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Information systems and organizational change

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Keen, Peter G. W.·1981·Communications of the ACM
DOI 10.1145/358527.358543
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This paper discusses long-term change in organizations in relation to information systems.It reviews causes of social inertia, resistance and counterimplementation.It stresses the pluralistic nature of organizations.Tactics for managing change rely on incremental, facilitative approaches.These limit strategic change which requires coalition-building and careful attention to political mechanisms.

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Authors
Keen, P. G. W.
Venue
Communications of the ACM
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Published
1981-01
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24
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1
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24-33
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  • 0001-0782 (ISSN-L)
  • 1557-7317
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10.1145/358527.358543
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