Ma, C P and Winch, G (2000) It implementation performance and organisational characteristics in Taiwanese contractors. In: Akintoye, A (ed.) Proceedings of 16th Annual ARCOM Conference, 6-8 September 2000, Glasgow, UK.
Abstract
Based on the innovation process and organisational change literature, this research concerns the relationship between the organisational characteristics and outcomes of IT implementation performance for business improvement in construction organisations. An analytical research framework was deployed to identify the potential organisational variables which were correlated with the outcomes of IT implementation. After interviewing a total of fifty major contractors in Taiwan, this research identified some organisational variables which were significantly correlated with the outcome of IT implementation performance in the contractors. These results can be used as guidelines for construction organisations to assess their organisational characteristics and monitor the process of IT innovation in order to achieve better IT benefits.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | information technology; implementation performance; innovation; organisational variables; organisational change; business success |
| Index terms: | organizational change, construction organization, Taiwan, business improvement, implementation, information technology, organizational characteristic |
| Subjects: | computing systems, organization, business, contractual arrangements, Geography, performance measurement, sociology |
| Topics: | Quality Management, Digital Applications, Organizational Design, Geographical Context, Business Strategy, Procurement |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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