Enterprise Systems Contracting
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Overview: Virtually all Enterprise Systems (ES) implementation projects start with a purchase contract. Yet there has been little research on ES contracting approaches, and how those approaches relate to the previous literature on productivity gains from spending on those systems. Building on the IT productivity paradox notion, this paper proposes a model of divergent ES contracting approaches in the service and manufacturing sectors. Two main ES contracting approaches are defined - the revisionist-adversarial approach, associated with ES contracting elements geared at potentially short-term and change-oriented relationships with ES vendors; and the preservationist-cooperative approach, associated with ES contracting elements aimed at mutual cooperation over the long run with ES vendors.
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Format: PDF | Size: 273KB | Date: Mar 2006 | Pages: 19
