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First organise, then automate: a modern socio‐technical view on ERP systems and teamworking
Author(s) -
Benders Jos,
Hoeken Paul,
Batenburg Ronald,
Schouteten Roel
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.2006.00178.x
Subject(s) - enterprise resource planning , teamwork , computer science , knowledge management , work (physics) , process management , systems engineering , engineering management , software engineering , engineering , management , mechanical engineering , economics
Previous empirical work demonstrated that self‐managing teamwork and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are difficult to combine in practice, and have called for the development of templates for configuring ERP systems to support teamworking. This requires a view on organisation design, dealing with both in an integrated fashion. ‘Modern Socio‐technology’ provides such a view. We discuss its underlying principles and show how it relates to ERP.