of information  system implementation failures are related to
insufficient  alignment between various aspects or parts of an  organization and the new technology
(Miller 2001, Wognum  2004). A report of a working group from The Royal Academy  of
Engineering and The British Computer Society concerning  the challenges of complex IT project
(RAEng, 2004) supports  this view stating that the most pressing problems are  related to the
human aspect of processes involved in these  kinds of projects, and that further developments in
methods  and tools to support the design and delivery of such  projects could help to raise success
rates. Among key  findings of this study were:
• The levels of  professionalism observed in software engineering are  generally lower
than those in other branches of  engineering, although there are exceptions
• Senior  managers are often ill qualified to handle issues relating  to complex IT projects
• The importance of project  management is not well understood and usually underrated
•  The vital role of the systems architects in major IT  projects is frequently not appreciated
and there is a  shortage of appropriately skilled individuals
• Basic  research into complexity and associated issues is required  to enable the effective
development of complex, globally  distributed systems},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/59189},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.59189},
}