IS-604 Research Issues on Enterprise Systems (Autumn 2021)
- ECTS Credits:
- 2.5
- Responsible department:
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Lecture Semester:
- Spring
- Teaching language:
- English
Table of contents
The course is connected to the following study programs
Teaching language
Learning outcomes
- discuss the various traditions in enterprise systems research
- identify research opportunities related to enterprise systems
- be able to select appropriate research methods
- conduct research on enterprises systems in organizations
Contents
Enterprise Systems (ES) are widely implemented in both small and large organizations. Implementing enterprise systems imply social and technical challenges, and it is a complex organizational process. Research studies have identified certain technical and organizational challenges in different phases of these systems¿ life cycle ranging from the ES selection to post implementation and adoption. It is important for researchers to understand the different approaches to studying organizations that implement enterprise systems of various types.
The first and second day will focus on various research traditions in enterprise systems research.
The third day will be devoted to presentation and discussion of the students¿ term paper proposals.
The objective of this course is to introduce the students to the research streams and practical challenges related to research on enterprise systems (ES). The course gives an overview of the contemporary landscape of ES research, research traditions and emerging research challenges, trends and issues of ES.
The course will be offered in collaboration with the Centre for Enterprise Systems at University of Agder