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Integration in ERP environments: rhetoric, realities and organisational possibilities
Author(s) -
Light Ben,
Wagner Erica
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
new technology, work and employment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.889
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1468-005X
pISSN - 0268-1072
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-005x.2006.00176.x
Subject(s) - enterprise resource planning , rhetoric , perspective (graphical) , knowledge management , resource (disambiguation) , system integration , software , enterprise application integration , process management , business , computer science , enterprise systems engineering , database , linguistics , enterprise architecture , architecture , computer network , philosophy , artificial intelligence , programming language , art , visual arts
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) packages are said to enable integration when the standard inscription is adhered to through software configuration. A social shaping perspective expands conceptualisations of ERP packages, enabling a view of them as configurational technologies. Thus, ERP integration is opened up and the ‘integration through standardisation thesis’ is challenged.