TY  - CPAPER 
AB  - 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
AU  - Alm, Kristian
AU  - Engelseth, Per
AU  - Karlsen, Anniken
DA  - 2009-10
DA  - 2009-10
DO  - ISBN 978-3-941766-00-6
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.59189
DO  - Other
DO  - doi
EP  - 380
EP  - 369
ID  - 59189
KW  - Agribusiness
KW  - Agricultural and Food Policy
KW  - Farm Management
KW  - Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
KW  - Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
KW  - Risk and Uncertainty
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/59189/files/Engelseth.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/59189/files/Engelseth.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/59189/files/Engelseth.pdf
LA  - eng
LA  - English
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/59189/files/Engelseth.pdf
N2  - 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
PY  - 2009-10
PY  - 2009-10
SP  - 369
T1  - Discourses of Implementing Information Systems in Corporate Merger: A Case Study from the Food Exporting Industry
TI  - Discourses of Implementing Information Systems in Corporate Merger: A Case Study from the Food Exporting Industry
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/59189/files/Engelseth.pdf
Y1  - 2009-10
ER  -